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Italian recipes for fish-based dishes: cuttlefish, peppers, and potatoes

9 April, 2020

Eating seafood dishes is definitely suggested when you visit small beach towns or travel in coastal areas. Every year during summer break, I love to go eat at Punta Secca, a small village that has a lighthouse as its namesake.…

Miss World Italy 2008 finalists

9 April, 2020

After the announcement of Claudia Ferraris winning the Miss Universe Italy contest, Miss World Italy is also coming into its final round, which will take place on June 7 at Gallipoli: 52 finalists will be judged by television and print…

Milan women's fashion week autumn winter 2011/12: Gucci

9 April, 2020

Milan Fashion week started a couple of days ago and Gucci was one of the first to take to the catwalk. I must say right away that Frida Giannini’s new creations for next fall cut all the mustard! Beautiful, audacious…

B&B; in Porto San Giorgio Marche

9 April, 2020

There’s this small B&B in Porto San Giorgio called Marchelife that seems to have come out of one of those old postcards that people used to send home to friends and relatives. An old house perched on a green hill…

Italian actress Martina Stella cast in Rob Marshall's Nine

9 April, 2020

Italian actress Martina Stella has just been hired to play a character in Nine, the new musical directed by Rob Marshall. The movie based on Federico Fellini’s 8 ½ will star such big names as Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope…

Luxury restaurants in Rome: Ristorante Camponeschi in piazza Farnese

9 April, 2020

A great favourite with the rich and famous (among which the king of Morocco and the Spanish infanta), the Camponeschi restaurant in Piazza Farnese is one of best places where to eat in Rome. It goes without saying that the…

Milan Fashion week : Bottega Veneta Fall/Winter 2009/10 men's collections

9 April, 2020

Bottega Veneta does know how to create cool clothes. Its latest collection dominated by beautiful knits has written elegance all over it , but actually what I love most about these new creations, besides the exquisite palette of delicate browns…

Italian songs: "Azzurro" by Adriano Celentano sung by Italian football team

9 April, 2020

In the video above you can see Italian singer Adriano Celentano singing “Azzurro”: an Italian song that laments the arrival of summer and a girl gone away to the sea. Celentano has a story typical of many Italians who migrated…

Living in Italy: villas or churchs? New trend restores churches as homes

9 April, 2020

In a trend that is likely to be taken up by Americans living in Italy, and other Italian expat residents, it is becoming fashionable to seek old churches and religious dwellings as real estate and new residences.Abandoning the more traditional…

Touring Rome: cycling the Appian Way

9 April, 2020

Cycling in Italy, particularly in Rome, obviously has its romantic pleasures, and in the eternal city you can only imagine the stunning streetscapes and history you can explore when cycling. The Appian Way is perfect for a cycle in Rome…

Italian Art exhibitions: "The Mind of Leonardo" on display at Museo Nazionale in Rome

9 April, 2020

This new and rather unusual exhibition called The Mind of Leonardo - the Universal Genius at Work and devoted to one of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance sheds a new, stronger light on Leonardo’s superb mind. The exhibition…

Sienna Miller and Balthazar Getty's dirty weekends in Positano, Italy

9 April, 2020

Sienna Miller and Balthazar have been spotted in Positano on the Amalfi Coast once again! They must have fallen in love with the place I guess. Well, if I can speak my mind, my heart goes out to Balthazar Getty’s…

Luxury holidays in Florence: Montebello Splendid hotel

9 April, 2020

Looking for a posh hotel in Florence? If so the Montebello Splendid hotel could be perfect for you! Located in a historical palace in a peaceful but central area of the city, the hotel has beautiful rooms with views over…

Vogue fashion Night Out in Milan

9 April, 2020

The Vogue Fashion’s Night Out in Milan, one of the world’s most famous cities for its fashion, takes place this evening in Milan, one night before the New York Vogue Night Out. The city will be focusing on high fashion…

Monica Bellucci sexy mum for Vanity Fair

9 April, 2020

Monica Bellucci and her baby Leonie grace the cover of Vanity Fair Italia; in the interview Monica talks of what it means to be a mum. She can’t bear to be saperated from her child for a second so they…

Ornellaia Imperiale sold for 4,320 euro

9 April, 2020

In an “en primeur” auction first for Italy, a bottle of Imperiale (six litres) Ornellaia 2005 has been sold for the sweet sum of 4,320 euro.A number of collectors contended each other in Rome (at Gelardini e Romani), challenging one…

Italian show girl Elisabetta Canalis and George Clooney snapped in Mexico

9 April, 2020

The new year bodes well for Elisabetta Canalis. In february she will co host the Sanremo festival with Italian singer Gianni Morandi and Belen Rodriguez and, according to tabloids she will also find the time to marry her boyfriend (i.e.…

The new generation three tenors: Volo Tenorini from Italy

9 April, 2020

A new Italian trio of singers is showing that opera can live on in a new generation. “Il Volo” is a modern take on the famous three tenors of the past and features three young Italians, known as the Tenorini,…

How to write an Italian Christmas card

9 April, 2020

Christmas in Italy is not normally a time when Italians make long lists of all the people they need to write Christmas cards to, spending a small fortune in stamps and stationery. In fact, probably because families still often live…

Trekking in Italy: Alto Adige canyon

9 April, 2020

This beautiful photo is of one of Italy’s UNESCO destinations, known as the “Grand Canyon of the Alto Adige” or Gola del Rio delle Foglie-Bletterbach. It is the largest canyon in Alto Adige and can be found at the base…

Holidays in Sicily: the Costa Tirrenica from Palermo

9 April, 2020

If you’re looking for an alternative holiday destination in Italy, in both winter and summer, you could considere the Costa Tirrenica in Sicily. For accommodation in Sicily, one of the best sites is Siciliae.com, which is a portal to all…

Girolamo Dai Libri's miniatures and paintings on exhibition in Verona

9 April, 2020

Girolamo dai Libri was a talented painter and miniaturist who lived in Verona in the 16th century; deeply admired by Giorgio Vasari Girolamo started to paint at an early age, soon obtaining several important commissions. The Deposition from the Cross…