DAYS AWAY FROM ITALY

Letterario

BUON COMPLEANNO!

BUON COMPLEANNO!

Today is all about celebrating BIRTHDAYS:  My Sister's Birthday – BUON COMPLEANNO SUSAN! – A Great Writer's Birthday, and The Upcoming Birthday of Lorenzo in July which WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE WITH A PARTY IN ITALY ON LAKE COMO (more details below)! But first, a...

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FRATELLI D’ITALIA

FRATELLI D’ITALIA

CHE GIOIA!! WHAT JOY the National Team of Italy gave us this past month during the Euro 2020 championship!!  The team played with enthusiasm, confidence, style – and best of all, THEY WON!! And you can believe, like Italians all over the world, Lorenzo and I...

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LA SCALA FOR THE FIRST TIME

LA SCALA FOR THE FIRST TIME

I grew up with parents who loved opera. Every Saturday afternoon, my father would set up a card table in the family room with his large FM stereo radio. Then he would sit down with the ever-present piles of paperwork from his office and work to LIVE FROM THE MET....

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HENRI BEYLE AKA STENDHAL

HENRI BEYLE AKA STENDHAL

Ever since since I arrived in Milan for the first time in May 1800 I have loved that city.   There I knew the greatest happiness and the greatest pain; there above all I had my first experience of pleasure, which makes a place a home.   There I desire to...

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