When Rome is home

A few thunderclouds rolled into Rome today, which led to a down pour, which led to a hail storm, which forced me to duck inside one of our favorite drinking establishments, which led to an afternoon cocktail, and ultimately this here video.

April 19th, 2010 | Tags: 2010, gradine, hail storm, Italy, Roma, Rome | Category: 1 minute, Centro Storico, Rome, video | Comments (2)

The Spanish Steps are fun. But put them in reverse and I think you’ll agree they’re even funner.

April 15th, 2010 | Tags: in reverse, Italy, Rome, Spanish Steps | Category: 1 minute, Rome, video | Comments (1)

Although our pups typically receive just an empty cone after a visit to a gelateria, every once in a while we reward them with their very own frozen, creamy treat.
Here we’ve ordered a small portion of yogurt gelato split between two cups from our favorite place in Rome, Gelateria del Teatro. Enjoy the slo-mo [...]

March 22nd, 2010 | Tags: dogs, Gelateria del Teatro, gelato, ice cream, Italy, Rome | Category: Italy, Rome, dogs, food, video | Leave a comment

In experimenting with the Flip video camera, I’ve started shooting 1 minute clips of Rome. No editing. No panning. No movement other than the subject. And only natural, local sound.
I came across these pigeons in Campo dei Fiori — after the fruit and vegetable vendors had left, but before any serous clean-up had begun. [...]

March 18th, 2010 | Tags: Campo dei Fiori, ciambelle, Italy, piccione, pigeons, Roma, Rome | Category: 1 minute, Campo dei Fiori, Rome, food, video | Comments (2)

A couple of weeks ago it snowed in Rome — perhaps as much as an inch in places. No big whoop, eh?
But here it was a big whoop since this city hasn’t seen snow since 1986. And the place to head that morning was the Pantheon — to see the flakes fall through the oculus [...]

February 24th, 2010 | Tags: 1986, 2010, Italy, oculus, Pantheon, Rome, snow, video | Category: Centro Storico, Rome, archeological sites, video | Comments (1)

Recently two friends and I took a short train trip to Frascati which is known for its pork sandwiches (porchetta) and locally produced white wine.
The custom is to grab a porchetta sandwich from a vendor on the street and then bring it to a nearby drinking establishment to enjoy a carafe of their house [...]

February 22nd, 2010 | Tags: bambola frascatana, biscotti, Frascati, Italy, porchetta, pupazza frascatana, three breasted cookie | Category: Italy, Rome, food | Leave a comment

December 23rd, 2009 | Tags: Christmas, Christmas tree, Italy, Natale, Piazza Venezia, Rome | Category: Centro Storico, Italy, Rome | Leave a comment

While roasted chestnuts, nativity scenes, and strings of sparkling lights are familiar components of most winter wonderlands, it’s Italy’s cackling witch, La Befana, that continues to give me pause and make me wonder if it isn’t time that I sat down and watched Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas.

December 17th, 2009 | Tags: Christmas, Italy, la befana, Natale, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Tim Burton, witch stocking | Category: Italy, Rome | Leave a comment

I found these these fiendish treats terrorizing a tray of marzipan fruit while walking past a pasticceria in Rome. Of course the spookiest thing they’ll do to you is rot the teeth right out of your head.

October 28th, 2009 | Tags: Halloween, Italy, pasticceria, Rome, spooky treats | Category: Italy, Rome, food | Comments (1)