Posted in Jessica Romes: Road Trip!, Lose the Guidebook, Postcards from Rome on Apr 24th, 2008 10 Comments »
That’s right folks, I hit up all corners of the boot in just 1 day! How? We went to Mini Italy!
Located near Rimini, MiniItaly was the second stop on my “just an average Italian vacation” vacation. This was day 2 of me being the only English person sight!
I couldn’t believe the amazing detail of [...]
Posted in Jessica Romes: Road Trip!, Lose the Guidebook, Postcards from Rome on Apr 24th, 2008 1 Comment »
When D and I realized our one year anniversary was coming up, we began brainstorming where to go to celebrate. I am honestly tired of the churches, museums and all the other junk that foreigners come to Italy to do. I wanted a cheap, down home, not made for western travellers, average Italian vacation. Some [...]
Posted in Postcards from Rome on Feb 27th, 2008 3 Comments »
I almost missed this completely, but looking up something caught my eye. Holy moly, it’s a horse in the Pantheon! One of the things I am begininning to love about Rome is all the unexpected surprises, no matter how big or small.
Looking at this horse up near the oculus, I remember all the balloons that [...]
Posted in Lose the Guidebook, Postcards from Rome on Feb 25th, 2008 5 Comments »
Looking out the window today, I wonder what the hell happened? It’s gray, cold and depressing out there! A stark contrast to the beautiful spring weather over this past weekend. D and I decided to make more of an effort to get out into the city and enjoy its treasures. This came with a catch [...]
Posted in American Stuff, Jessica, Postcards from Rome on Jan 29th, 2008 3 Comments »
Posted in American Stuff, Jessica, Postcards from Rome on Jan 26th, 2008 9 Comments »
Last night I went to a Barack Obama rally at the Centro Studi Americani in Rome. It was really cool and I learned lots of new things about Barack and what his platform is all about. I always promised myself if Hillary were to run, I would definitely vote for her, but after last night [...]
Posted in Italian Food, Lose the Guidebook, Postcards from Rome, Videos on Jan 2nd, 2008 9 Comments »
Not only is H&M a gift to us Anglos in Rome, keeping us dressed and fashionable all for a few euros, they also want to give us a behind the scenes tour of Rome! I stumbled on this when I was looking at the upcoming spring line. If you see something you like on the [...]
Posted in Postcards from Rome on Dec 29th, 2007 6 Comments »
This wins the award for the most unusual/creative/creepy/disturbing poster for New Years Eve in Rome. No surprise it is for a rave party. I found it the other night near Piazza Trilussa in Trastevere.
I like how it is called “phagodanno” instead of “capodanno” which means New Years. I found this flickr group about it [...]
Posted in Jessica, Postcards from Rome on Oct 22nd, 2007 14 Comments »
Posted in Graffiti, Lose the Guidebook, Postcards from Rome on Sep 17th, 2007 7 Comments »
I saw these drawings the other day while walking along Via Del Corso. Simply Bellissima!
