Archive for March, 2008

So, you gotta job?

2008.03.16

About a year ago, my husband and I left Rome for Orvieto, driven out by the high-priced, shoebox sized apartments, and the desire to have a plot o’ green for the 4 legged one we love. As a result, I’ve become a pendolare, taking the 7:30 Orvieto Express every morning and returning in the […]

Filed under: La dolce legge

Wanted: One Canon lawyer Needed for Moral Guidance on Vatican’s New Sin List

2008.03.10

Italy is a blogger’s dream, consistently creating such fun, commentable content. The lastest gem comes from the Vatican (.va) in the form of a not-to-do-new sin list, which includes:
1. “Bioethical” violations such as birth control
2. “Morally dubious” experiments such as stem cell research
3. Drug abuse
4. Polluting the environment
5. Contributing to widening divide between rich […]

Filed under: Art & culture, Current events

American Girl from Chicago Guest Blogger: in dolce attesa in Roma

2008.03.03

Italy, and Rome in particular is well known to expats as one of the last places to withstand the reach of western customer service principles. Many explanations have been offered for such a lack of customer friendliness and indifference: It could be apathy. It could be ignorance, or simply lack of competition […]

Filed under: Art & culture

San Remo is over … who knew it had started?

2008.03.02

In years past Italian households throughout the country were glued to San Remo broadcasts and would plan their lives around being in front of the TV, kids washed, husbands fed in time to tune in. Now, the organizers are scraping to have live bodies in front of the TV, lest the record companies withdraw […]