
- Jul 24
- 6 min
Table for Six, Per Favore!
This trip was a real departure for me. I’m accustomed to traveling to Italy alone, but this time I was flanked by a jaunty gaggle of...
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- May 12
- 6 min
Robbed in Rome
I was robbed at Rome’s Tiburtina bus station last week. A Roma woman took my portfolio-style wallet with about $500 in cash, my passport,...
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- Nov 27, 2021
- 3 min
Fill ‘Er Up and "Check" the Oil!
I arrived in Fossacesia in time for il raccolto, the olive harvest. The harvest here came a bit later than usual, in part due to rain...
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- Nov 19, 2021
- 5 min
Inauspicious Beginnings, with a More Auspicious Twist
My triumphant second arrival at the house in the epoch of Covid proved to be a trifle short of entirely triumphant. It started with the...
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- Aug 4, 2021
- 2 min
A few curiosities and one wardrobe malfunction
After weeks of dread prior to my departure — dread that I wouldn’t have the right Covid documents to enter Italy or get back into New...
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