Quick-study Ben Kingsley sneaks up on you, hatchet in hand.
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Wink
I trawl profiles. What am I looking for? Romance? Marriage? Basset hounds?
Matilda
"It is a discourtesy to let the cat be free when the dog is constantly offended."
Italian girlfriends
“Sei così… non lo so… Americano…” said Camilla. Well, I pleaded weakly, I was.
Ein Berliner
The American president, in Europe briefly, is whisked from locale to locale as if wrapped in a rug. Security and segregation are now synonymous.
Tan Man
At the door, me: angry at an unannounced intrusion, tendons tensed, spoiling for a fight: it began that way.
Etiquette and artichokes
When food shopping, ask if you can pick out your own goods and make friends with vendors.
Dozens injured
When you're down to the very last table, there’s trouble in prosciutto-land.
Time of white
Spring means enoteche, bruschette and full glasses of warming wine.
No pervert
The man looked up from his flowers. But was he a pervert?
Try Some Tachipapollo
The modern sugarcoated barbarians are not at the gate, they're in the supermarket.
Light And Color
Panza di Biumo and his wife, inspired by love for art, purchased difficult artists whose work is now essential.