Oklahoma’s Little Italy
Just a couple of hours by car from OKC or an hour and a half from Tulsa, Krebs shines as a dining destination, a foodie stock-up spot, a historical beacon and an overall entertaining trip for Oklahomans and out-of-state tourists to boot. Once a mining town with more than a dozen coal mines in the 1870s, Krebs drew a mix of English, Irish, Mexican...
Living in Udine: the guietly good life in Friuli
Udine is one of those understated places, full of elegant Venetian architecture and quiet, cobbled squares, but without the tourist crush you get elsewhere. It's tucked away in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, a region in Italy's far northeast that borders both Austria and Slovenia. Living in Udine offers a rhythm that’s both relaxing and refined, revolving...
An Italian Classic, Rewritten in Manhattan: The Rise of Francesco Realmuto, Realmuto, and Ficuzza
For more than a century, New York has been the canvas for Italian culinary dreams. From the red-sauce trattorias of Mulberry Street to the modern pasta bars of the West Village, generations of immigrants have arrived with little more than recipes and ambition — determined to serve the flavors of home while adapting to the rhythms of a new world. Bu...
I quit my job, divorced my husband, and moved to Italy to retire. I miss my kids, but I'm happier and healthier here
In 2017, I was at a crossroads. A lot of people I knew were dying, and I started thinking: You really don't know how many days you get or what's promised to you. I figured I'd start traveling abroad. My company was kind enough to let me take a sabbatical while I sorted out my world. It turned out to be a mistake for them, because I decided I wasn't...
Take Your Beer For a Walk: Little Italy
If it's been a minute since you were last in Erie's Little Italy Neighborhood, let's lace up those sneakies, grab your favorite barley pop from your local brewery, and hit the streets! We'll begin our tour on the northwest corner of Chestnut and Huron streets, where you'll find the delicious aromas of Majestic Baking Company wafting straight at you...
Is Favignana Ready For Its Close-Up?
Islands are appealing as much for what they offer as for what they don’t—24/7 access, a fondness for punctuality, the daily drama of mainland life with all its complex, shifting demands. Remoteness, or at least the idea of it, has always been integral to their allure, drawing everyone from backpacking nature lovers to high-profile billionaires in s...
Participatory comedy play ‘Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding’ coming to area venue
A theater performance of a wacky wedding party that had yearly runs at an area venue a decade ago will return at another regional venue, it was announced. “Tony n Tina’s Wedding,” which had popular runs at Musikfest Café at ArtsQuest Center in Bethlehem from 2012-17, will perform one night only Aug. 22 at Bear Creek Mountain Resort. Tickets, which...
More than 4,000 Venice residents buy ‘haunted’ Italian island known for horrific experiments – to keep tourists away
A group of more than 4,500 residents of Venice chipped in to buy a “haunted” island that once housed an asylum and a hospital for quarantined plague victims — to keep tourists away. The local investors are now due to take over the 18.5-acre island of Poveglia on Aug. 1 with a 99-year lease that will turn it into an urban park for Venetians that is...
America: The Roman Connection
During the American Revolutionary War in the awful winter of 1777-79 at Valley Forge, General George Washington defied the wishes of Congress by ordering Joseph Addison’s play, Cato: A Tragedy, performed for his bedraggled troops. Fearing that its sad conclusion would demoralize the men (Cato took his own life rather than submit to rule by Julius C...
Radda in Chianti: a magical village where time smells of wine and stone
In the truest heart of Tuscany, where the hills seem hand-drawn and the rows of vines trace the landscape like musical scores, lies Radda in Chianti, embraced by vineyards and guarded by ancient walls, perched on the ridge between the Arbia and Pesa rivers.Known as the "village of vineyards" by those who truly know it, Radda is a medieval jewel, sh...
Groundbreaking gene therapy helps blind patient regain sight in Italy
A 38-year-old Italian man has become the first person in the world to benefit from an innovative dual-vector gene therapy for a rare inherited eye disease. Treated in July 2024 at the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” in Naples, the patient was diagnosed with Usher syndrome type 1B, a genetic disorder that causes congenital deafness and pro...
126 Years of Fun: Why Arkansas’ Grape Festival is a Must-Do
Summer will soon be winding down, but if you are looking for a great family event to check out before school starts, then be sure to check out Arkansas’ Grape Festival August 5 through August 9. The Tontitown Grape Festival has been going on for 126 years and was voted the best festival in Northwest Arkansas. Tontitown is known for its grapes and v...