Saturday, October 31, 2015

Italian newspapers are beautiful

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What I learn from Italy and Italians isn't confined to the language of that country or the customs of that country. I learn about ...
Thursday, October 29, 2015

#ThisisAtlanta -- Kudzu covering street signs

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Street signs at an abandoned intersection in southeast Atlanta, covered with kudzu. This is Atlanta.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015

What Jeanne will find in Paradiso

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It's almost obscene how much joy I derive from reading Italian . Maybe that's how they can convince high school students and ot...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Mommy says (no, not me)

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During my recent visit to New Jersey, Mommy says to me:  “She sent him a mass card and everything.”   Where 'everything' cons...
Sunday, October 18, 2015

What I Can't Resist (Italian book version)

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Books about Florence or Florentine sayings, written typically for Italians. Yep, that's something I simply cannot resist buying. ...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Let's look at the Food Section...

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...Says you-know-who, last Wednesday while we were looking at The   New York Times over breakfast, per our usual. And while listening ...
Thursday, September 24, 2015

"Look, Mommy, it's the Mona Lisa!"

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Down here in Atlanta, there's a saying you'll hear sometimes. "It ain't braggin' if you done it." Well, okay...
Sunday, September 06, 2015

Pushy commands you grow to love

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Here's one: "Read it, Mommy," as my son Leo pushes a book in my hand. Sometimes it's even a book in Italian .
Saturday, September 05, 2015

Puglia in Tavola, prose poem in mind

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Earlier this week, I took down from the book shelf in the kitchen where we keep the cook books a small volume we bought in Puglia : Puglia i...
Thursday, July 30, 2015

Lost entry from my Italian trip diary

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Back against the wall, eyes staring across the street, staring at the #54 , as if I were trying to memorize the address or the pattern of th...
Friday, July 10, 2015

I Good Mommy, I Good? (Poesia per Leonardo)

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A poem for Leo, in honor of his third birthday, and the way his words have thoroughly entered my head and changed the way I hear speech -- f...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Wait, did I really just go to Italy?

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As I go about my days back in Atlanta , I’m seized every now and again by a sudden realization: I went to Italy last month. Italy! I rea...
Thursday, June 04, 2015

Favorite Italian Spots? Here's One

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L'edicola . The newsstand. Still quite central to Italian life. If for no other reason than where, oh where, would you find so many pu...

Reason #502 I Love Rome

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THIS view. A window into heaven , as it were.
Wednesday, June 03, 2015

Reason #501 I Love Rome

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This view.
Tuesday, June 02, 2015

And Then We Said Arrivederci

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I'll continue to post photos from my Italy trip to the blog but I'll wrap up the story of my trip here. So here are the numbers. ...
Sunday, May 31, 2015

Where To Eat in Florence (the Update)

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OK, a long, long time ago I wrote a post about where to eat in Florence . And I'm more than happy to update it now. Full disclosure, b...
Saturday, May 30, 2015

Rome Notebook (An Italian Walks Into a Bar)

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3:30 p.m. May 13, 2015. I'll call this post: The difference between Rome and Florence: Take One In a nondescript bar across from the...
Friday, May 29, 2015

Rome, afternoon, 14 May 2015

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Jeanne Shops In Italy (My Top Picks)

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OK, here are my favorite purchases from Italy earlier this month: The coffee cup with the Palazzo Vecchio design. A must-have! Notice the...