There is nothing better for a little female solidarity than a blueberry patch. My mother raised me on New England blueberry picking. Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont. If there was a blueberry patch, my Mom would find it. Of course her blueberry afternoons were followed by blueberry evenings with scrumptious, gooey, messy, purply blueberry pies. […]
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Una delle cose più belle di Roma – a parte i tramonti – è il fatto che la città eterna è l’unico posto al mondo in cui si può avere un assaggio del Caravaggio in ogni momento. Caravaggio acca 24, sette giorni a settimana. A differenza di tante donne che sposano un italiano, io non
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One of the best things about Rome, after sunsets over the eternal city, is that it is the only place in the world where one can get a quick hit of Caravaggio on the run. Caravaggio 24/7. Unlike many women who marry Italian men, I had not studied anything Italian and came to Italy knowing
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According to author Amy Chua in her “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” there are 7 points which distinguish a Chinese mother from a “typical Western overscheduling soccer mom.” Instead, I would like to contrast these 7 points with how I see the warmth and coddling of the Italian “Mozzarella Mamma”. I suppose if I
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Una recente intervista televisiva a una escort italiana che ha dichiarato di aver passato la notte con il primo ministro Silvio Berlusconi, mette in luce il vero significato di come avere successo nella vita “passi sui cadaveri e vendi tua madre.” I suoi commenti sono interessanti perché rivelano un’attitudine verso la vita che non avevo
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A recent television interview with an Italian escort who allegedly spent the night with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi reveals an unusual idea of how to be successful, “walk on cadavers and sell your mother.” Her comments are interesting because they reveal an attitude towards life I’ve never heard before in Italy.” But first a
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L’Italia è il Paese in cui invece di mostrare il dito medio agli altri automobilisti, si può insultare qualcuno facendogli le corna. ‘Avere le corna’ vuol dire che il tuo partner ti tradisce. Ti fa le corna. Ed è il peggior insulto che si possa fare a un uomo italiano. E quando sono stata tentata
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Italy is the country where instead of giving someone the traditional finger in the car, you can really insult them by giving them the ‘corne’ or horns. That is the index finger and the pinkie raised to look like horns. If you say in Italian that someone has corne, it means that his or her
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