When we first moved to Italy, a family friend of Gustavo’s died unexpectedly of a heart attack. He was in his 50s. Gustavo took me to the funeral in the small town of Aprilia about an hour south of Rome. Everyone was dressed in black. The large wooden coffin was by the altar. I sat …
Questa mattina, Papa Benedetto XVI ha presieduto la cerimonia annuale del battesimo nella Cappella Sistina. In quella che è sempre una cerimonia bella e commovente, un gruppo di genitori – abbigliati di tutto punto – ha portato i neonati nella spettacolare Cappella Sistina dove, sotto il soffitto dipinto da Michelangelo, il Papa ha battezzato sedici …
This morning Pope Benedict XVI presided over the annual baptism of babies in the Sistine Chapel. In what is always a beautiful and touching ceremony, a group of parents — dressed to the nines– bring their newborns into the spectacular Sistine Chapel. There, under the ceiling painted by Michelangelo, the Pope sprinkled 16 newborns with …
Note to Blog Readers: My 11-year-old daughter Chiara insisted on doing a post on the tradition of La Befana in Italy. I have always had a bit of a problem with La Befana because she almost pushes Santa Claus out of the way. I also have a problem with the Topolino dei Denti (The Tooth …
Una nuova mostra a Roma illustra le donne d’Italia negli ultimi 150 anni. Oggi sono andata a vederla per avere qualche ispirazione per il mio blog e ho trovato una miniera di donne sulle quali vorrei scrivere di più. Fra le prime immagini della mostra, ce n’è una inquietante, ma utile a mostrare quanta strada …
A new exhibit in Rome looks at the women of Italy over the last 150 years. I stopped by to get some inspiration for my blog today and found a trove of women that I would like to write more about. One of the first sights in the exhibit was discouraging but serves to show …
Nota ai lettori del blog: Un’attenta lettrice ha notato che nel mio ultimo post Uno spettacolare show per Niccolò ho disinvoltamente dichiarato che, incinta di cinque mesi, sono salita in terrazza insieme agli altri per vedere i fuochi di Capodanno “con un bicchiere di champagne in mano”. La lettrice ha notato che una tale affermazione …
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Note to Blog Readers: A perceptive reader pointed out that in my last post A Spectacular Show for Niccolo’ I nonchalantly declared that 5 months pregnant I joined my dinner companions “champagne glasses in hand,” as we made our way up to the roof-top to view New Year’s Eve fireworks. The reader noted that this comment …