Italian Friends: BREW YOUR OWN WINE, BEER -- AND LOTS OF FUN
I've always thought it would be fun to make my own wine, like some Italian friends do, or brew beer in the basement like my neighbor Al. But I don't have the space, equipment or knowledge to make a decent glass of anything harder than iced tea.Last week, though, I visited a place that not only solves those problems, it offers a different way to entertain or spend time with friends, which is what customers were doing last Tuesday night.Up front, beside a...
Italian Friends: SHORE BREAK
When Italian friends come to town, do I take them to italian restaurants? Not unless it's Valentino or Rex. They tend to scoff at any Italian food that's not rigorously authentic. Nor could they be called adventurous eaters. I know better than to take them to eat Cambodian or Afghan food. But California cuisine, that's something they'll try.When my Venetian friends Carlo and Elena turned up recently, still a little jet lagged, they wanted to...
Italian Friends: A long way to go,
Letter
From Mr Richard C. Dixon Sir, Even up to 1989, when I left Naples after a three-year Nato posting, our Italian friends were praising Mussolini's foresight on public transport. I still recollect the terror, after our arrival at Dover, of the M2 and the M25 the speed and proximity of so much traffic, after three pleasant years of continental motoring so I can echo Simon Jenkins's praise for Italy's motorways (``Delays possible, indefinitely",...
Italian Friends: Text of Rogge speech at closing ceremony
Text of International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge's speech at Sunday's closing ceremony of the Turin Olympics: Dear Italian friends, Well done and thank you! Dear organizing committee friends and partners, you have succeeded brilliantly in meeting your challenge. These were truly magnificent games. We say a heartfelt thank you to Italy, Piedmont and Turin! Dear volunteers, you, like the athletes, have been the champions of these...
Italian Friends: Italians enjoy taste of the West
Italian aristocrats Dr. Giampiero Colonna and his wife, Dr. Claudia Fenati, were among Italian friends who came to Colorado Springs for a six-week visit as guests of Roberto Agnolini. Among the visitors were Roberto's sister, Lydia Bianchi and her husband, Gianni, and their children Sylvia and Gianni; Dr. Pierpaolo Bo, Giovanna Fenati, Carla Garavini, and Giovanna's daughter, Francesca Tappi, who enrolled as a student this fall at Fountain Valley School. ...