I will be back to doing some “best of” and guest posts after Christmas, but wanted to wish everyone happy holidays. Thank you for continuing to read and follow along with the...

It’s freezing here in Rome (or at least freezing for Rome!) and the holidays are fast approaching, bringing lots of change.  Of course, those of you who follow the news know about the chaos in Rome yesterday brought about as a result of Berlusconi holding on to office by a shoestring...

I’ve always maintained that no one does over the top Christmas decorations like Americans, so Italy’s more subdued version never really does it for me.  That being said, I haven’t yet headed over to see this year’s Fendi building, which never disappoints.  Until...

Today the city was a bit of a ghost town because it was the feast of the patrons saints of the city, San Pietro and San Paolo. Bars, groceries stores, shops, everything was all closed while people took a holiday. Yesterday there were fireworks at Castel Sant’Angelo and today there was...

Before I take off for my Easter Monday barbeque, I wanted to post this picture of some chocolate eggs I snapped at Bar Necci earlier in the week. I also had a delicious Easter lunch there yesterday, even if the weather wasn’t fantastic. I feel like every Easter I’ve ever lived...

Thanks to my religious reading of 06blog, I found out that my very own neighborhood was celebrating Chinese New Year today with a traditional parade, Kung Fu demonstration, and book presentation. I decided to head out to see the parade and had to get my aggressive photographers hat on, as...