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 […]
Racism in Italy and Soccer
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007Just 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 saying, “We are traveling to Italy and in those kind of places it seems like they are used to it.” […]
Going to the Movies in Italy
Monday, November 12th, 2007If 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, and in fact most of them I actually have grown to like… but in the beginning, it took […]
Surviving Stomach Flu in Italy
Sunday, November 4th, 2007There 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 other hand, managed to sail through without any problems. Until last night… when it decided to […]
Kids in Italy: Bambini with Cell Phones
Thursday, October 25th, 2007Yesterday 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 tourist street, the kid in front of me was furiously searching for something on his Motorola flip […]
Italglish Update
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007 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 “controllare” which I THOUGHT was the Italian verb for check. Hmmm…
Not too long ago when I was waiting in a piazza to […]
What Italians Have Taught Me About Pasta
Friday, October 5th, 2007A 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 straight out of Supersize Me. Just over six years later, with the famous Meditteranean diet to the rescue (no instruction […]
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