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by Silvia Donati | Wed, 05/18/2016 - 13:38
Are you ready for your 2016 viaggio italiano (Italian trip)? As this is a good time to plan our trips for the year, we picked viaggio - trip - for the Word of…
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by Silvia Donati | Wed, 03/02/2016 - 06:57
Next Tuesday we celebrate International Women’s Day, so our Word of the Week is DONNA – woman. The plural is donne – women. If you want to celebrate Women’s…
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by Silvia Donati | Thu, 05/07/2015 - 10:12
Many countries around the world, including Italy, are celebrating Mother’s Day this Sunday, May 10. Therefore our Word of the Week is mamma, mom/mum. Mother is…
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by Georgette Jupe | Thu, 04/02/2015 - 02:05
A time for celebration and classic recipes, Easter is almost here. In that spirit, colomba is our Word of the Week. La colomba (noun, female) is a traditional…
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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 03/23/2015 - 07:31
Awaited, beloved and celebrated. It’s the Spring season: primavera, our Word of the Week. La primavera (female noun), a symbol of birth, fertility and renewal…
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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 02/16/2015 - 03:00
Who doesn’t love a good Italian recipe?! We think we all do, and that’s the Word of the Week: ricetta – recipe. The plural is ricette. Puoi trovare molte buone…
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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 02/09/2015 - 03:00
The 65th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival begins this week in the charming coastal town of Sanremo, also known as "la città dei fiori", the city of…
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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 02/02/2015 - 06:04
As we plan to run several articles dedicated to the beautiful island of Sicily this month, we decided our Word of the Week would be isola - island.  La Sicilia…
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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 01/26/2015 - 11:35
This is the time of the year when many Italian families head to the beautiful mountains of Italy for the much beloved "settimana bianca" (white week),…
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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 01/19/2015 - 08:44
Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano resigned last week, setting the stage for the election of a new head of state, which will take place over the next couple…