Archive - Life Lived Italian

Ghosts in the Machines

All the time I was in Modena, I couldn’t help thinking about my father.

Jun 19 •

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Brothers from a Mediterranean Mother

Postcard From A Greek Vacation

Jun 6 •

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May 2025

The Empire Strikes Back

I probably should have seen it coming when the Caput Mundi signs showed up last year.

May 23 •

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You Know You're In Italy When...

From our perch on Borgo Pio, just outside of the Vatican in Rome, it doesn’t take long before you learn the rhythm of the tourist calendar.

May 16 •

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April 2025

The Art of Living Simply

Flanked by a Trastevere police station and a Regione Lazio office tower that puts the brute in “brutalist”, the Roman neighborhood where the unassuming…

Apr 24 •

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Where Beauty Hides

From when we first arrived in the region of Le Marche, I noticed that people spoke of the town of Monte San Martino with a certain reverence, as if a…

Apr 18 •

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March 2025

Better Together

The Caffè Dreams of Camillo Benso di Cavour

Mar 28 •

Life Lived Italian

Join Me On Friday!

No reading assignment this time :)

Mar 13 •

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Italy's Eternal Obsession

Mar 10 •

Life Lived Italian

February 2025

Arezzo: Land of Antiquity and Aching Backs

Admittedly, Italy is full of old stuff. But much of it isn't for sale. That's why you go to an antique market- with the hope of finding that random…

Feb 22 •

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The Seeds of Love

The story of Saint Valentine is a dizzying combination of mistaken identities, reckless embellishment, morbid suffering, and well-intentioned…

Feb 7 •

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January 2025

Friends in High Places

Pasquale showed up almost immediately upon our return to Rome after the holidays, as if to herald the dawn of 2025.

Jan 24 •

Life Lived Italian

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