Hopefully you’re not trying to get anywhere beyond walking distance tomorrow, as the entire transportation industry of Italy seems to…
January 2012
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Word of the Day: Assaggio
by Maddie DeWitt January 25, 2012About a year ago, I arrived in Rome with two years of college Italian and a fairly good grasp on…
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Olfactory Overload: Sensofwine at the Palazzo dei Congressi
by Young in Rome January 24, 2012Alright, wine and food lovers, pay attention. You all still here? Good. Now, imagine this. A large exhibition hall in…
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Photo of the Week: Palazzo Farnese
by Young in Rome January 24, 2012 -
Pronounced in English, ‘skeefo,’ it is, fo sho, one of the most fun words to use in Italian. Somewhat onomatopoeic in my…
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This Weekend in Rome: January 20 – January 22
by Young in Rome January 20, 2012Friday: A retrospective of famed French photographer and “father of photojournalism” Henri Cartier-Bresson opens today at Palazzo Incontro. The show…
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Has your recent viewing of Midnight in Paris left you yearning for more of Paris’ La belle époque? Head over…
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Apart from sounding like some dirty act, ‘squillo‘ is one of the most useful words in the Italian vocabulary, in…
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Rome, not only famous for all the old stuff, is also very well-known for its shopping scene. I spoke to…