This gallery contains 4 photos.
The unnamed street shop where today for 2€ I had my sweater mended in one hour by two charming women. I gave them a 1€ tip because I realized that in Palo Alto that would be the cost of parking (ok, a bit of an exaggeration, but you get the point).
This gallery contains 2 photos.
Celebrating my 59th birthday at Felice with Becky, on her last night in Rome. Lovely dinner of puntarelle, carcoifi alla Romana, pasta cacio e pepe, braciola. Prosecco to start, amaro to finish, Syrah in between. Alex the Cuban-Italian-American adding a vest to the experience. Life doesn’t get any better.
This gallery contains 3 photos.
From my review of Supplizio on TripAdvisor: Desperate for a lunch of something other than pizza or panini, we happened across Supplizio. What a surprising delight of new tastes. The owner patiently introduced us to three different varieties of suppli – a traditional with sausage, a potato with mozzarella, and a desert pecorino with cinnamon and sugar, each with it’s own beautiful taste. The ambience was very friendly, casual. The price very, very reasonable. We’ll … more
This gallery contains 2 photos.
Great fun today working out with Roberto Viscuso and Andrea Tomatis. Hour and a half of drills. Healthy exhaustion. Big thanks to Daniele Desiderio for making the connection.
This gallery contains 2 photos.
History of Testaccio. And more (from Wikipedia): Testaccio is the 20th rione of Rome, deriving its name from Monte Testaccio. In antiquity, much of the Tiber Rivertrade took place here, and the remains of broken clay vessels (amphorae) were stacked creating the artificial Testaccio hill, which today is a source of much archeological evidence as to the history of ancient everyday Roman life. The rione seal depicts one of these amphorae. In modern times, the … more
This gallery contains 7 photos.
An afternoon at Anzio with Paolo and Lucia, visiting the war memorial, walking the beach with Roman ruins, enjoying an apertivo in Nettuno.
This gallery contains 8 photos.
Openings and entrances in Rome with history but without metaphor. (Check out the ductwork in the bottom one. Like from the movie Brazil.)
This gallery contains 2 photos.
Celebrating Marcello Maranzano’s 59th birthday at Maranega in Campo di Fiori.
