by DHales | Jan 7, 2010 | Italy, Language, Television, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
L'infinito Infinity The Oscar-winning actor Dustin Hoffman and I have never had anything in common—until now. We both took on a daunting challenge: reciting one of the great poems of Italian literature, l’Infinito, written by Giacomo Leopardi in 1819...
by DHales | Jul 31, 2009 | Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Social behavior, Television, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
velina tissue paper, showgirl on Italian TVWhen the first in a series of sex scandals involving Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi broke a few months ago, I puzzled over a word blazoned across the headlines of the Italian papers: velina, which my...
