I’ve seen so many fantastic photos on the blogosphere over the last year and have been impressed with the photography skills of so many bloggers. In my opinion,photos really enhance a blog and creates a greater reading experience. For me,a great photo makes emotions come alive…. so I salute [...]
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 Custom Search  | I’m pretty laid back most of the time but everyone has a few pet peeves,me included. Do you have any pet peeves when it comes to Italian? Here are three of mine: It’s spelled:Bruschetta –It’s pronounced:brus-kett-a (not “brusheta”) Why? beacause in Italian “che”is a hard C. If [...] I’m very thankful to my parents for speaking Italian to us growing up and although I understand the reasons behind some Italian parents not wanting their children to learn the language (depending on when they emigrated from Italy),I don’t agree with that philosophy and personally think it’s unfortunate as well as a wasted [...] So for those of you who don’t know him,Danilo Gallinari is an Italian basketball player that was drafted by the New York Knicks this past year (6th overall.) He started the season off with some back problems,so he just recently began playing in the NBA. At home games in Madison Square Garden [...] Italians are big on superstitions…. it’s true. Especially us southern Italians. Here are a few of the ones that stand out from growing up. Some are serious and others are just for fun. I hope you can add some of your own as well. Never lay a loaf of bread upside [...] This delicious fruit has many names:Prickly Pear,Cactus Pear,Tuna,Cactus Apple and in Italian:Fico d’India (ficundiana in calabrese)…here at italyville.com,I call it Y-U-M-M-Y! The cactus that produces cactus pears is abundant in many areas of Italy (especially in the south) as well as here in [...] Happy New Year to all. It seems like the holiday season that never ends…. yet here we are! But wait,“la festa della befana”(the Epiphany) is tomorrow! so all the good little Italian boys and girls will be waiting for “la befana”to ride around on her broom and bring them treats. Read [...] |    |  | ||
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