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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 [...]
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 [...]
Ligurian olive oil is considered to be amongst Italy's best. So, I can understand why Imperia's Annual Olive Festival is such an important event. [...]
Then people are implying that you're stingy. Maybe "le braccia corte" is being used in jest when it's your turn to buy the next [...]
I'm a lover of reportage, or documentary photography."Life Goes on in Italy, doesn't it?" I recently thought while having my morning coffee in the city [...]
And when they turn into mental prisons…Believe me, I’ve been learning this lesson in spades during my eight years in Italy. I’d never really considered [...]
I've been stocking up my sweet new wine fridge Hallelujah! I’ve just returned from Conad, where I harvested a load of Italian wine finds. [...]
If I had a do-over, I'd have started WAY earlier and studied WAY harder If there is any one overarching piece of advice that [...]
The world seems like it has gone mad. For me, despair comes when I enter circular thinking in an attempt to figure out two [...]
Time to reclaim my peace and sanity. The Covid-19 crisis has provided far too fertile ground for reigniting my love affair with social media. [...]
The Italian Post is a mixed bag. If you live in Italy, on some days you might find yourself exclaiming “I can’t live with it!” [...]
This has become my mantra. Why? Because, for most of my life I’ve tried to master and control my experience. Trusting life and knowing how [...]
Just a quick post to apologize to all of you, my loyal subscribers, who may have encountered an error message when attempting to access ItalyWise.com [...]
If you plan on moving to Italy, or spending a fair amount of time here, be prepared to make “auguri”, in its many uses and [...]
Wishing you the best of holidays my dear friends and followers! May the season be full of joyful surprises, like the one above that I [...]
I'm excited to unveil my recent labor of love, with the current working title of The Net. This is my second oil painting to-date, previously [...]
My recent sojourn with shepherds, goats, and sheep in the stunning Apennines mountains of the Parco Nazionale della Majella of Abruzzo left me musing about what I had [...]
The permesso di soggiorno is essential for stays of longer than 90 days. I am waiting for my fourth permesso di soggiorno. Each [...]
Contrary to a life-long desire to figure “things” out, and arrive at a metaphorical destination in which I finally can relax, I’m learning that constant [...]