September 27, 2010
The Last Days of September: The "Four Days of Naples" Remembered
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Scene from the siege of Naples (September, 1943) By Niccolò Graffio “See Naples and die.” ( Vedi Napoli e poi muori ) – Italian pro...
September 25, 2010
Regno delle Due Sicilie Win Trofeo del Mediterraneo!
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Champions! On September 23rd, 2010, the Nazionale Calcio Regno Delle Due Sicilie participated in the second edition of the Trofeo del Med...
September 19, 2010
NYC’s 84th Annual Festa di San Gennaro
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San Gennaro, Patron Saint of Naples “When San Gennaro’s dried blood liquefies in the phial, the people of Naples offer up prayers of th...
Feast of San Gennaro
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San Gennaro, ora pro nobis September 19th is the Feast of San Gennaro (St. Januarius), Bishop of Benevento, Martyr and Wonder Worker...
September 9, 2010
Brioche con Gelato
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Two scoops of gelato (in this case pistachio) on a brioche bun Several readers inquired about the brioche con gelato reference in my “...
September 8, 2010
Il Dolce Far Niente (The Sweetness of Doing Nothing)
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The Lamentation by Corrado Giaquinto (Naples 1703-66) Dating from the 1740s, this painting shows the Madonna mourning the death o...
September 7, 2010
Visions from the "Grand Tour"
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The Mezzogiorno Through Foreign Eyes The Eruption of Vesuvius, 1824 by Johan Christian Dahl, Norwegian, 1788-1857 In addition to...
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