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Mr. President Comes to Trastevere

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

[UPDATE: Bush’s visit to Trastevere was canceled today. A US Embassy warden message to US citizens in Rome this weekend regarding demonstrations in the city and security can be viewed here.]
Trasteverini: batten down the hatches! Bush is coming.
This morning I found a handful of photocopied flyers stuffed into my mailbox, part of which you […]

Bewitched

Saturday, January 6th, 2007

Holiday lights hanging over a street near Campo de’ Fiori
Happy New Year! I hope you all had a great holiday season. Sono tornata—I’m back—and I’m looking forward to bringing you a year of pulling back the curtains to peek behind the scenes here in the Eternal City.
Kicking off 2007 is a holiday with a uniquely […]

Hooray for Romeywood

Monday, September 11th, 2006

Happy Monday morning, tutti! To get your week going with a bit of star power, I feel compelled to talk about Rome’s upcoming venture into the wild world of film festivals, as well as my own little recent brush with il cinema italiano.
Buzz is building about the inaugural Rome FilmFest. Even Nicole Kidman, […]

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