by DHales | Jun 5, 2014 | Books, culture, Current Affairs, Italy, Language, Social behavior, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
Motivi per amare l'Italia Reasons to Love Italy In a recent column in Corriere della Sera, the noted journalist and author Beppe Severgnini acknowledged that “alcuni aspetti dell’Italia ci addolorano” (certain aspects of Italy trouble us) or “ci...
by DHales | May 15, 2014 | culture, Current Affairs, history, Italy, Language, Social behavior, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
La coreografia della vita The Choreography of Life What are the differences between Italians and Americans? Many have offered their theories, but the acclaimed journalist and author Beppe Severgnini, speaking in San Francisco at an event benefiting the local...
by DHales | Jan 26, 2012 | Current Affairs, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
La bella figura A few years ago we set off to sail the islands (le isole) of the Tuscan archipelago with some mariner friends. After a few hours on the sky-blue Tyrrhenian sea (Mare Tirreno), my husband Bob (Roberto in Italy) broke out a bottle of champagne for a...
