Guest Blogger: Eugenio, Wine Expert Extraordinaire (Part One)
Friday, January 19th, 2007Among my pals here in Italy, I am lucky to count a person who I think has hands-down the coolest and most glamorous job of anyone I know. Eugenio Bigliocca, founder and owner of Cave du Roi, a wine sales and distribution company, is a bona fide international wine expert. And if you think […]
The Neighborhood Knife Sharpener
Sunday, December 10th, 2006When I first moved to my neighborhood, every once in a while I would hear someone yelling some word at intervals. I thought it was a name, and this person was calling someone. It sounded like “OOOO TIIIII NOOOO!” I kept thinking: Tino, would you stop getting lost, for God’s sake? But it kept […]
Sidewalk Masterpieces
Monday, November 20th, 2006Today I’d like to introduce you to another neighborhood personality. His name is Amadeo, and he is the only sidewalk artist I know. You can’t see him that well because I wanted to get the mural into the photo, and the sidewalk was narrow and full of people, making it really hard to get […]
The Cofffee with Three F’s
Thursday, November 9th, 2006I’d like to introduce you to my new friends Alessandro and Massimo. They, along with the barista magic they perform on every incredible coffee confection in their bar Cafffè Camerino, are the reasons why Italy will probably be the last and only stronghold that Starbucks won’t succeed in infiltrating. How could the Seattle […]
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