Living in Italy
What it’s really like to build a life in Italy as an American immigrant: the bureaucracy, the doctors, the driver’s license, the neighbors and the everyday adventures.
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Melting (Literally) into My First Summer in Italia
A change in the weather is sufficient enough to recreate the world and ourselves. Marcel Proust After a rather unseasonably cool May…
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Arrivederci Roma. Ciao Torino!
“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” Semisonic After four months in Roma, I am now settling into the life…
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Tell the Truth, Unless It’s About My Carrot Cake
“People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it’s served up.” George R. R. Martin As I…
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Don’t Play to Win… Play to Burn!
“Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames.” Rumi I owe you an apology. I have been hiding something…
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The Doctor Will See You Now
“Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died!” Erma Bombeck Can Americans see a doctor in Italy? Yes, even before…
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Euro-Size Me!
“Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the…
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The Year of “Firsts” Is Over: Sono sulla mia strada!
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” Rumi Many people warned me about the year of firsts long before…
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In Italian Language School It’s Pomodoro Not Tomato
“A different language is a different version of life.” Federico Fellini Today marks the end of my third week at my Italian…
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The Colosseum and the Unexpected
A night out near the Colosseum in Rome has a way of reminding us that even the worst situations can be overcome…
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I Am Here…
“Now that I’m here, where am I?” Janis Joplin In thinking about my second post to The Spaghetti Diaries, I had a…
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Restart, Reboot, Reset
“When everything that you thought was important is no longer important, and everything you thought impractical or improbable, becomes possible, sometimes it’s…