Author Archives: Anthony Barbuto



Anthony Barbuto

Jovanotti
Language & Arts

Today’s Popular Italian Music Performers

For an Italian Enthusiast, it is disappointing to acknowledge how little attention Italian music performers receive in the United States.  Indeed, growing up in New Jersey among communities of Italian-Americans,...

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November 27, 2016
The Italian Aperitivo
Food & Wine

The Italian Aperitivo

There is a custom in Italy that is not practiced in the United States involving unlimited appetizers 2-3 hours before dinner.  It’s called the “Aperitivo” In Italy, dinner is served...

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November 10, 2016
Italian Gym
Travel

Finding Gyms in Italy

Finding gyms in Italy can sometimes be a challenge, depending upon where you are.  Aside from small gym rooms in luxurious hotels, when looking for a local gym or fitness...

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October 26, 2016
Goodfellas
Food & Wine

Italian Cuisine in Shanghai

For an Italian Enthusiast, the desire to experience Italian things is ever-present no matter where in the world you find yourself.  Being that Italy is universally known to be the...

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October 16, 2016
Assoro
Sicilia, Travel

Nightlife in Assoro, Sicily

A nightclub by definition is an entertainment venue, usually operating late into the night, with a dance floor, music and booze.  When most people think of a nightclub, venues come...

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October 12, 2016
Bardolino
Travel, Veneto

The Italian Bachelor Party

In June 2016 while at a wine festival on Lake Garda in a town called Bardolino, I witnessed, quite symbolically, a young man taped to a cross, and carrying it...

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October 05, 2016
Rome Horse Show 2016
Lazio, Travel

Rome Horse Show

In Italy there is no shortage of equestrian sports. Whether it’s fox hunting on horseback at I Due Laghi in Anguillara Sabazia, horse racing at Il Palio in Siena, polo...

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October 02, 2016