by Dianne Hales | Mar 17, 2020 | Books, books on Italy, Fashion, Film, history, Italy, Language, movies, Rome, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs, women
During Women’s History Month, I’m dedicating my March blog posts to Italian women who inspire us with their passion. It was the dress seen ’round the world: a princess bridal gown fashioned from fifty yards of satin, seventy yards of lace, and more than...
by Dianne Hales | Mar 9, 2019 | art, Books, culture, Education, Fashion, Film, Florence, Food and Drink, history, Italy, Language, Music, Religion, Romance, Rome, Travel, Venice, Web/Tech, Weblogs, wine
“Imagine a world without Italy: Painting without Leonardo. Sculpture without Michelangelo. Literature without Dante. No Verdi choruses or Puccini arias. No Fellini films or Ferrari roar. Heavens uncharted, vines unplanted, tables bereft of pasta, pizza, and a Sicilian...