18 year resident in Italy questions the truth behind the Italians' claim to fame: Their 'Quality of Life' while providing an irreverent insider's view of Life in Italy.  | Posted 07-26-2009 at 03:57 PM by burntbythetuscansun (Burnt by the Tuscan Sun, The True Story of Living in Italy)
With so many visitors to Italy, I grow a bit tired trying to explain the tipping thing. Time & again. Inside & Out. And, no matter how much I blather, there they go, leaving tips and ruining the market for the rest of us. So, as one of my periodic Public Service Announcements, here it is, YOUR GUIDE TO TRAVELING IN ITALY – TIPPING – Do you? Or, don’t you?
Like any good practices, let’s start with a definition of terms:
TIP: “a gift of money for a service, especially...
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July 20th (21st in Italy) marks the 40th anniversary of the American landing on the moon. Everyone is making a nod to this great event, with TV specials, documentaries, interviews, heck – even Louis Vuitton came out with an extra special ad and web feature (as if they were the Official Sponsor of the Nasa Suitcase Supply).
In Italy, that fateful event did not go unnoticed. In fact, it remains in the collective consciousness a day of celebration for all mankind (except the ones who...
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| | Posted 07-10-2009 at 02:04 PM by burntbythetuscansun (Burnt by the Tuscan Sun, The True Story of Living in Italy)
Michelle Obama & kids visited the Pantheon today. It has been twittered, and it's probably TOTALLY UNTRUE, in the friend of a friend of a friend sort of variety of info that our TOTALLY COOL FIRST LADY donning black leggings - leggings!- under a black dress asked for a doggy bag at the restaurant.
You mean to tell me, my blog isn't required reading prior to a Presidential presence in Italia???!!! I mean, is she a midnight snacker? Did Barack call her up and say, honey can you pick me...
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| | Posted 07-08-2009 at 10:09 AM by burntbythetuscansun (Burnt by the Tuscan Sun, The True Story of Living in Italy)
Since 1953, Italy has been using TV presenters to tell you the night’s programming, basically in a rare moment of technological prowess, they offer what today is known as a podcast. It’s one of the most endearing qualities of life in the Bel Paese. What’s more incredible about these announcers is that they are so loved, they are allowed to stay on long after their looks have gone into retirement. A few years back, the RAI decided to put them out to pasture – and in a public outcry so loud and long,...
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| | Posted 06-10-2009 at 01:07 PM by burntbythetuscansun (Burnt by the Tuscan Sun, The True Story of Living in Italy)
Well, the European elections have come and gone, with the rigid right seemingly trouncing the left and socialist parties from Brussels to Brindisi. It’s not enough to know what, or for whom, we were actually voting for, but how those elections play in Parliament. What’s actually more confusing are the myriad parties from each place who garner representation there. I am still convinced that if my favorite candidate, the ubiquitous Home Developer, Mr. Carlino won out, he’d be spending his time selling...
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