Chalk up another one for Italian ingenuity: the pizza vending machine. Entrepreneur Giovanni Demaggio, 35, has created a machine that serves a four-slice pizza in 90 seconds, for about $3. Whether the so-called ‘Wonder Pizza’ will provoke wonder or just disgust remains to be seen since two out of three pizzas offered probably aren’t very [...]
by Nicole Martinelli posted Thu 8 May 10:07 am In a country where one of the harshest insults remains ‘cuckold,’ an Italian judge recently ruled that run-of-the-mill affairs don’t warrant any special remuneration for the spouse who was cheated on. Electrician Mario N. took his wife’s lover — and employer — to court in Milan [...]
Each month we introduce you to someone who has made the dream of picking up and moving to the Bel Paese a reality. In their own words they share the good parts, the bad parts and the just plain absurd moments of day-to-day life in Italy.Looking to move to Italy?Try the reader-recommended Survivor Package If [...]
Murder, Mafia, kidnapping — dirty business of all sorts — is the stuff most Sicilian towns would rather not be associated with, but one is renaming itself to do just that by taking on the moniker of a fictional town made popular by an Italian author. Andrea Camilleri, 77, publishing sensation in Italy and abroad, [...]
Italy’s Love Affair with Fiat ? Find Italian Travel Companions ?Italian Ecards for Mother’s Day?Hear Avion Travel’s ‘Little Torment’ Hear Avion Travel’s ‘Little Torment’ The first release from latest album ‘poco mossi gli altri bacini’, the new track ‘piccolo tormento’ has got one of Italy’s most interesting pop bands on the charts…° www.avion-travel.net/avion_archiviovideo.htm The clip… [...]
2.5 million peace flags sold (est.) 82% Flag-owning Italians don’t want to take it down, yet 1% will get rid of peace flag for good Italians aren’t reading to give up rainbow-colored peace flags yet, according to an SWG poll. Though many are many tattered and faded from the months spent hanging from balconies and [...]
