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la Piazza di Carolina

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Difference Makers

The Advertising spot above is reserved for companies, people and organizations that are making a difference in the Italian and Italian American communities. It's a free spot and changes periodically. Are you making a difference? Contact me.

Fantastic Photo

Here’s a fantastic photo from Amy & Jonny at “We Are Never Full” their blog was one of the inspiration behind Fantastic Photos when I started it (read here.) The photo was taken on a weekday morning at 9am as they drank their morning “caffè” in Piazza Maggiore in Bologna.  This photo takes [...]

Garganelli

My years living in Bologna gave me many great memories and one of them is the quality of the food… if you have never been to Bologna you need to make a trip!  In the major tourist cities (Venice, Roma, Firenze, etc.) you need to get off the beaten track to find really good restaurants… [...]

Castagne Roasting on an open fire… or oven

I forgot to add one of my favorite things to the list below… actually I probably forgot many but one that I truly love and miss is the smell of roasting castagne (chestnuts) in the winter. The scene of the salesman camped out with his roaster on the corner as people bustled by to finish [...]

Bologna

A few things I miss from when I lived in Bologna….

- walking under the portici on rainy days
- the colors, smells and sounds of the open market
- morning cappuccino with my newspaper
- running in Giardini Margherita
- finding a new interesting shop
- My terrace overlooking the rooftops
- mountain biking in the hills outside the city
- [...]