Red Garlic from Sulmona - by the Cartload

a.m. cart is full Every Roman street market--and there are more than a hundred--has its itinerant garlic peddlars, usually smallish g...

Men in Coats: Looking Good in Piazza San Giovanni di Dio

I have fond memories of Saturday mornings more than a half century ago, when my father would take me "downtown"--downtown, that is...

Taking Photos in Rome? Watch Out!

The photos on this page have no common subject matter, but they are related: all were taken within 48 hours, and--more important--all produc...

May Day Irony

May Day, the 1st day of May, is rapidly approaching. Italians love their holidays, and May Day, which in its modern form celebrates work, la...

The Pope and Us - views from the bar

With Christmas coming, we think some mention of the Pope is in order. The photo here, taken at Bar Tony, in Monteverde Nuovo, is a perfect e...

Imagining Failure: Rome's New Markets

We've always been interested in artists' renderings of buildings proposed or under construction. They're fantasies. Although art...