Cy Twombly, one of my favourite modern artists, has died on Tuesday, 5th July 2011 in Rome, Italy, losing a long battle
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Alberto Moravia – Italian Novelist
“My life, as, I believe, everybody else’s, is chaos. The only continuous line is one of literary work,” Moravia said
Continue readingLa Dolce Vita – Fellini's Masterpiece
“The film first impinged on the world at large in February 1960 when foreign journalists reported back to their readers,
Continue readingArtichokes Jewish Style – Carciofi alla Giudea
This is a classic dish, and a very tasty one! I was in Rome for one day and had the
Continue readingRistorante Il Pagliaccio, Roma, Italia
Today I want to share with you the impressions from my visit to the restaurant “Il Pagliaccio” in the historical
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Today I would like to share with you some thoughts on two Michelangelo sculptures with the same subject: Pieta. There
Continue readingWine Bar dei Frescobaldi – Aeroporto di Roma, Fiumicino, Italy
Genuinely polite service I believe that civilization is an everyday affair. Of course saying is not practicing. One of
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Enoteca Palatium, Rome, Centro Storico, Italy
This is a short report from my visit to Palatium in late May 2008, a “cool” enoteca that serves food
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