Michele Pluss

For some, films offer a perfect escape: A way to forget their worries for a couple hours and believe in a world where the guy always gets the girl, the bad guys always fall and the hero always conquer. For …

Every year for the last three decades – during the last weekend of April – Mission Federal ArtWalk has attracted artists from across the nation to showcase their art, be it visual or performing, occupying 17 blocks in San Diego’s …

On March 2 of this year, Paolo Sorrentino took home an Oscar for his masterpiece, La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty) won in the category of Best Foreign Language Film. This was the 10th Oscar awarded to an Italian film …

While the rest of the country struggles with a seemingly relentless series of winter storms, snow and ice, San Diego finally experienced its own version of winter this past weekend. Gusts of wind and heavy – by San Diego standards …

The first written record of Lacrosse dates back to the 1636 when a French Jesuit priest by the name of Jean de Brebeuf observed a group of Huron Indians playing a sport called stickball in the St. Lawrence Valley.   …

Ready for a vacation? Where would you like to go? Odds are Italy is somewhere on your list of must-see travel destinations. Italy is on most people’s lists. In fact, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), as …

When one hears of great cycling races, the first name that comes to mind is France’s Tour de France, the legendary cycling race launched in 1903 that lasts 23 days and covers approximately 2,000 miles. What may be a little-known …

There are several different neighborhoods in San Diego: There’s Hillcrest, North Park, Downtown… Each offers a unique personality and character to those who visit it. Few are as culturally enriching, however, as Little Italy. From its landscaped piazzas to its …

If art and architecture are the fabric of Italian history, then literature and poetry are the threads that weave it all together. When you have goliaths like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo casting the monumental shadows that are recognized around …

Piazza San Marco (St. Mark’s Square) is an international icon of Venice, Italy. Dating back to the 9th century, it is the largest and only location in the city of Venice designated as a piazza and is now the location …