Visit the Certosa di Pavia: an experience between nature, spirituality and art
Have you decided to visit Certosa di Pavia? Ok, let’s make it real. Choose a beautiful day and get ready to spend an unforgettable journey in Pavia’s countryside. Lose yourself in the monastery gardens, walk around in the cloister, experience the everyday life of the Carthusian monks, enjoy the beauty of the art and don't forget to pop into the del...
This Italian Resort in the Mountains of Tuscany Has 28 Miles of Trails, 16 Wooden Lodges, and Unforgettable Fresh Pasta
My son Felix and I slept with the windows open, so I was woken by birdsong. The sun was just coming over the mountain, the wooded hills were flooded with golden light, and the land was alive with insects and birds. While Felix continued to doze, I stepped onto the veranda, breathed in the scent of pine trees and herbs and flowers, and saluted the s...
Meet Giuliano Cecchinelli, Barre's last Italian stone carver
Giuliano Cecchinelli is 79 years old, has a gray beard, a brown plaid shirt and a floppy beret, and is a classically trained sculptor. He's been carving stone since he was a boy in Italy. “I know more than even the cemetery knows,” he says as he walks through Hope Cemetery in Barre. “You know, the family, the workers.” He’s part of a long legacy of...
The Greatest Italian Films of the 20th Century
Italy’s profound and everlasting impact on art history reflects back to its film culture. Producing countless influential films and inspiring iconic filmmakers from different and distinctive cinema cultures, Italy’s reputation for artistic excellence has been justified multiple times. Cinematic innovation, cultural identity, and authentic represent...
Cocullo, the medieval town where snakes are kings
Cocullo is a small, picturesque village located in the heart of the Apennine Mountains in the L’Aquila province of Abruzzo. Usually, life goes on quietly, following the gentle and ancient rhythm of nature all year, but things get more exciting every May, when Cocullo’s famous Festa dei Serpari, or feast of the snake handlers, takes place. The vil...
Casa Panerai Opens In New York City: The World’s Largest Panerai Watch Boutique
While the general population is becoming increasingly more comfortable purchasing high-value items online, a brick-and-mortar retail presence is still highly important when it comes to the luxury watch market. In addition to providing buyers with the opportunity to experience how watches actually wear on their wrists, boutiques also serve as the pu...
Emilia Fox’s ‘Signora Volpe’ Renewed For Season 2 At Acorn TV
The series, which stars Emilia Fox as a British spy in Italy, has been renewed for Season 2 at AMC Networks’ Acorn TV. It comes a year after the series launched three feature-length episodes. It is produced by ITV Studios-backed production company Route 24, which is behind Sky’s The Midwich Cuckoos. Season 2 finds former British spy Sylvia Fox, pla...
Brezza in Las Vegas excels at both atmosphere and mouthwatering dishes.
Can’t quite get to Italy this year? Well, dining at Brezza on your desert vacation will make you feel like you’ve slipped in a detour to a restaurant there. A large part of that is due to chef Nicole Brisson’s cooking experiences in the kitchens of Italy, which she has showcased during her career in Vegas. Brezza sits near one end of the wide-open...
Alpine Cheeses At Artisanal Altitude
Cheeses from small-scale producers across the Alps are prized for their artisanal techniques and the unpolluted mountain pastures their livestock graze on. Their cheeses reflect the unique flavors that their flocks acquire from foraging on diverse pastures-including plant species in full bloom. These upland cheeses have different characteristics th...
Agoura High's Jonny DeLuca is poised to complete journey from Dodgers fan to starter
A big league promotion that caught Jonny DeLuca by surprise last weekend came as no shock to the Dodgers outfielder’s former coach at Agoura High. Anthony Chevrier saw this coming nearly a decade ago, when DeLuca was a 5-foot-9, 165-pound wisp of a freshman who started in right field and hit ninth for a 2014 varsity team that sent 10 players to Div...
The famous mosaics of the Baths of Caracalla
Not even the almost two millennia of history that separate us from the construction of the Baths of Caracalla have diminished the majesty of the remains that we can admire today. Sumptuous and symbol of wealth, the Baths of Caracalla conquered the Roman people with their marble walls, frescoes and wonderful mosaics. Those that today we can discover...
Marc Vetri Opens Pizzeria Salvy in Philadelphia
Marc Vetri, the acclaimed Philadelphia chef behind the Vetri Family Restaurant Group, this week debuted Pizzeria Salvy. Vetri devoted the restaurant, in the Comcast Technology Center in central Philadelphia, to the theme of his father, even modeling their logo off of his dad Sal’s signature glasses. And just in time for Father’s Day! The new concep...