Italy's Pantheon takes in €200,000 in first week of ticket sales
The Pantheon has taken in almost €200,000 in ticket sales since a new ticketing system was introduced at the Rome landmark a week ago, Italy's culture minister announced on Monday. "The numbers relating to the first week of paid entrances to the Pantheon are decidedly positive", said Gennaro Sangiuliano, who told reporters that the Pantheon had wel...
Festa Italiana returns to Paesano Cedarville Park on August 20th
Our Festa in the park is fun for the entire family and a great venue to meet with family, old friends and also an opportunity to meet new friends. There will be Entertainment, Italian Food/ Beverages, Raffle, Wall of Wine and Auction. The Festa Italiana 4 Person Open Bocce Tournament will start up at 8:30am (see here). Come to the Park and have a g...
Ponte Dirillo – Remembering the 82nd Airborne on the 80th Anniversary
U.S. and Italian service members, along with officials from Commander, Navy Region Europe, Africa, Central, the U.S. Consulate General in Naples, the British Embassy in Rome, and Naval Air Station Sigonella gathered at the 82nd Airborne Division Monument at Ponte Dirillo, in Gela, Italy, to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Operation Husky, July 10...
Undiscarded Stories: The Lost Petrella's Point Newsstand
New York City is teeming with personalities larger than life itself – unapologetically brash, no-nonsense folks who can be intimidating but will always have your back. One of the greatest privileges of hosting this podcast project is not just delving into the city’s rich history but also acquainting myself with the colorful characters who populate...
Porto Flavia, tunnel carved into the rock on the sea
Sardinia is the island of wonders, especially with regard to its landscape heritage. Among these is Porto Flavia, an extraordinary monument of industrial archeology extraordinarily inserted in the cliffs of an enchanting coast that offers visitors a breathtaking view of the sea of Masua and the exciting faraglione di Pan di Zucchero, one of the mos...
Ruffino's Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria in Port St. Lucie
The Treasure Coast is filled with wonderful restaurants and new ones are opening — and, unfortunately closing — every day. So what is the secret to a successful, family-owned restaurant that has been around for decades? The story began with Guy and Maria, who moved from Italy to New York. They met while working at a restaurant on Long Island. They...
Giant Ferragosto festa at Casa Aug 12!
Casa is again putting on a grande Ferragosto Festa. We’ll have food booths, community merch tables, live entertainment, a raffle, games, and a wine & beer garden. Stay tuned for all the fun details and entertainment lineup! Come have fun 10am to 5pm on Saturday August 12. Ferragosto is a huge annual Italian public holiday on August 15 where each ye...
Zanti’s Deli Offers Italian Sandwiches in South St. Louis County
Since the opening of Zanti’s Deli (181 Concord Plaza Shopping Center, Sappington), husband and wife Roberto and Annette Zanti have been busy serving Italian sandwiches in a counter-service setting. The 10 sandwiches include the Zanti’s Italiano — a customer favorite with mortadella, salame, ham and capocollo — and a classic meatball sub made with h...
America, a Gift that My Ancestors Gave Me, as Italy has Given Beauty to the World
My great-great grandmother Rosa Pace, born in 1858 in San Fele, Basilicata, married my trisnonno Giuseppe Sabba and had 6 sons. They were poor farmers but were as strong as the oak tree and as fruitful as the chestnut tree (it was customary to hang these two branches over the doors for that symbology). When Rosa was young, Basilicata suffered from...
The So-Obvious-It’s-Not-Obvious Hack for Visiting the Amalfi Coast on a Budget
On one side of the empty scenic highway stretches the azure waters of the Tyrrhenian. On the other, the peaks of the Lattari Mountains. Coming around a bend, the town of Positano climbs up the cliff. You pull into a deserted overlook to photograph the vista in the late afternoon sun. Afterward, you head to Sorrento for dinner, parking on the main s...
Frank Depasquale's guide to the best of Boston's North End
A small peninsula jutting into the Boston Harbor, the North End is one of the city's oldest and most storied neighbourhoods. Puritans from England settled the area, followed by waves of other European immigrants whose red-brick homes still crowd the narrow, maze-like streets. By the early 20th Century, tens of thousands of Italian immigrants had tr...
At Lamborghini, gasoline is going, going, gone
Those who've waited this long to plunk down a deposit on a Lamborghini with a full combustion motor have waited too long. For six decades, the Italian brand, founded in 1963 to compete with Ferrari, delivered V8s, V10s and V12 gasoline powered engines to its aficionados. But as of now, its official: the order books have closed on Lambo’s Huracan an...