“Italienne?” the old man says to me, eyes twinkling. “Oui!” I answer, relieved to have understood one thing (a stunning…
Opinion & Comment (pensieri e perplessità)
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You guys. We just launched our audio walking tour of Rome, and we’re all sorts of frantically excited about it.…
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Truck driver
by Flavia Brunetti Proietti November 26, 2015So I open my notebook, and I grab my pen, because this is all I know. Renzo had been a…
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Time Travel (hic sunt dracones)
by Flavia Brunetti Proietti October 26, 2015A long time ago, on an old and very beautiful map, whenever the cartographers were at a loss and did…
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Footsteps, handprints
by Flavia Brunetti Proietti July 2, 2015She hits the ground hard, hears the crunch of a bone somewhere (her bone?) and the grinding of her teeth.…
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Roman Commute, or The Marathon
by Flavia Brunetti Proietti May 13, 2015“Did you work out today? I was on the treadmill forever.” Hmmm, well not officially, but… I wake up late…
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Yes! We’re doing a giveaway! Tell us about YOUR Rome – and win the coolest Rome travel guide!
by Flavia Brunetti Proietti April 29, 2015In which we make new friends, and you get a pocket travel guide to Rome delivered to your door. But…
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When this country no longer has farmers or artisans, it will no longer have a history. (Pier Paolo Pasolini) Once…
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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,…