Airbnb, three properties in Italy among the most desired ones
by Claudia Astarita Everybody knows Airbnb as the most famous website for listing, finding and renting a property. At the moment, the company can offer more than two million in over 34,000 cities located in 190 different countries. Recently, Airbnb released the top ten of its "most wanted" locations, and three Italian properties made the list...
Natalia Quintavalle, l’arrivederci di una New Yorker
di Stefano Vaccara Natalia Quintavalle è una donna destinata a rimanere nella storia degli italiani d'America. La diplomatica toscana di Pietrasanta, che termina in questi giorni il mandato di console generale a New York, la città "italiana" più importante fuori d'Italia, è stata infatti la prima donna chiamata a ricoprire questo incarico. ...
Park Avenue ‘Roman palace’ complete with frescoes selling for $7.5M
Roman decadence comes to Park Avenue with this recently listed condo. This apartment truly screams Italy, as it was designed by notable architect Leopoldo Rosati. The listing, by Douglas Elliman, describes the $7.5 million abode as a "Roman palace," due to its 15th-century church columns from Rome and hard-to-miss frescos. Those...
Lemons and “flying farmers” preserve the Amalfi Coast
by Donata Marrazzo The lemon trees that populate the Amalfi Coast harbor a world unto itself: below and above the verdant treetops, a small crowd of agile farmers move like acrobats. They leap lightly from one to the other chestnutwood stakes sustaining the terraced lemon groves overhanging the sea: from pruning time to harvest, it is all a tightr...
Piccolino is the poshest Italian restaurant in South County
It occurs to me while I'm eating the panzanella at Piccolino that this is one of my favorite things in the whole world, a simple Italian bread salad made with little more than vine-ripened heirloom tomatoes and high-quality olive oil. It surprises me because that's not something that usually enters my mind when eating bread salads anywhere else. &...
Partnership leads to boom in Italian products at Price Chopper
A partnership with the Italian Trade Commission has brought nearly 1,000 products from Italy onto the shelves of Price Chopper and Market 32 stores. Announced in October, the partnership aims to connect the supermarket chain's shoppers with Italian goods. "People are looking for those authentic items for themselves and their families," said J...
Gay Talese on showing up as a journalist. Part 2 of 2
This episode features the second part of our two-part interview with literary and journalistic legend Gay Talese (click here for part 1). Additionally, in our Italian American Story Segment, we have an interview with Italian-American actress, producer, and television host, Lucia Grillo. Talese is a bestselling author who has written eleven...
When in Rome - Ven 17 Giu 2016
Data: Ven 17 Giu 2016 Orario: Dalle 19:30 alle 22:00 Luogo: Istituto Italiano di Cultura, 601 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102 Ingresso : A pagamento - Organizzato da : Lua Hadar La cantante internazionale Lua Hadar ed il suo complesso jazz Twist eseguiranno alcuni successi di musica italiana ed americana degli anni 40, '50 e...
Positano, Italy: How to Spend the Perfect Weekend
By Leah Ginsberg "The journey to Positano is part of the adventure," says accessories designer Álvaro González, who, every summer, rides a train three hours to Salerno, then catches a charter boat for the 40-minute sail right to the doorstep of his hotel, the small, family-owned Il San Pietro di Positano. "It's so beautiful to arrive by s...
My American life is courtesy of an immigrant
On my computer desktop is a photo of my maternal grandmother and me on my wedding day, July 8, 1989. I am in a white gown with a face framed by obedient hair leaning my head into hers. She is 88, wearing a blue floral chiffon dress. Her eyes are sunken and her chestnut hair is grey, but we share the same facial structure. She had been a brown-hair...
Exiled Italian prince now sells pasta from a van in California
Emanuele Filiberto, 44, is the only male line heir to Italy's exiled king, Umberto II, who was booted out in 1946 when the country became a Republic. Unlike other royals, Filiberto doesn't spend his time swanning around the royal courts of Europe and playing polo. Instead, he is trying to make and sell authentic Italian pasta to Americans. &n...
Turano leaves the Mount on top
While Lauren Turano of Cedar Grove may or may not continue playing tennis and golf when she arrives at Villanova University next month, one thing is for sure, she will long be remembered as one of the best athletes in the recent history of Mount Saint Dominic Academy. In just her junior and senior seasons, Turano helped the golf team win f...