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Come state? How are you?
I am still on vacation, so this newsletter was written a few weeks ago because I had to share something with you, something I'm quite sure you'll enjoy as I did.
On an end-of-July Saturday, Luca, our friend Ugo, and I, probably the last souls left in the city, sheltered from the heat in the Scuderie Del Quirinale for a photographic exhibition about Italy's past and present. Here are my favorite pics - all from the past.
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For some pictures, I have something to say. For others, I just want to share their beauty and significance.
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When Rome was still rural...
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Oh, Venice, if only time traveling was an option!
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What's not to love about this picture?
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When all Italians were elegant:
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The cruelty of tuna fishing:
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A must-see place even nowadays: Tavoliere delle Puglie.
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Music does its job too - this reminded me of Covid times...:
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Religion did, now losing strength:
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Protests and juvenile movements might have taken its place in the sixties/seventies/eighties:
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That's it, cari miei, have a wonderful end of Summer/beginning of Fall.
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FROM THE BLOG
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eggplant dip from Sicily
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An eggplant dip recipe: eggplant caviar from Sicily.
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ORTIGIA'S SIMPOSIO
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Simposio's Ortigia is an ancient terracotta pot filled with everything from Ortigia, Noto, Marzamemi, and Pachino (Sicily, Italy): a slow travel guide, a cookbook, and a photography book. Plenty with food and fish markets, history, Greek theaters, duomos, cathedrals, cooking inspiration (recipes), traditions, and things to do and see.
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If you stumbled upon this newsletter for the first time...
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I live in glorious Rome. I love pasta, "melanzane alla parmigiana," hats, suitcases and airports, Christmas, and books.
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Through this weekly correspondence, I aim to share what living in Italy truly feels like. Of course, this is my point of view: the neighborhood where I live, the places I go to, the food I eat, and the trips I take. I try to broaden it by recounting traditions, asking the people I meet, and time-traveling through my memories or those of the Italians around me. Hoping this will be entertaining, informative, and, most important of all, authentic!
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