The Italian summer we don’t talk about
If you’re a 2000s baby, you probably grew up with films like “The Lizzie McGuire Movie” or “Call Me by [...]
Photo essay: Our young blacksmiths
It has become something of a summer tradition for us to travel from our home in Normandy to a [...]
To Italy, with love
A friend of mine, a seasoned journalist in Rome, recently wrote about la dolce vita, and how travelers to Italy [...]
“Shark” drew blood before “Jaws”
Once again, “Shark Week” is upon us. It’s a good time to remember how we became so obsessed with these [...]
A “V” for the WNBA
Local ferry commuters and tourist riders who anticipated The Golden State Valkyries' debut here this season as an expansion team were [...]
Wells of exile
Last week, I sat curled on my couch, reading Ilan Pappé’s The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. My daughter was asleep [...]
Popes of my life
I was eight years old when I learned that Pius XII, the first pope in my life, was ill. At [...]
Review: Cousin Bette
An exploration of Honoré de Balzac’s feuilleton, or serialized novel Cousin Bette is apt to begin with this quote: “Women [...]
A “well-integrated” Italian?
When I first applied for my residence permit in Italy, I signed an agreement stating that I would commit to [...]
Suicide by ferry
In the movie masterpiece “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” the two outlaws have been fleeing Pinkerton mercenaries who have [...]
Photo essay: Sticking to tradition
Raised on the Upper West Side of New York City, daughter of a Jewish mother and Anglican father, both [...]