In the late winter/early spring of 1948, American playwright Tennessee Williams arrived in Rome in need of a change of scenery. Williams, of course, is known for his writing set in the American ...
Rome is a city of many hills. But the seven hills of Rome are the original hills on which the ancient city was founded.
A short primer on a few of the dates you will encounter while meandering the streets and squares of Italy.
Dario Fo's "The Earthquake in L'Aquila" Calling Italian playwright Dario Fo a "Renaissance" man would probably irk him given his long history of questioning authority and mocking the status quo. ...
It has been said (too many times) that all roads lead to Rome. But did you know that you could trace botanical medicine and even the environmental movement to 16th century Italy? It was here in the ...
Over the past weekend, Rome got pelted with eight inches of snow, the largest single snowfall in the capital since 1986. The rare snowfall prompted the closure of the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, ...
Marble, either as a substance or a style, runs through three different artisan crafts that are famous in Italy.
When my colleagues in the Italy Blogging Roundtable and I decided to write on the topic "gifts" for our December post, I knew exactly what I wanted to write about. I knew straight away that I ...
Many of you will know that, since May 2011, five of us have been writing a monthly post on a given topic and we call it the Italy Blogging Roundtable. Each month we decide the topic in advance and ...
The potato is a vegetable that no one really associates with Italy but it features in two dishes that some consider comfort fo
Enjoy the outdoors in Italy with these three "fall" activities.
The footsteps behind us were worrisome. With each step that landed on the worn, slightly slick cobblestones, an equal but louder pair of footsteps resonated behind my husband and me as we tried ...
Deciding on a favorite piece of art in Italy is similar to picking a favorite child: it's an impossible task. On some days, when thinking about Italy's great art works, a certain color combo will ...
Disclaimer: This post was written before I had the chance to fully appreciate driving (and parking) in Italy. While the below information still applies, I have much more experience driving in Italy, ...
Why do I write about Italy? As I sit here, trying to dream up a good answer to my first assignment as part of the Italy Blogging Roundtable, a project I have entered into with Jessica of ...
