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Italian Lessons I Learned After Moving Here
I was just reflecting back on my journey to learn this beautiful language, and it occurred to me that a lot of the common, everyday phrases or words I use here in Rome, I learned here in Rome. There’s...
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What Italians Have Taught Me About Pasta
A lot, that’s for sure. Before I came to Italy my culinary vocabulary consisted more or less of “Chalupa,” Arby’s Roast Beef, and Wendy’s Bacon Double Cheeseburger. Oh, man. I was a walking clichè...
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Italglish Update
Reading a magazine recently, I saw “checkare la mail” for the first time. (Translation: check email). What? We can now say “checkare”? Since when? I must be so old-school, going around saying...
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Kids in Italy: Bambini with Cell Phones
Yesterday I was walking down Via del Corso and I ran into a group of school kids on a field trip—probably about 7 or 8 years old. While distractedly following his classmates and teachers down this busy...
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Surviving Stomach Flu in Italy
There was a pretty nasty stomach flu going around Italy towards the end of September and most of October. Pretty much everyone I know came down with it for a few days, including my husband. I, on the...
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Going to the Movies in Italy
If you’ve ever been to a movie here in Italy, then you’ve probably noticed a few unique traditions or customs that come along as part of the Italian movie-going experience. By now I’m used to them,...
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Racism in Italy and Soccer
Just today I saw this article in which Manchester United player Louis Saha says he expects racist taunts from Rome soccer fans when Manchester plays Roma tomorrow. In the article he is quoted as...
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Why Italy is in a Slump
Photo I took last night at my local supermarket. Shortage of perishable goods due to this week’s trucker strike. I know I said I’d get off the ‘problems in Italy’ track for a bit, but I find this very...
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Rome Graffiti Part 2 – Graffiti romani parte secondo
Clicca qui per l’italiano Anyone out there remember when I took a delve into the wild world of street graffiti about 4 years ago? Ok, refresh. Talk amongst yourselves. I’m going to go get a coffee....
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Pre-Fabricated Italian Diet
There are plenty of great Rome food blogs, many of which are run by people I am very proud and humbled to call friends and acquaintances. Alas, this is not one of them. And so it is, without a shred of...
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