Golden Is Getting a New Destination for Hearty Pastas and Old-Fashioned Italian Elegance
Although Downtown Golden may be known more for rustic western charm than Italian style, it’s about to get a big dose of the latter in the form of an elegant and intimate new Italian restaurant. Golden restaurateurs Aimee and Dean Valdez are preparing to open Bella Colibri inside the historic brick building at 812 12th Street that once served as the...
Cinema Italian Style SF
La prima edizione di Cinema Italian Style SF, il festival organizzato dalla leggendaria casa cinematografica italiana Luce Cinecittà in collaborazione con l'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di San Francisco e con il patrocinio del Consolato Generale d'Italia a San Francisco, si terrà al Vogue Theatre dal 22 al 24 novembre 2019. La manifestazione sarà i...
Infiorata di Noto: a spring festival not to be missed
Noto is blooming. Noto is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is the capital of Sicilian baroque architecture. Colonized in 263 BC by the Romans with a peace treaty, it was under the rule of Gerone II during his reign. Over the centuries it fell under the rule of the Romans, Arabs, Normans and Aragonese. In 1693 the city was completely destroyed by a...
Umberto’s brings Italian food and fun to Culver City
Italian food has been a long appreciated culinary art long before anyone living today was around, yet new takes on the long-held traditional cuisine are popping up with great frequency. It is the uniqueness that a restaurant can bring to the Italian cuisine experience that keeps a business open, and that’s just what Umberto’s plans to do in Culver...
Petosa Accordions handcrafts instruments for the biggest names in music
The hum of an accordion might transport you to the streets of Paris or a drafty Italian restaurant with red and white checkered tablecloths and candles stuck in Chianti bottles. Maybe polka comes to mind; senior citizens with their socks pulled up to their knees squeezing the bellows in the corner of a Polish community center. But accordions have r...
The Italian region that ‘doesn’t exist’
Molise, a small region in south-eastern Italy, is famous for one thing: it doesn’t exist. Well, technically, it does exist. As one of Italy’s 20 official regions, Molise has a status equal to Tuscany, Lombardy or Piedmont. It holds regional elections and votes in national ones. It borders the regions of Abruzzo, Puglia, Lazio and Campania, all indi...
These 5 Italian Americans Made World War II History
For many Italian Americans, World War II was a difficult era. The U.S. had declared war on their ancestral home, many were perceived as a national security threat and domestic sentiment towards citizens with Italian heritage was skeptical, at best. Despite all these challenges, more than half a million Italian Americans joined and proudly served in...
Head to Italy’s capital of food Bologna for its top cuisines, beautiful streets and unforgettable history
Here's why you shuold visit Bologna, Italy's capital of food. Why should I go? Known as “The crossroads of Italy”, Bologna is steeped in history, with a stunning opera house and leaning towers — one leans more than its more famous counterpart in Pisa. It’s also a great destination to pair with Florence or Venice. Streets made for walking? Its hist...
Bovaconti Coffee is a Gem in Indianapolis
Earlier this month, the team behind Indianapolis coffee shop Georgia Street Grind brought another coffee brand to life: Bovaconti Coffee. With an upscale, vintage-style interior featuring plenty of exposed brick, painted tile ceilings and custom tile work, the multiroaster cafe reflects the historic character of the building in which it sits, as we...
Women and Ferraris — a Match Made in Fast Car Heaven
Everybody loves a woman behind the wheel of a Ferrari, as I discovered while zipping around town in the stunning Ferrari Portofino. Of course, I could’ve mistaken what I imagined as personal flirtation for looks of adoration directed to the car. For certain, this baby is a head-turner and a traffic-stopper, particularly when the hard top is down. W...
Italy 2020: Your ultimate list of must-visit destinations
Hindsight may be 20/20, but when it comes to Italy’s must-visit destinations for 2020, our foresight is also – yep, you guessed it – 20/20! While 2019 might have been all about Positano, the Amalfi Coast and sporadic celeb-spotting by the sea, Parma, Rome and the Dolomites among others will be taking centre-stage in the eyes of the world for the ye...
Tour the taste of Italy at Mariana’s The Stinky Rose
Thomas Flaherty segued from patrolling the highways for the Seminole Indian Tribe Police Department to perfecting pizzas and other tasty Italian dishes at Mariana’s The Stinky Rose Restaurant. The former law enforcement office in Collier County for 25 years and in Citrus County before that, assumed ownership of the restaurant in the Shoppes of Citr...