Language & Arts
The Importance of Proper Italian Pronunciation
In English, when we pronounce words such as “Fall” and “Feel”, the endings sound the same. All we do is pronounce the “L” sound, even though both words use a...
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Anthony Barbuto
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
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
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November 09, 2016
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
Travel
Entertaining the Napolitano Way – In Your Underwear
If there is one thing an Italian Enthusiast loves to do, it is to immerse oneself in Italian culture. The more time that is spent in Italy among the natives,...
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October 18, 2016
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
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
Fashion
Camicino della Fortuna – An Italian Tradition
With Italy being noted as the most vain country in the world from a 2016 survey finding that Italian men and women spend more time in front of the mirror...
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October 09, 2016
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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