Fendi heiress brings fine jewelry collection to Texas
True fashion plates can spot a Fendi bag from across a room. The LVMH-owned, Italian-based luxury house reached peak popularity in the late ‘90s and early 2000s, right at the crux of logo mania. Its signature interlocking Fs are synonymous with cheeky, lightly ostentatious style — and in some cases, a healthy “Sex and the City” obsession. Sarah Jes...
Review: Julian’s Italian Pizzeria hits home with pizza, pasta and value in Alamo Heights
Deck ovens are magnificent beasts. The broad steel boxes turn out some of the best pizza in the country, from New York to Chicago to anywhere there’s a will to make pizza with a thin, toasted crust and a fat, chewy collar. Julian’s Italian Pizzeria & Kitchen is faithful to the church of the deck oven, and the pies coming from those ovens at the Ala...
United Airlines Is About To Make It A Lot Easier To Get To The Amalfi Coast
Good news for anyone who loves the Amalfi Coast but doesn’t love the thought of the transfers or driving time often needed to get there—United Airlines launches daily, nonstop (seasonal) service from New York/Newark to Naples, Italy, on May 22. Running through Oct. 26, 2019, it will be the only nonstop service between the United States and Naples....
Staten Island Nightlife: Deana Martin sings Dino: Wows a sold-out crowd at Hilton's Lorenzo's Cabaret
There’s something special about a relationship between dads and daughters. With a love that's everlasting and unconditional, a dad is a king in his daughter's life. Deana Martin knows it all to be so true. And her dad, who was dubbed the “King of Cool” because of his stage presence, good lucks and charisma, was certainly no exception. And if you...
Ponza
Ponza is one of the largest islands located in the Tyrrhenian sea, 33 kms off the South coast of Cape Circeo. This archipelago in the Latina province has an area of 7.5 sq. km, with around 3500 inhabitants residing on its largest island, Ponza. Because of the large number of tourists visiting the area every year,population rises notably during the...
Frank’s Food Picks | This Italian restaurant treats you like family
So we were shooting this week's Frank’s Food Picks at John Mineo’s, and I was looking at all of these wonderful pictures. Then I saw this picture of 45-year-old John Mineo Senior. I swear, I thought I was looking at a picture of a 45-year-old Frank Cusumano Senior, my dad. Carbon copy. I felt like I was looking at my own family. The mother, Anna,...
Feast Your Eyes on Philly’s Historic 9th Street Italian Market Festival
A rush of Italian culture, aromas, music and traditions will soon overtake the country’s oldest outdoor market. That’s right: South Philly’s 9th Street Italian Market Festival — a two-day, eight-block enduring celebration — will take place on May 18 and 19 from Fitzwater to Wharton Streets. Tens of thousands of people will flood the historic corrid...
Svelato il meccanismo che può far morire 'di fame' i tumori
Individuato il meccanismo che può far morire il cancro 'di fame'. La scoperta, pubblicata sulla rivista Cancer Cell, è di un gruppo di ricercatori italiani coordinati da Saverio Minucci, direttore del Programma Nuovi Farmaci dell'Istituto Europeo di Oncologia. Lo studio - condotto su topi e cellule umane in vitro in laboratorio - dimostra infatti c...
Distributing Food to the Homeless on the Feast of Sant’Atanasio il Grande
Thursday, May 2nd, members of the Constantinian Auxiliary prepared and distributed food to the homeless in Chinatown and Two Bridges, New York on the Feast of Sant’Atanasio il Grande (Saint Athanasius the Great). Meeting at the Church of the Transfiguration (29 Mott St.), volunteers prepared 30 care packages replete with toiletries and ready to eat...
International investors are faster than Italians when it comes to seizing opportunities in the Country
In the United States – a country I have lived in for many years, where the names of the winner and loser in a Presidential election are known within a few hours after the close of the polling locations – the institutional stalemate and complexity of the Italian political scene are difficult to interpret and explain. On the other hand, the economic...
Art of the Italian Churches
It was an amazing achievement, we can say in retrospect – the construction and decoration of so many splendid Catholic churches between 1830 and 1940 throughout New York City and its surroundings. Italian churches occupy a special place here. Relative latecomers to the church building movement , the Italian immigrants succeeded in crafting a series...
Il Toscano Restaurant in Douglaston to be featured on Cooking Channel show this summer
A renowned Italian restaurant in Douglaston will be featured on a popular Cooking Channel program this June. Earlier this month, the owners of Il Toscano Restaurant at 42-05 235th St. broke the news that it will be appearing on “The Best Thing I Ever Ate.” The program features celebrity chefs describing the best dishes they have tried at restaurant...