Cheers to you all, friends. I hope 2017 is off to a beautiful start! Cin cin a tutti, amici! Spero che 2017 (due mila diciasette) comincia bellissimo!
Category: Snapshots from Italy
Favorite Snapshots Across the Years: The Florence Edition
Florence makes my heart beat fast. For reasons which I’ve never fully understood, I feel actual love for this city, cradle of the Renaissance. I can’t get enough of it when I’m there; I ache for it when I’m gone. When in Florence, I rise with the sun and wander the streets just for the…
Snapshots from Italy: Favorites Across the Years, Part 2
This is the second post in a three-part series. For Part One, please click here. Between the years of 1820-2004, sources show that approximately 5.5 million Italians immigrated to the United States, but the biggest wave of immigration was concentrated during the years of 1880-1914, when more than four million Italians came to the United…
Snapshots from Italy: Favorites Across the Years, Part 1
A very rough (and probably low) estimate of pictures of Italy I have in my personal files is around 2500. So, in what seems like a perfect way to avoid post-Christmas clean up and neglected laundry from the holidays, I thought it would be fun to showcase some of my top favorites this month. Enjoy…
Snapshots from Italy: A Wish List
“I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher While I have been fortunate to see the moon shine from several places in the world (including Italy), Italy is still an itch that needs scratching. Here are some places still on my Italian wish…
Libri love.
I thought I had died and gone to heaven when I stepped into this abundant bookstore in Milan. So beautiful, so orderly, so many libri italiani (Italian books). My heart started beating fast and I didn’t know which section to tackle first. However, I took this picture because there was a great irony occurring at that exact…
Buon Natale a Tutti / Merry Christmas to All!
Wishing everyone a blessed and beautiful holiday season. ❤ Piazza Portanova, Salerno Image Credit Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome Image Credit: Roma Ieri Oggi Facebook Page Florence Image Credit: The Travel Cocktail
Mixing Media
Old world mixes with new as this man of the cloth checks his phone while exiting the Basilica di San Nicola in Bari, Italy. San Nicola (Saint Nicholas), is the patron saint of Bari, Italy, and is thought to be the man who inspired Santa Claus traditions the world over. Please visit Prayers and Piazzas Thursday…
Christmas Lights in Italy
I Luci di Natale in Italia If a picture is worth a thousand words (mille parole), how many does a video cover? Find out by taking a virtual trip to Italy to see the Christmas lights, with three bits of footage culled from YouTube. Enjoy! Divertiti! Two and a half minutes in Florence/due e mezzo minuti…
Blessings to all who Pass By
Behold the tabernacolo, those lovely outdoor altars that are ubiquitous in Italy. Ecco il tabernacolo, quelle belle altari all’aria aperta che sono onnipresenti in Italia. “Talvolta con tabernacolo si indica una piccola edicola o capitello votivo o santella o altra struttura posta in luogo pubblico, all’interno della quale è inserita un’immagine sacra (dipinta o scolpita), a…
Prayers & Piazzas 