by Dianne Hales | Aug 18, 2020 | art, art history, Books, books on Italy, culture, Current Affairs, Health, history, Italian language, Italy, Social behavior, Travel, Venice, Web/Tech, Weblogs
I fell in love with Venice at first sight. This luminous collection of first-person accounts of the past year made me fall in love with the Venetians — “magnificent by nature,” as a historian once put it. A guest post by Kathleen Ann Gonzalez When a...
by Dianne Hales | May 19, 2020 | amore, art history, Books, books on Italy, culture, Current Affairs, Florence, food, Food and Drink, history, Italian language, Italy, Language, Leonardo da Vinci, literature, love in Italy, Music, Renaissance, Romance, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Tuscany, Web/Tech, Weblogs, wine
Not even a global pandemic can stop people from doing what they love. Over the last few months, we’ve seen dancers dance; singers sing; actors perform—wherever and whenever they could. The same is true of writers. While sheltering at home in California, I...
by Dianne Hales | Mar 24, 2020 | Books, books on Italy, coronavirus, culture, Current Affairs, Health, history, Italy, Language, Rome, San Francisco, Social behavior, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
These touching excerpts from my friend Sheila Pierce’s blog posts testify to the deep bond between Italy and the United States–especially the city named for St. Francis. by Sheila Pierce On the first morning of the coronavirus lockdown, San Francisco Bay...
by DHales | Feb 11, 2019 | Books, culture, Current Affairs, Italy, Language, Romance, Sayings and expressions, Social behavior, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
“How do I love thee?” Elizabeth Barrett Browning asked. She counted the ways in English, but the passionate Italophile may well have chosen Italian when she whispered words of love. Why not? Like love itself, a dichiarazione d’amore (declaration of love) is...
by DHales | Jan 7, 2019 | Books, culture, Current Affairs, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Social behavior, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
I buoni propositi per l’anno nuovo New Year's resolutions Every January we take stock of the year just ended (fare un bilancio dell’anno appena chiuso) and resolve to do better (fare meglio) in the new year. Here are some popular resolutions for 2019. Do you...
by DHales | Jan 2, 2019 | Books, culture, Current Affairs, history, Italy, Language, Religion, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
L’Epifania Epiphany Days after many Americans have taken down their Christmas trees and packed away the decorations, Italians continue to celebrate. Their final feast is L’Epifania, on January 6, which commemorates the arrival of i re magi, the...
