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Things I Love: The Times’ 36 Hours in Rome

18 Wednesday Mar 2015

Posted by SearchingForBernini in Italian Life, Restaurants, Rome, Things I Love, travel, Uncategorized, Wine

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Italian Restaurants, Italy, Monteverde Vecchio, Rome, Travel

My friend Kelly and I were taking a writing class together in December and we’d stopped by Litro, a restaurant in my neighborhood, for a glass a wine before class when a video team from the New York Times asked if they could film us. Don’t blink in the final seconds and you can see us. But better than that, the video does a great job of spotlighting several hotspots in Rome. Salute!

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Getting Tipsy with the Etruscans

28 Friday Nov 2014

Posted by SearchingForBernini in Art, Art History, History, Italian History, Italian Life, travel, Wine, women

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art history, Etruscan, Etruscans, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italy, Rome, the Etruscans, Travel, wine

Etruscan couple depicted on their sarcophagus

Etruscan couple depicted on their sarcophagus

When in Rome…I drink wine. Lots of wine. So I was excited to take a Context Travel tour at the Villa Giulia National Etruscan Museum recently that focused on Wine and the Estruscans (and included a wine tasting). While I initially signed up for the tasting, it turned out that learning about the history of wine and the Etruscans was as tasty as a fine Primitivo. I got drunk on new knowledge.

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