Dear Blog Readers— My blogger buddy Adri Barr Crocetti, the famous foodie who reveals her secrets on her blog adribarrcrocetti.com, asked me this week if I was going to write about the vandal at the Colosseum, so here goes… It was mid-morning last Friday when a security guard working in the Colosseum spotted a 42-year-old …
Dear Blog Readers, For the past few days I have been covering the Second International Conference on Nutrition at the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome. I was not planning to write about it on my blog but a blog reader asked me to, so here I go. Since 1996, I’ve covered several World …
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Dear Blog Readers — I was sitting at on the grass at the park yesterday in Rome, enjoying a gorgeous spring afternoon between the small white daisies popping up around me and the giant Roman pines looming overhead. My daughter was playing nearby with our dog and I was flipping through some magazines when I …
The claws of the Camorra Mafia are sinking into the soft decadent flesh of Rome, easing their way deeper and making it impossible for the eternal city to break free. With confidence and impunity, the Contini clan of the Camorra has set up camp in the heart of the historic center of Rome, taking positions …
Dear Blog Readers– Yesterday I was in Florence listening to detailed discussions of blood stains, a bra clasp and sperm spots during the opening hearing in the re-trial of the Meredith Kercher Murder. By now, anyone interested in the news has already gotten it, so I will give you just a bit of behind-the-scenes atmosphere. …
Dear Blog Readers — You may be getting tired of reading all my blog posts on the Vatican, so I will do one last one with a few notes on Pope Francis and my experiences covering him this past week. FRIDAY – “DON’T FORGET THE POOR” Last week after he was elected he held a …
Dear Blog Readers — We have a Pope. Pope Francis, previously Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina. Now you all may be wondering what happened to me. I was filling you in on this story all along and then we got a new Pope and then – poof – I disappeared. All I can say is …
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Amanda Knox is now back at home in Seattle, APTN has pulled out its satellite truck, we’ve pulled the cables out of the courtroom, packed up our computers, and now I am back in Rome. After spending six days in Perugia, I finally have a moment to write down some of my reflections on the …