Dear Blog Readers – On Monday I start a brief stint as a political analyst on RAI News 24, the 24-hour news channel on Italy’s state television network. My role will be to help explain the American presidential elections to the Italian public, in and around the period of the Republican and Democratic Conventions, and […]
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Dear Blog Readers– We are now in the Dog Days of Summer and I am sitting in Rome a sweaty, soggy mess. Not good for writing interesting blog posts. So I’ve decided to post a short story I wrote for young adults years ago and then never had time to hunt for a publisher. It
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Vorrei dedicare questo post a mio marito Gustavo Piga. Quando ho visto la vignetta qui sopra sull’International Herald Tribune, ho pensato subito a mio marito e a me, genitori da social network per eccellenza. Oggi ho mostrato la vignetta ai miei colleghi maschi alla AP Television di Roma, esclamando: “Ehi, guardate qua, sembriamo proprio Gustavo
I would like to dedicate this blog post to my Italian husband, Gustavo Piga. When I saw the above cartoon in the International Herald Tribune I immediately thought of my husband and myself, the ultimate social media parents. I showed the cartoon to my male colleagues today at AP Television in Rome, announcing, “Hey guys,
Circa un anno fa, mio figlio Nico è rimasto a dormire a casa del suo amico Giovanni nel centro di Roma. Il giorno dopo mi ha raccontato che nel bel mezzo della calda notte estiva, ha sentito un alito fresco e umido. Si è alzato a sedere sul letto e alla luce del lampione all’esterno,
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About a year ago, my son Nico spent the night at his friend Giovanni’s house in the center of Rome. Nico told me later that in the middle of the hot, dry Roman summer night he felt something cool and damp blow past him. He sat up, and, with the light from a street lamp
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AUDREY BURKE!!!!! Audrey Burke è stata la prima a rispondere a tutte le domande del quiz e vince un tour gastronomico di Roma. Leggete le sue risposte nella sezione dei commenti al quiz I segreti della cucina romana. Qui sotto trovate le mie risposte, leggermente più elaborate, accompagnate da alcune foto per quelli che le
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AUDREY BURKE!!!!! Audrey Burke was the first to answer all the quiz questions so she wins the prize of a free food tour in Rome. See her answers in the comment section on the quiz Dishing up Food Secrets in Rome. Below are my slightly more elaborated answers with some photos for those who asked.
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