I don’t know if any of you remember the Enjoli ad back in the 1980s where the beautiful blond wiggled around and sang: “I can bring home the bacon,Fry it up in a pan, And never let you forget you’re a man! “I can work ’til five o’clock,Come home and read Tickety-Tock And if its …
Alla star del football italiano Mario Balotelli è bastato un abbraccio commosso con la sua mamma per conquistare un’intera nazione. Dopotutto, l’Italia è il Paese dei mammoni. Naturalmente i due goal segnati contro la Germania nella semifinale di Euro 2012 hanno fatto la loro parte… Balotelli, come un giornale italiano lo ha descritto, è il …
I’ve been writing for nearly a year now about how hard it is for an American Mamma to reach the looks standards of the Italian women. Women in Italy are style-conscious and impose high standards on themselves in terms of physical looks and dressing. I have written about my desperate attempts to have luscious legs, …
Anyone who knows what I look like would not recognize me these days. My hair is standing on end—driven directly skyward by horrible teenage behavior. Yes, I said horrible. And while my hair is standing on end the rest of me is sagging. All my enthusiam and energy has been drained away by endless, …
One morning Nico slipped at the Villa Glori park near our home and fell backwards, cutting his head on a small stone. Blood came spurting out of the back of his head, turning several kleenexes bright red. The cut was small but it was clear he would need stitches. Gustavo set off at a sprint …
Dear Blog Readers, you are all going to think I am completely nuts, but here goes. Today I was walking home from work down Rome’s famous Via Del Corso lost deep in thought, I was thinking about my usual concerns (work -Italian hostage killed in botched British rescue attempt in Nigeria and kids- Caterina has …
It’s March 8th, International Women’s Day, when we are supposed to celebrate the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. In Italy people give women mini-bouquets of yellow mimosa flowers. I will leave the background and history of internationlal women’s day to other bloggers, but I want to say that an …
Part IV – Life of the Italian Super-Mamma – Not the ‘Dolce Vita’ As recent articles have shown, traditions, manners, discipline and parenting habits can vary dramatically from one country to the next, but the Italian Mamma is up against more than her counterparts in the US and France. A fascinating study by three women …