Online Customer Service in Italy
Sunday, March 8th, 2009 Oh, I love this. Just love it.
So here’s the deal. A couple months ago I was trying to print out a PDF from the ENI website (ENI supplies residential natural gas and electricity), of my accounts for the utilities at the apartments we are renting in Rome. Should be simple, no? But every time […]
What Babies in Italy Eat
Friday, July 25th, 2008 No, no, this isn’t becoming a “mommy blog.” God forbid.
Just a couple things I found interesting.
Yesterday Vincenzo had a pediatrician visit and the doctor explained to me the whole plan for introducing him to solid foods. Today was his first non-milk “meal.” It consisted of:
-vegetable broth prepared with one carrot and one zucchini
-a few […]
Italianate
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008Here in Italy they have a word to describe pretty much anything that’s over the top, exaggerated, ridiculous, etc. It’s “americanata.” I guess you could translate that as “an americanism” but I’m not really sure. In any case, I first heard it when some Italians were describing an American action film, something along the […]
Don’t Name Your Kid Friday in Italy
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 Interesting article. Take a quick read. I’ll wait.
Ok, for those of you who are looking for the Cliff’s Notes version: an Italian court decided that a couple who named their child Friday had to change the name to something less “ridiculous or shameful.” When the couple refused, the court legally registered their son as […]
Why Italy is in a Slump
Friday, December 14th, 2007
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 timely so I wanted to share it. Even the New York Times has noticed that we […]
The Strike Bug is Contagious
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 I’d really like to talk about something other than the problems we have here in Italy, but lately there seems to be a crisis.
Yesterday evening around 5 pm, I went to the supermarket to buy some things for dinner. Most of the shelves for perishable goods were nearly empty. I thought, maybe it’s because […]
And You Thought Your Traffic Was Bad…
Saturday, December 8th, 2007While we’re on the always fun topic of bashing public services here in Rome (come on, admit it, sometimes it can be fun), I’d like to share with you a photo I took from the TV news just over a week ago. I always make fun of the public transport workers when they strike, […]
« Previous Entries
