It’s not “strictly business,” it’s personal. A city in Sicily is trying to rescind its connections to organized crime by banning the sale of souvenirs relevant to the mafia. The mayor of Agrigento gave the Sicilian message that street vendors and gift shop tchotchkes — very similar to mob-related paraphernalia sold in tourist traps around … Read more
Miranda Lambert is all about the fun and games. On Wednesday, the “Wranglers” crooner shared a series of photos detailing her trip to Italy with her husband, Brendan McLoughlin. However, fans were quick to point out one snapshot in particular that shows Lambert making an obscene gesture towards a statue. “You’re probably gonna get banned from Instagram,” … Read more
La not so dolce vita. One popular tourist destination in Italy is discouraging visitors this summer for one unfortunate reason — they’re running out of water. Agrigento, a hill town in Sicily, has been forced to reject tourists as the combination of extreme weather and an ancient, dysfunctional water supply system has left the city nearly … Read more
Alix Earle and Braxton Berrios took their love overseas this offseason. In a video shared Tuesday on Instagram, the beauty influencer — who boasts seven million followers on TikTok — recapped the couple’s dreamy trip to Italy, where they lounged seaside in Capri and took in a masquerade ball in Venice. Captioning the clip, “Sad … Read more
Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager who designed a website documenting various Eucharistic miracles and led a faithful life before his death at age 15, will be canonized, the Vatican announced on Monday, July 1. Acutis was one of 15 people approved for canonization at an Ordinary Consistory of Cardinals on Monday, according to the Vatican News website. … Read more
That’s Amore! Zach Wilson and girlfriend Nicolette Dellanno are living it up in Italy after the new Broncos quarterback wrapped minicamp earlier this month. Taking to Instagram on Tuesday, Dellanno — who was first linked to Wilson in 2022 — can be seen modeling a white bikini aboard a boat in one snap and cozying … Read more
First, do no parm. Let’s face it — we love our classic Italian-American restaurants for their complete lack of restraint. More cheese, more pasta, more bread, more fried — excess is the entire point, and some of us, New Yorkers in particular, are probably indulging more frequently than we should. Chicken parm and a night out at … Read more
Time to turn up the heat on your red sauce. Everybody in New York City has a pasta preference and is just waiting to brag that their grandmother’s pecorino romano-fueled pot is better. Still, many home chefs get hurdled by the little things that go a long way taste-wise — especially producing a sweetness that … Read more
It was a thought that nagged at Irwin Simon whenever he drove out to his home in the Hamptons, and passed through East Hampton village. “The Maidstone hotel looked like it needed love. It was sitting there, and looked so lonely,” he says now of the landmark property overlooking the village green, where celebs like … Read more
Something borrowed, something nude. Nudist couples hoping to celebrate their nuptials au naturel have an open invitation from officials in at least one beautiful Italian coastal destination. Is Benas beach, located halfway up Sardinia’s west coast, is already famous for its tan line-free tanning opportunities. Soon it will also allow nude weddings, according to CNN. … Read more
They’re nothing but a bunch of im-pastas. A panel of serious Italian chefs have put out a hit on a host of popular American dishes claiming Italian roots. Caught in the culinary crossfire are saucy favorites like spaghetti and meatballs and chicken parmesan, which the pros call inauthentic — and unworthy of a true Italian … Read more
Tucci is the city’s hottest new Italian restaurant in many a moon. Beautifully built atop fine 19th-century bones, it’s the first place that might give reigning boldface-magnet Carbone a run for its money — and for less money than that notoriously hot spot. Tucci — or TUCCI as they prefer to stylize the name — doesn’t … Read more
Fact: There’s always room for Jell-O. It seems that a certain Italian hotel staff took some notes from “The Office” prankster Jim Halpert (played by John Krasinski). Rainn Wilson, who played Dwight Schrute for eight years, recently took to Instagram to share the room service he received during a stay in Florence, Italy. The 58-year-old … Read more
ROME — Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, known for a flamboyant and glamorous style, has died at age 83, his company said Friday on Instagram. “Dear Roberto, you may not be physically here with us anymore but I know I will feel your spirit with me always,” Fausto Puglisi, creative director at Roberto Cavalli since … Read more
The body of a French woman who was seen dressed like a “vampire” was found drained of blood with stab and gunshot wounds inside an abandoned church in Italy as police speculate she may have been taking part in a ghost-hunting TikTok challenge. The body of Auriane Nathalie Laisne, 22, of Saint-Priest, near Lyon, was … Read more
This Italian island is overrun by so many goats that locals are begging people to sail away with as many as they can catch. Alicudi is the least inhabited — when you’re counting people, that is — of the seven Aeolian islands floating off the northern coast of Sicily. It is home to about 100 residents … Read more
Paolo Taviani, who with his brother Vittorio made some of Italy’s most acclaimed films of the last half century — including “Padre Padrone,” which won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1977 — died on Feb. 29 in Rome. He was 92. His son, Ermanno Taviani, said the cause of his death, … Read more
A couple fly their Italian greyhound around the world to join them on their vacation – and even spent $6,313 to have their pooch join them in the plane’s cabin on their latest jaunt. Over the last three years, Enzo, 3, has traveled to Hungary, Finland, Estonia, The Netherlands, the UK, and Turkey. Nora and … Read more
It’s a doggy-doo whodunnit. A province in northern Italy has resorted to elaborate DNA testing to find four-legged perps whose owners don’t clean up after their furry friends defecate all over beautiful Bolzano. Now, pooch parents are required to submit their pups for a DNA swab test as a tracing mechanism to easily identify culprits … Read more
It was a racket straight out of “The Sopranos.” Sicily at the end of the 19th century: The estates of wealthy landowners were being attacked by greedy bandits. Fearing for the safety of their homes and citrus groves, the landowners turned to local mafias for protection. The irony? The mafiosos hired to protect those Sicilian orchards were likely … Read more