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Wednesday before Thanksgiving is usually the biggest travel day of the year in the U.S.
I hope everyone travels safe, and before Black Friday, make sure you read my Italy Gift Guide (and comment to win a limited edition Illy caffe’ tin) from yesterday to take advantage of the on and offline specials.
And what about [...]

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Last year I attended a 4th of July barbecue-aperitivo organized by various expat groups. I didn’t partake of the buffet but I was there more for the company than anything. This year the BBQ was on a Sunday and I was out of town, so I was lucky enough to be invited to a small [...]

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I’ve just stepped off a train, back from the ponte, the long weekend. We were coming from Rome and I knew the craziness that surrounds the huge May 1 concert would make it hard for us to do a normal night train, so we got a cuccette. Ah, che bliss!
And the winner of the [...]

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Wow, Berlin!
The afternoon we arrived in Berlin, we had a beautiful blue sky and I walked around in a light jacket, but it soon turned chilly and rainy. With all Berlin’s been through, I felt that a more somber tone was appropriate. Over Easter weekend we were huddled up in thick rain jackets and [...]

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We arrived back from Berlin and I remembered that I had stashed away quite a few chocolate Easter eggs - what to do, what to do? Of course, we will eat these, but first I wanted to play a little bit. By the way, the speckled ones are the best, a thick chocolate shell with [...]

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I know you thought Carnevale was on Tuesday, and it’s over, right? Wrong. In Milan, Carnevale is on Saturday (due to the Ambrosian rite), and it was this past Saturday.
We went to the Duomo area because we heard there was going to be a sfilata, a parade and were interested to see how it [...]

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[Readers without Borders] Check out my mini-review of John Maeda’s Laws of Simplicity at RWB since I attended his talk this week in Milan.
[Umbria Jazz] Starting lineup for this year’s festival in July is out now on their site.

Innovation in Italy has a Name……and thy name is Carnevale.
Continuing my coverage on Carnevale in Manfredonia, [...]

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