When this country no longer has farmers or artisans, it will no longer have a history. (Pier Paolo Pasolini) Once…
Flavia Brunetti Proietti
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Keeping it authentic: two great shopping guides for Florence!
by Flavia Brunetti Proietti April 10, 2015Some of the great things in life come in twos, like shots of espresso, specialized travel guides, and donuts. Since…
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Spotlight on two books you’ll want to scoop up before your trip to Venice
by Flavia Brunetti Proietti February 13, 2015In case I have not fully driven home the level of nerdiness that reigns supreme here at YiR, I’m going…
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Pinocchio, Luxottica, and la bella figura : A Review of John Hooper’s The Italians
by Flavia Brunetti Proietti January 30, 2015I have to make a confession. Though I treasure the belief that I am open of mind and heart,…
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“It’s like being a cowboy instead of a bureaucrat”: A review (and a giveaway!) of Death Logs In, the sequel to Death Never Sleeps
by Flavia Brunetti Proietti January 12, 2015A book about heaven, about hell, about whether or not there is wi-fi in the afterlife. And how is everybody…
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A lil’ book review: Death Never Sleeps by E.J. Simon
by Flavia Brunetti Proietti January 5, 2015Because who doesn’t love a crime novel where people go running off to Rome? Well, it seems Death Never Sleeps, and…
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Cidade Invicta: A weekend in Porto teeming with port wine, a bookshop that inspired Hogwarts, and the teleférico over the nostalgic ships of the Douro River
by Flavia Brunetti Proietti November 4, 2014Or, in which we eat pig’s blood and lock ourselves in hotel bathrooms. By mistake, of course. The hotel bathroom…
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In which we stand where the gladiators stood. I’m so not kidding about this.
by Flavia Brunetti Proietti September 1, 2014Or, if you want goosebumps on a startlingly hot Roman Sunday afternoon, this is how you get them. The Colosseum,…
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Save The Date for Sound Foundation 2.0 on June 20th, 2014, because when else can you party with great people, listen to fantastic music, and also support a completely worthwhile cause?
by Flavia Brunetti Proietti June 15, 2014Looking for something amazing to do next Friday, June 20th? So are we. Read on! There’s an open-air venue…
