From the series “Rome in verses” by the poet Elisabetta Di Iaconi, we publish some of her verses in Roman dialect dedicated to the river Tiber.
… Roman Holiday: Long Live our Tiber!
Category: Places
On a journey… one snapshot at time
A day in New York: HighLine Park
Welcome to my staying in the Big Apple snapshots photojournal. This album – A day in New York: HighLine Park – is dedicated to an enchanting elevated and long garden/park, made out of a abandoned train line: the last train ran in early 1980, seemingly carrying a freight of frozen turkeys.
… A day in New York: HighLine Park
Altino Sweet Peppers and Sara’s Guitar Pasta
In Sara’s dishes local produce (from Abruzzi Region) are always at the center of her recipes. Here’s one of them: the Altino Sweet Pepper, a key ingredient in her Red Spaghetti alla Chitarra, also a typical pasta from the Italian Central-Eastern Region.
… Altino Sweet Peppers and Sara’s Guitar Pasta
My Christmas in New York
It is truly a wonderful experience spending Christmas in New York. Here’s my journal of the Holidays Season in the city.
… My Christmas in New York
“Rughe d’Abruzzo” – A Photo Journey in Black-n-White
On wrinkles, a Photographic Project… No surgeon will ever be able to create these signs so well, that only time and life experiences can paint on everyone’s face. Images ©MateldaCodagnone.
… “Rughe d’Abruzzo” – A Photo Journey in Black-n-White
Gone Vacationing ;)
Appetibilis is on vacation, Happy Summer Vacation to everybody! … Gone Vacationing 😉
Trabocchi Coast :: Christ of the Deep – Vallevò
“The large fishing device, made of intertwined trunks, planks and hawsers, gleamed like a huge white skeleton of an antediluvian amphibious being… it looked as if it had a life of its own, feelings and an appearance of a living being.” ~Gabriele D’Annunzio, The Triumph of Death.
Classic Italian Dishes: Valtellina Valley in Lombardy
My journey of discovering the classic Italian dishes starts in Lombardy (a Northern region of Italy), inspired by the words of Mario Soldati (Italian writer, film director and passionate foodie):
… Classic Italian Dishes: Valtellina Valley in Lombardy
The Ghost Town of Frattura Vecchia near Scanno
The village of Frattura Vecchia (in the Marsican area of the Abruzzi Region) was build on a fracture caused by an earthquake in prehistoric times, that also blocked the Sagittario River and formed the Lake of Scanno (the heart-shaped lake).
… The Ghost Town of Frattura Vecchia near Scanno
Postcard from Campo Imperatore (L’Aquila)
Welcome to Campo Imperatore (“Emperor’s Field”), a plateau located in the L’Aquila province of the Abruzzi region, that ranges from 1,500 to 1,900 meters.
… Postcard from Campo Imperatore (L’Aquila)