The most ruthless of Italy’s Mafia groups the “Ndrangheta” is heading north from its traditional stronghold in Calabria, the toe of the boot of Italy, and seeping into Italy’s wealthy northern cities. There is one woman who is holding them back. She’s a fearless red-head named Ilda Boccassini, the Tiger Mamma. Ilda Boccassini is a […]
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Every year the Christmas season begins for me when we cover the arrival of the Vatican Christmas tree. We go to the Vatican at dawn and film as an 18-wheeler, flat-bed truck rolls into St. Peter’s Square with the gigantic tree. We stand around stamping our feet in the chilly, damp air as men in
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Cari lettori di “Mozzarella Mamma”, mentre stavo per terminare il mio post sulle Mamme Tigri italiane, ho dovuto mandare all’aria tutti i miei progetti perché dall’ufficio mi hanno chiamata per seguire la conferenza stampa del nuovo primo ministro italiano, Mario Monti, che annunciava le misure di austerità che avrebbero dovuto allontanare l’Italia dal baratro
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Mozzarella Mamma Blog Readers, I was looking forward to completing a blog post today on Italy’s Tiger Mamma, but my plans were foiled when I got called into work to cover a press conference by Italy’s new Prime Minister Mario Monti announcing his new austerity measures that are supposed to pull Italy back from the
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L’altro giorno ho incontrato una mia vicina, un’altra Mamma-Che-Lavora. Dirige una famosa libreria nel centro di Roma. Le ho chiesto come stava andando il lavoro e lei ha risposto: “Non parlarmene! Siamo sotto pressione e man mano che si avvicina il Natale diventa sempre peggio! Quanti rospi devo mandar giù!” Questa espressione significa accettare di
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The other day I saw my neighbor, another working Mamma. She is the manager of a popular bookstore in the center of Rome. I asked her how work was going and she said, “Don’t ask, it is exhausting, and as we head towards Christmas it is going to get even worse. “Devo mandare giu’ un
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To use an Italian expression, yesterday things went really storto (crooked). First, I had to work on a Sunday. I had to cover the Pope’s Weekly Angelus message from his window in the Apostolic Palace above St. Peter’s Square at noon. It is no big deal. Someone from our office has to do it every
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I lettori del mio blog avranno notato che faccio di tutto per collaborare con la redazione spettacolo di APTN. E’ una vacanza dai servizi sulla politica e sul Vaticano che devo seguire ogni giorno. Venerdì a Roma c’è stata la conferenza stampa con Antonio Banderas e Salma Hayek per il nuovo film di animazione “IL
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