Alumna Joins UD Board of Trustees
The University of Dallas Board of Trustees has added another alumna to its ranks: Mary Devlin Capizzi, BA ’88 MBA ’89, a partner at Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP, a national, full-service law firm founded in Philadelphia in 1849. Capizzi started as a corporate transactional lawyer in the firm’s Chicago office, but had to pivot after her husband’s wo...
Pane e Vino Ristorante Italiano brings Italian culture to Katy area
Roberto Militello, the general manager who runs Pane e Vino Ristorante Italiano, was raised in Milan and strives to recreate an authentic Italian experience at the Katy-area eatery. “Italy has a beautiful gift with its food,” Militello said. “You can see your mom get up early in the morning to go to the market for fresh ingredients and then come ho...
Rome’s acclaimed Bonci Pizza brings its scissor-cut slices to New Orleans
Pizza lovers can be picky. There’s the style of crust, the specific topping combinations. A new pizzeria in downtown New Orleans now brings a different kind of pizza, and a different approach to ordering. Bonci Pizza opened Thursday in the Warehouse District. It’s part of a chain, though one with links straight back to Rome, where founder Gabriele...
Here are Tulsa's top 5 Italian spots
Looking to satisfy your appetite for Italian fare? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top Italian spots around Tulsa, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of the best spots to meet your needs. 1. Andolini's Pizzeria Topping the list is Andolini's Pizzeria. Located at 1552 E. 15th St. in Swan Lake, the Italia...
Louis Prima, "the man who played pretty for the people," still entertaining them at N.O. Jazz Museum
If you’re of a certain age, you know Louis Prima's songs and wild on-stage antics from TV or Las Vegas. If you’re younger, you know his songs recorded by younger artists like David Lee Roth and Brian Setzer or in TV commercials. Others know him as the singin’, swingin’ voice of King Louie in Disney’s animated film The Jungle Book. One thing’s for...
Where you can get an Italian meal during Houston Restaurant Weeks
Time to pair some wine with that pasta. Houston Restaurant Weeks runs through Sept. 2. This month can be a time to treat yourself and venture out to some Houston restaurants that you normally would not splurge for. Not to mention, Houston Restaurant Weeks both donates to the Houston Food Bank and allows diners to get major bang for their buck. Hous...
Angelo Brocato's - where Sicily and the Crescent City collide
“On warm summer nights, the violins would play as horse-drawn carriages pulled up to the fashionable ice cream parlors on Palermo’s waterfront. Elegant ladies and gentlemen, many from Sicily’s royal family, would step out and sit down to their favorite dessert of lemon ice, spumoni or cassata. Inside the kitchens, young boys – among them, Angelo Br...
Italiano’s, Kolache Factory, Patten Title plan Kingwood locations
The Italian eatery known for its garlic knots will open its third Lake Houston area location at the Centré at Northpark shopping center in the first quarter of 2020. The development is located just west of the intersection of Northpark Drive and Russell Palmer Road. It is situated on the 1400 block of Northpark Drive. Italiano’s has four total loca...
Visita presso il contingente della Rappresentanza dell'Aeronautica Militare Italiana (RAMI) di Sheppard AFB, Texas
Si e' svolta presso il Kemp Center for the Arts a Wichita Falls, la tradizionale serata conviviale organizzata dalla RAMI. Il Comandante della Rappresentanza Militare di Sheppard T.Col.Vincenzo Repici ha voluto dare con l'occasione il benvenuto ufficiale a Federico Ciattaglia, Console Generale d'Italia della circoscrizione di Houston, con la conse...
Former Cowgirl All-American Erika Piancastelli helps Italy earn spot in 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Former McNeese All-American Erika Piancastelli reached one of her lifelong goals last weekend by helping her Italian National team qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after defeating Great Britain5-0 at the WBSC Softball Europe/Africa Qualifier in Utrecht’s, Netherlands. “It still hasn’t hit me yet, it doesn’t feel real,” Piancastelli said. “...
Pelicans sign Nicolò Melli
The New Orleans Pelicans announced today that the team has signed free agent forward Nicolò Melli. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Melli, 6-9, 235, joins the Pelicans after a successful 12-year professional career in Europe with stops in Italy (Reggiana, Olimpia Milano, VL Pesaro), Germany (Brose Bamberg) and most recently Tu...
Puopolo's Italian Ice & Creamery brings shades of Philadelphia to south Tulsa
A co-worker told me about an off-menu item at the new Puopolo’s Italian Ice & Creamery. “Just ask for the Uncle Dan,” she said. “They will know what you want, and you have to try it.” So, by golly, I did just that, and it was delicious. The Uncle Dan had a bottom layer of vanilla soft-serve ice cream, a middle section of sour apple Italian ice and...