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Truck driver
So I open my notebook, and I grab my pen, because this is all I know. Renzo had been a truck driver, spent years roaming the roads that span the length and breadth of Italy like so many darker rivers,...
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I love it when a book makes me think: a review of The Question
If you could have the answer to only one question… Mine would be, “When is Italy going to accept that sharp cheddar is a perfectly respectable cheese?” But seriously. I don’t know if you know this, but...
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That time we wrapped up 2015 with a deliciously scandalous Through Eternity tour
I feel about tours the same way that I feel about titles: I like it best when they’re a true expression of something (a feeling, a city), and when they’re not too short. Now you may be thinking, I’m...
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Let’s talk about the need to wander: a book review of Adventurers Abroad
“I always wonder why birds choose to stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth. Then I ask myself the same question.” (Harun Yahya) There are many ways to describe that feeling,...
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In which I’m told about a new way for women to inspire each other and...
Ladies, unite: there’s a new way to network, and they’re in Rome next week. We’re women, and we have ideas. And passions, and a job, and friends, and family and dreams and about ten million other...
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We launched our very own audio walking tour of Rome!
You guys. We just launched our audio walking tour of Rome, and we’re all sorts of frantically excited about it. I can’t tell you how delighted I am to finally announce the project I’ve been working on...
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Where we discover BookGrabbr, and decide it must be shared with you!
Note from Flav: When our friends at iRead Book Tours shared with us their enthusiasm for a new way in which people were discovering books, we asked for more info – and once we got the details, we knew...
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Snapshot – Tunis
“Italienne?” the old man says to me, eyes twinkling. “Oui!” I answer, relieved to have understood one thing (a stunning improvement). “Italienne…” he repeats, sizing me up, as though my presence tells...
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25 Must-Haves for all Book Lovers (let’s support children’s literacy!)
Note from Flav: A couple of days ago I got an email from the awesome Laura at iRead Book Tours, mentioning that Next Century Publishing was doing a 20% off sale on all of J.K. Rowling’s books in order...
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Last night I traveled all over Italy and even spent some time in Montreal: a...
How Daughter of Mine by Laura Fabiani hijacked my evening Sometimes I think I should just tell my boss the truth. Look, I could say, I know sometimes I show up for work a little late, a little groggy....
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Tasting my way across Rome with Eating Italy
By: YiR’s very own Lauren Mouat If you are what you eat then the Italians are one bountiful, tangled, satisfying (occasionally fried) bunch of culinary wizards. On a visit to Rome you’re bound to visit...
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Blurred boundaries: a book review of Loreena’s Gift
Sometimes you need to read a book that’s both a good read and also a thoughtfuL pondering on life, death, love, and what happens (or doesn’t happen) after those three things. Enter Loreena’s Gift, an...
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She lives with ink smudged on her fingers
She lives with ink smudged on her fingers and dragons and spaceships in her brain. She is leading an army on her way to work, colonizing Mars while stuck in traffic, and when she is sad, she boards the...
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The trip of a lifetime: Recommendations for Rome, Florence, and Venice
Heaven is real, and it’s in Venice… Article by Evacheska DeAngelis Note from Flav: Sometimes in life we are lucky enough to find family outside of the group of people whose last name and blood we...
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How to Keep it Italian (in Miami, London, New York, or wherever you happen to...
By Francesca Belluomini Note from Flav: Today we have a fantastic article from the gorgeous fashion blogger and author Ms. Francesca Belluomini, whose upcoming book “The Cheat Sheet of Italian Style:...
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Where we see the first settlement that became Rome: our tour with Walks of Italy
Wrapping up 2016 with a wondrous tour through time If you know me, you know that waking up before 11 AM whilst on vacation is quite the no no. But I am on a mission, folks, and that mission is to...
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Waltzing into the Sistine Chapel before it actually opens: a tour with The...
Michelangelo, ancient graffiti, and where cornetti came from: starting 2017 with magic The Roman Guy way Remember how I was on a selfless journey to update the Young In Rome Favorite Tours page? Well,...
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“A suitcase, perhaps, the past left behind”: a book review of Shadows on the...
A book review of Shadows on the Lake. Continue reading →
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Luxury is a state of mind: a review of The Cheat Sheet of Italian Style
I’m going to try not to gush here. I’m going to fail, but I’m going to try. Because, you guys: I LOVE me a strong-willed woman who goes for her dreams and puts out a book about loving Italy and how to...
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Speaking With Strategic Impact: how not to be scared of that presentation you...
Note from Flav: Although I largely (and happily) keep YiR a Rome/Italy-based site, I occasionally like to share books with my readers that I think can be useful or interesting in our everyday lives....
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