by Bill Dal Cerro | Jul 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
Too much craziness going on in the world, so perhaps readers will forgive me for taking a lighter tone this week. I came across the article below on Italian songs via a travel website (Select Italy Tours). The angle it took intrigued me: Top Ten Songs dedicated to...
by John Mancini | Jul 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
My family and I spent a week on a cruise to Bermuda last week. We haven’t taken ship for over thirty years and much has changed. Ships have turned into amusement parks and dining is now an international lovefest. Bars, shopping malls, casinos, and...
by John Mancini | Jul 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
While I am on vacation, I wanted to post one of my early blogs from 2017 explaining the Italic Institute. Enjoy the summer. What makes the Italic Institute different from all other organizations? It starts with our name. We use Italic to add back the one...
by John Mancini | Jul 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
Among the film offerings during the 4th of July holiday was the Spirit of St. Louis starring Jimmy Steward as aviator Charles Lindbergh. The title referred to the name of the plane Lindbergh flew solo across the Atlantic. That plane wasn’t Lindbergh’s first...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Jul 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
I deliberately bolded the name of our nation in the title of this week’s blog for two obvious reasons. To wit: a) It’s the 4th of July and b) The name is an actual name: Amerigo Vespucci, an explorer and contemporary of Cristoforo Colombo. As...
by John Mancini | Jun 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
I noticed how four Italian American ladies figured in recent news stories: Jill Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Gina Raimondo, and Lisa Monaco. You may not know the latter two, but they are among the movers and shakers in Washington, DC. Pelosi saving democracy At last...
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