Funky reggae pick ? Umberto Eco’s tolerance manual ? Telecommute job offer ? Soccer Cinderella story Radici nel Cemento: funky reggae music pick A staff favorite, these "cement roots" from Rome have touched on themes like Albanian immigrants and unemployment, but they’re at their best with the crowd pleasers. They’ve just come out with a [...]
Officials in the town of San Giuliano Milanese have decided to prove it’s OK to drink the water– by offering sparkling water at almost no cost from a restored well.Locals can stroll to the Fonte di Campoverde in the center of town for refreshing, bubbly water billed as low in sodium and good for hypertension. [...]
1861 Italy’s first census22 million families & 5 million businesses polled, 200140 page-long questionnaire11 languages for questionnaire“The Italy you are. The Italy you’ll be.” (L?Italia che sei. L?Italia che sarai), was the slogan used to kick off the national census poll this week. Clearly, future Italians are in for some changes. Despite having one of [...]
120,000 marriages yearly (1980)* 275,000 marriages yearly (1999) 63,000 of these religious ceremonies (1999) $20,000 USD average wedding cost 1 bride not married because of "sexy" dress Italians aren’t having big families anymore but that doesn’t keep them from having big weddings. Some of the more popular ideas, according to organizers of bridal fair "Milano [...]
In a recent pr frenzy, Italians have been cleaning up their cities by changing the names to, well, clean them up. While most sound innocuous to all but non-native Italian speakers, no Bel Paese residents apparently want to declare they’re from a place that implies something about butts, bald people, loose women or excrement.On the [...]
Understanding Italy’s real-estate culture can ease frustration while hunting for an apartment or vacation rental. Our primer is by no means exhaustive, but should be helpful even if the search is conducted in English–if nothing else understanding why an apartment is considered "furnished" with only a kitchen. The Rooms Translation vani Both are generic terms [...]
Move over Pokemon: an Italian priest hopes the children of his parish will be equally enthusiastic about bible-related trading cards. Father Gian Giudici got tired of confiscating Pikachu and friends during Sunday school lessons–so he came up with “Katemond” Catechism trading cards. The five-part series (the commandments, the bible, the sacraments, qualities of the Holy [...]
eurochocolate?new Italian forum?Stefano Benni book excerpt?job offer Puma Eurochocolate Fest Catch the goings-on at the sweetest fair in Perugia–live or with web broadcasts from the 20-28th….Our favorites are the low-cal vintage trading card exhibit "Panini e chocolate", or the chocolate-scented stamps… Just avoid the ill-timed gimmick about the “chocolate prisoners” which involves visitors becoming hostages [...]
Grab a hardhat, climb the scaffolding and take a once-in-a lifetime look at Giotto’s stunning fresco cycle in the Arena Chapel in Padova. As we reported in June 2000, the Cappella Scrovegni has been closed for restoration but officials have decided to let tourists witness the tail end of work. Considered a masterpiece of early [...]
Laura Pausini? International Italian Language Week ? Saturday Night Fever ? ESL Teachers: Arezzo Siena & Perugia Laura Pausini: New Album & US Tour OK, you won’t find a zoomata staffer who’ll own up to owning one of her records, but after the positive response from readers for our head’s up to the new Andrea [...]
