Try factoring "expiry date" into a cross-cultural relationship.
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Holes
A hole is to dig, except that Rome has far too many of them.
The America manual
Tips on what to say when Italians zero in on America, and they're about to...
Daughter of darkness
Unpracticed and in pitch black, you have to feel your way.
Obama
Sometimes a shot in the rain is all it takes to see into a hoped-for future.
Spotted
Xenophobia and racism are as American as redbaiting, and as beatable.
Signor Buonamore
An innocent stroll into a Rome antique store revealed less-than-innocent intentions.
North through me
It's easy to overlook history's existence until you come upon October 17, 752.
Bilingualism
Un pizza con cipolli por favor? E un birra piccolo. Grazzi! Bull-hockey.
Carnal knowledge
Once-upon-a-time in Rome, newspapers and sex seemed on and the same.
Dear Guest
Having friends to your place in Italy? Don't hesitate to tell them what you expect, and don't.
Looting
Lessons from the crash? Panic generates more panic, and people-fixes are ancient history.