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Referendum and Latinorum, do we speak the same language?

A life lesson from my Italian grandpa

A local celebration for Saint Pantaleone, my version

Any luck? Try this lucky water: acqua di San Giovanni

The Republican girl and fresh starts

Happy dies natalis, Roma! 21st April: Rome's birthday

I invite you to my Italian Easter lunch. What's on the traditional menù for Pasqua (and Pasquetta)

What's on 1st April menù?

It’s Dantedì, we’re celebrating the ‘father of the Italian language’ via hashtags

This is what happens when a priest goes social…

19th March: Father’s day, a Saint and a doughnut …

17th March: Anniversary of the Unity of Italy. A sober kind of…

The invisible war: shutters down, pitchforks up.

The desolate beauty of locked-down Italy

Get thee behind me, plague! Again on the coronavirus…

The Corona-thing will impact Italians' life, here's how…

My two cents on the Coronavirus: the Italian 'pandemia'

29th, 30th, 31st January: I giorni della Merla. The coldest days of the year, the blackbird said…

Where am I going to be with this blog?

My two cents on todays' politic miscellany: about money, mafia, and golden seats, it’s quite ironical

Whom Italian literature lost in 2019

Italians and Christmas 2019: stingier and less traditionalist, market research says

The intrinsic difficulty of offering a drink in English

2nd June: Republic Day

25th April: Liberation Day

Easter in Italy: Pasqua, Pasquetta, and “compagnia bella” (Co.) Hopeful(ly) holidays

Why this Bialetti coffee maker is the most annoying stovetop coffee machine ever created

On Italian “saudade” and how to cure your nostalgia for Italy the cheap way

April’s… fish? You, damn’ fool… pesce d’Aprile!

Spotted Red lingerie as flying red flags on New Year's Eve in Italy

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