It is with great sadness that I report the death of Professor James Walston of the American University of Rome. He passed away on May 12th 2014. Professor Walston was a true gentlemen … [Read more...]
Abruzzo People
While spending some time in the verdant and semi-unknown Abruzzo region of Italy I met a few people and photographed them. Here are my photographic portraits along with a little about the … [Read more...]
Mikamai, WordPress, Drupal, Ruby on Rails
As a result of this blogging lark I get to see some interesting places, like Casamonti in Tuscany, and to meet some interesting people too. My visit to Ray Lamothe and Anna Rita Diegoli's … [Read more...]
Ferrari Chairman Montezemolo Helps Americans
Thanks to Gianluca, one of my tourism master students, I heard a charming story of Italian chivalry. The star of this story was a certain Luca Cordera di Montezemolo, who, when not acting … [Read more...]
Meeting Gaetano Fiore
Over on my, erm, rather neglected site devoted to raising awareness of contemporary Italian artists and their wonderful works, Italy is in, I wrote about Italian artist Gaetano Fiore, after … [Read more...]