Furbizia – a blessing or a burden?
A somewhat serious look at a common theme in bella Italia – furbizia. Is it ok to become a different person, a harder person, in the face of it? Does it make us better or just more cynical?
The fear of the fake: What “authenticity” means to a foreigner in a strange land.
“Authenticity… consists in having a true and lucid consciousness of the situation, in assuming the responsibilities and risks that it involves, in accepting it in pride or humiliation, sometimes in horror and hate.” – Sartre
The search for sex in Italy: 6 Italian slang sayings.
A journey through 6 Italian sayings that may or may not aid you in your search for sex this Valentine’s Day weekend.
Chi scrive a Capo d’Anno, scrive tutto l’anno.
See, this is why Italian is cool. Even a New Year’s resolution sounds like poetry.
Winter is coming. Arm yourselves against Emilia’s arsenal of food.
Our cohort of expat bloggers in Italy (#COSI) has bitten off about as much as it can chew this time: Italian regional food wars.
My love-hate relationship with Ferragosto.
Ferragosto: the blessing and the bane of the Italian summer, and the subject of this week’s COSI post. Some people adore this Italian summer holiday, while others find it to be incredibly annoying. My sentiments lie somewhere in the middle… here’s why:
An American speaking Italian is like a dancer having two left feet.
One of the most difficult things to learn in a new country is not the language itself, but how to use the language in the right way. In Italian, we have to disagree a bit before we can agree.
Don’t mess with the Malocchio, capisci? (Italian Evil Eye Curse).
I have put myself in harm’s way to write this post, so you better read it. And like it, dammit.
Married to Texas (my husband’s response to ‘Married to Italy’)
Our fearless group of expat bloggers returns to you this week with a doozy. We’ve asked our Italian (and one French) partners to talk about what it’s like being with us crazy expats. Oh, how the tables have turned.
Becoming Bold and Italic… collectively.
This week, a group of us stranieri pazzi expatriate bloggers here in Italy have decided to join forces and tackle a common subject: Stuff we didn’t do before moving to Italy.
Our collective nervous breakdown.
A Collective Post By Some Of Italy’s Best Known Expat Bloggers – Rick Zullo of Rick’s Rome, Misty Evans of Surviving Italy, and me… of here. (Spoiler alert: We all came to the same conclusion.)
