Monthly Archives: September 2012

Dancing Fix: 28th + 29th

Posted on September 28, 2012 by

Now that summer is (pretty much) over, all of our favorite spots and regular indoor spaces have reopened. Yay! Friday September 28: ONYX: Hardcore hip-hop, East coast late 80′s/early 90′s style is taking over Garbatella tonight. Coming straight from Jamaica, Queens, … Continue reading →

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Word of the Day: Auguri

Posted on September 25, 2012 by

More than congratulations (congratulazioni) in Italy, people give auguri, or well wishes. In other words, it’s a way to wish someone well in the future, or a way to say ‘all the best.’ You use it to wish someone a happy … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Italy, Huffington Post! (And you too, Arianna.)

Posted on September 25, 2012 by

For those of you that aren’t familiar with The Huffington Post, it is an American news website and blog founded by Arianna Huffington (and others) in 2005. The site offers news and articles in all fields: politics, comedy, culture, technology, … Continue reading →

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Word of the Day: Bowl

Posted on September 24, 2012 by

As I was eating my cacio e pepe pasta out of a parmigiano bowl yesterday for lunch, I realized that I didn’t know how to say ‘bowl‘ in Italian. It’s not the first time I wondered what the word is … Continue reading →

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FotoGrafia 2012 – International Photography Festival of Rome

Posted on September 20, 2012 by

Kicking off tomorrow is the 11th edition of FOTOGRAFIA, Rome’s International Photography Festival. The festival promotes contemporary photography, and brings to the surface up-and-coming artists. This year’s theme is WORK, ‘a keyword in the history of photography.’ For the third year … Continue reading →

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Get Out the (International) Vote: A Young in Rome PSA

Posted on September 19, 2012 by

While living, studying, or traveling abroad, it can often be easy (and, for some, relieving), to forget about the election season kicking into gear back home in the United States.  However, an international address should never be an excuse to … Continue reading →

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Word of the Day: Alito

Posted on September 19, 2012 by

In English, halitosis is the medical term for bad breath. In Italian, alito means a breath, and it is frequently used to describe bad breath. It comes from the Latin, halitus, which in turn comes from the verb, halare, or … Continue reading →

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Word of Day: Mitomane

Posted on September 18, 2012 by

After multiple attempts at trying to understand what a mitomane is from contextual Italian usage, I finally had to just look it up myself. From what I gathered, pre-Word of the Day investigating, a mitomane is an egotistical, self-centered person. Then … Continue reading →

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Word of the Day: Seppellire

Posted on September 10, 2012 by

If you saw The Dark Knight Rises, the Batman movie, in Italy, then you must have heard/read the word seppellire a few times. Mostly when Alfred is talking about having buried two Waynes and not wanting to bury a third Wayne, … Continue reading →

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Word of the Day: Stampatello

Posted on September 6, 2012 by

Now that vacation is over, and everyone is getting back to Rome, it’s time for the Word of the Day to get back into daily rotation. If all of you expats out there are filling out forms for a permesso di … Continue reading →

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