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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 03:04 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 06-10-2009 at 02:07 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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| | Posted 04-08-2009 at 05:23 PM by burntbythetuscansun (Burnt by the Tuscan Sun, The True Story of Living in Italy)
All of us are still reeling from the quakes felt all the way to Rome and from the horrific images of the damage done to one of the most pristine and picturesque places in Italy. The rescue and mobilization of volunteers and squads from nearly all of Italy – the response was immediate, well-organized, and all those affected who could, pitched in to pull people from the rubble. I even saw pictures of Spanish rescuers with dogs going through the rubble. Looting was at a minimum (besides, there...
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| | Posted 04-02-2009 at 11:06 AM by burntbythetuscansun (Burnt by the Tuscan Sun, The True Story of Living in Italy)
At face value, it sounds almost too good to be true: Trenitalia has announced that it will offer cheap train fares just like the discount airlines. This is great news, except that will probably signify that traveling around Easter or Christmas could cost you the equivalent of a round trip airfare to Sydney.
I haven’t determined whether and by how much I’ll get penalized for being a last minute buy-at-the-station, but, I can imagine it won’t be pretty. And, considering that the online...
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