A Roma fa un caldo bestiale e ieri sono dovuta passare alla libreria francese a prendere un libro per mia figlia. La libreria è in centro, accanto alla chiesa di San Luigi dei Francesi e mentre uscivo dal negozio sul selciato infuocato, mi sono resa conto di aver bisogno di un po’ di frescura e […]
Rinfrescarsi con Caravaggio Read More »
It is blisteringly hot in Rome and yesterday I had to stop by the French bookstore to pick up a book for my daughter to study this summer. The French book store is in the historic center next to the French Church, San Luigi dei Francesi and as I stepped out of the store and
Cooling Down with Caravaggio Read More »
Yesterday I was covering a mini-summit in Rome with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Premier Mario Monti, French President Francois Hollande and Spanish President Rajoy Mariano. I spent most of the day running around like a crazed chicken with her head cut off. It was steaming hot in Rome and TV News coverage involves lots
Merkel and the Maiden Read More »
This morning I had to cover a union demonstration in Rome. There were thousands of people young and old who descended on the city to participate in this peaceful demonstration to demand rights for workers and retired people. Now, as everyone knows, the economic situation in Europe is dramatic. Italy is among the handful of
Workers Unite in Rome Read More »
Dear Blog Readers – My absence from the Blogsphere for the past week has been due to the fact that I am moving, and yesterday I seem to have hit rock bottom. So, “basta” (enough) with the boxes, and time for some blogging. The photo above I took at a bus stop near my home.
Moving Dramas and Bordeaux, Button-down Blues Read More »
As I sit here writing this post, the man in the lower left hand corner of the photo above, Paolo Gabriele, the Pope’s butler, is under lock and key at the Vatican, under arrest for leaking secret Vatican documents. It’s been a rocking and rolling couple of days at the Vatican. First we had the
The Pope’s Butler Did It! Read More »
I was raised in a old Victorian-style house on the outskirts of Boston by two Wasp parents who were both university professors. At dinner we often spoke politely about our day or about world affairs or politics. For example, would economic sanctions be effective in ending apartheid in South Africa? Or, was President Nixon going
Last week’s most intriguing story in Rome — with still no conclusion– was a decades old mystery surrounding a missing Italian teenager that has jumped back into the headlines. 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi– daughter of a Vatican employee– disappeared in 1983 after heading out of her family’s Vatican-owned apartment for a music lesson. Decades of investigations have
A Mobster’s Secrets – Taken to the Grave Read More »