Terrasini. Ph. Giovanni Romeo on flickr (flic.kr/p/6djUAY) For many third-generation Sicilian Americans, concepts of the “old country” are vague and it is often hard to get any real information about your ancestry. My family was no different, as none of my blood relatives have been to Sicily, let alone […]
Gigi Marzullo is one of the most interesting phenomena on Italian television, the host of a very late-night talk show, offering long, deep, and personal interviews that close the day’s programming on the major Italian network, Rai Uno. He is an interesting phenomenon because Marzullo is not your traditional TV […]
Marisa Tomei (Photo from wikipedia) One Oscar under her belt and two more nominations, the film and show business industry has reserved a special place for this pretty lady from NY, Marisa Tomei. The role that brought her to the public eye was as the co-star of Joe Pesci in […]
Below you can find a list and brief description of the most famous grottos and caves of Italy. Borgio Verezzi These caves are called karst caves, and we find them in the Liguria region. This is a perfect side trip if you are already in the area visiting Cinque Terre, […]
Trentino Alto-Adige is not the only region in Italy to embody the ideal Winter wonderland. Westward, enclosed within Piedmont, Switzerland and France, lays Valle d’Aosta, Italy’s smallest region. An entirely Alpine region, Valle d’Aosta has a long and amazing history dating back to Roman times, of which its capital, Aosta, […]
This Chiusi museum features ancient collections. It’s the past of Tuscany. A place worth visiting. The Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Chiusi has great significance for the area, which is known as ancient Etruria. The town of Chiusi, together with eleven more Tuscan locations, features Etruscan history. It dates back to the […]
Piero Chiambretti. Ph. ProgettoIMMaginario on flickr (flic.kr/p/fNFxnG) Piero Chiambretti is one of the most bizarre characters on Italian television, as his comedy style has distinguished him as a very “out of the box” host, upfront and at times quite graphic. In recent years, his style has morphed into a […]
The region of Liguria is also known as the Italian Riviera and is well known as a major tourist spot with famous resort towns sprinkled among fishing villages and rocky coastline. Liguria occupies a thin stretch of the coast from Italy’s western border with France stretching south and east to the region’s border with Tuscany. […]
Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. John Updike I was on vacation with my mother in Florence, Italy in 1997 when she suggested we hop on a city bus, “…just to see where it takes us.” That fortuitous moment […]
Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo Italian cinema has been always labeled as intellectual and artistic, deep in its content and a benchmark for many filmmakers. Masters like De Sica and Rossellini created the neorealism that became worshipped by Hollywood and studied in every single film school in the world. Despite this claim […]
