When this country no longer has farmers or artisans, it will no longer have a history. (Pier Paolo Pasolini) Once…
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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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Downtown Adventure (Roman style) with CoopCulture
by Young in Rome November 9, 2014By YounginRome contributor : Mallory Robinson When I used to think about Rome, and Italy in general, my mind immediately…
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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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Two days in Florence with City Wonders
by Lauren T. Mouat October 9, 2014One of the reasons I choose to live in Rome is beacuse when the urge to travel strikes and you…
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When in Rome – Drink Gin!
by Young in Rome October 3, 2014By YiR contributor Amelia Stewart A note from YiR: If you live here, you know people from everywhere – Rome…
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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,…