La vita italiana

Two years after the election to his second mandate – something unprecedented in Italy’s history -, the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano resigned from his role as leader of the Country due to old age. His successor and 12th …

When I heard the news of Mario Cuomo’s death this past month, I reflected on a moment that I had with the former New York State Governor.  He had retired from public office after he was defeated for a fourth …

In Valdobbiadene there is a special place to have lunch: a tavern with no host! How does it work? Here one serves oneself and takes what one wants. Seriously? And who makes sure you’re right? Only your conscience! Try some …

The power of the Oscars is in their celebration not only of world famous actors, but also of all the amazing professionals who work behind the scene to make our beloved movies so real and credible. The sounds, effects, and …

With its distinctive upturned boat shape, smooth creaminess, and perfect combination of chocolate and hazelnut, Gianduiotto is immediately recognizable. This chocolate and hazelnut culinary creation has been a favorite for 150 years now, and the sweet treat has not faltered …

“Pasquino, my man!” booms Tyrell. Once a sound engineer for Earth, Wind, and Fire, he now lives in the Parione district and works in the Auditorium Parco della Musica. The only city with more soul than Rome, he jokes, is …

Many years ago the famous British writer Elizabeth Bowen announced to her friends that she intended to write a travel book on Rome. They warned her that better writers than she had tried to write about Italy and failed. To …

Marettimo is one of the Aegadian Islands, Mediterranean Sea west of Sicily, Italy. Let’s take a sailing tour around the caves along the coastline of Marettimo! Marettimo is an island karst, known as “the Dolomites of the sea”.

Lisa del Giocondo, also known as Lisa Gherardini, was a member of the Florentine Gherardini family back in 1479. Her husband commissioned her portrait to Leonardo da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance and today many experts believe that that same …

Recently, while commuting to work in New York City and walking through another snow pile of slush and ice in temperatures not above twenty degrees Fahrenheit, I found myself daydreaming about the warm and tranquil summers I would spend in …