Archive for the 'Italian Culture' Category

Where Everybody Knows Your Name by Giulietta Biraghi

Monday, February 26th, 2007

Having just returned to Firenze after a brief hiatus in Aus, the number one item on the list of things to do was to get the car back on the road. Battery re-attached and tyres pumped I needed to get legal and renew the insurance. When I left Firenze I was delighted (truly delighted!) to […]

Seduce an Italian Woman by Patrick Waldo

Saturday, July 1st, 2006

If you are a foreign male it is almost impossible!!!
Italian Futurist Tomasso Marinetti wrote a treatise called ‘How to Seduce Women’ during World War I in which he equated seduction as the Italian past time and used it to instill national pride in Italy’s soldiers. What better way to stir up your troops than […]