History & Culture March 8: International Women’s Day If you're reading this in the US right now, you might be wondering what the heck I'm... Read more →
History & Culture Italian Christmas Traditions: The Legend of La Befana Today is the Feast of the Epiphany, which means that last night La Befana visited... Read more →
History & Culture Christopher Columbus: History in the Details This is an article originally published in the October 10, 2013 edition of L'Italo... Read more →
History & Culture Italian Holidays: Buon Ferragosto! Ferra....what? If you're not Italian and you've never been to Italy in August, you... Read more →
My TravelsVenice & Veneto The Easter Bunny Found Me in Verona The Easter Bunny hasn't come for me since I moved away from Florida, but being SO FAR... Read more →
My TravelsVenice & Veneto Verona at Easter Being a Catholic in the US is different from being a Catholic in Italy. Here, there is... Read more →
History & Culture Italian Holiday Traditions: Red Underwear & Pork & Lentils One of my Italian teachers told me about the Italian tradition to wear red underwear on... Read more →
Fun Buon Natale a Tutti! Buon Natale tutti! Nat King Cole recorded this song in 1959: "Buon Natale! May all your... Read more →
Fun Happy Thanksgiving! Perhaps this is a bit of a stretch for a blog about Italy, but Robert DeNero comes from... Read more →