How to Say “Stuck Up” in Italian
I love this Italian idiom, which is used to refer to a snobbish person. Italians have a knack for going one step further with colorful [...]
I love this Italian idiom, which is used to refer to a snobbish person. Italians have a knack for going one step further with colorful [...]
I am here to tell you, from personal experience, WHY having at least an intermediate command of Italian is essential. Speaking Italian isn’t just [...]
Don't get too familiar with people, at least initially… Over familiarity is perhaps the biggest mistake that I witness English speakers making when they [...]
Le Bis is forever etched in my culinary memory banks.Finding the right words to do justice to this recent dining experience (this past Saturday), is [...]
This is the fourth in my water series. And the momentum seems to be growing. In fact, I’m well underway with my fifth, and other [...]
Here's a golden opportunity to learn Italian one-on-one with an excellent native speaker! I'm constantly advising people who want to spend substantial time [...]
This latest oil painting is still drying on its easel. And I am contemplating the next subject in this theme that has taken hold of [...]
Painting feels like my truest, most expansive space. And painting water-themed subjects, as I'm doing with my current water series, seems to take me deeper [...]
I adore my early morning walks here in Italy. Yes, a bella passeggiata, a nice stroll, is high on my gratitude list for living [...]
Buying property in Italy is fairly easy. While buying a car isn’t, unless you’re a bona fide resident. You see, cars have to have [...]
And you'd best prepare yourself. I first wrote about Italian crosswalks seven years ago (read it here). It was from the perspective of the pedestrian, [...]
One Excursion to Valloria Wasn't Nearly Enough. I thought I'd done a fairly thorough job of seeing Valloria when I took a long leisurely stroll [...]
Just yesterday I indulged in a yummy cup of pistachio and stracciatella gelato. Beware of marketing, a.k.a. visual enhancement. I’ve lived in Italy [...]
I’ve never been a crowd kind of guy. My painting subjects often reflect this. “Table for One,” my latest oil, is yet another example of [...]
Life keeps teaching me to let go and to let its current take me. Again and again, I find myself reflecting on the river [...]
The National Museum of Cinema is housed in this architectural beauty. La Mole Antonelliana, called “La Mole” for short, constructed from 1863 to 1889, was [...]
Painting is a journey of self-discovery for me. As usual, my painting is a way of exploring what lurks inside my psyche, bypassing the [...]
I was needing a shift. And I’ve learned that when I need more equilibrium, I lean into my creative endeavors. They bring me back [...]