It wasn’t my intention to find myself yakking out the window of a taxi and screaming, “Sto bene! Sto bene!”… Read more Sto Bene! Sto Bene!
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Fulvio in Ostia
Like the Rockaways or Coney Island, Ostia is not considered a part of the city it is connected to, Rome.… Read more Fulvio in Ostia
Berlin, Bar
Rose sat at the bar alone. She was used to that. There was something about her aura that made people… Read more Berlin, Bar
Desperately Seeking Someone As Romantic As Mark Wahlberg in Fear
David McCall (Mark Wahlberg) gets a bad rap. Viewed as an obsessive psychopath in James Foley’s Fear, he does whatever… Read more Desperately Seeking Someone As Romantic As Mark Wahlberg in Fear
When You Can’t Get Bangs Because Every Girl You Hate Has Them
When a woman wants to change her life, she changes her hair. Usually, this tends to mean getting bangs in… Read more When You Can’t Get Bangs Because Every Girl You Hate Has Them
Lady & The Tramp & The Perpetuation of a Stereotype
“I’ll-a have-a da spaghetti wit meatball!” Such an incomprehensible mixture of an “urban” inflection paired with a 1950s impersonation of an… Read more Lady & The Tramp & The Perpetuation of a Stereotype
Why Can’t There Be Marxism In Love?
Maybe Marxism didn’t work out in the long run–maybe it just never had the right clientele to sustain its tenets.… Read more Why Can’t There Be Marxism In Love?
I’m Neapolitan, Bitch
I get into the cab after arriving at Porta Garibaldi in Milan under the misguided impression that my driver will… Read more I’m Neapolitan, Bitch
Do Widzenia Greenpoint
I embarked for Greenpoint in the pre-Lena Dunham era (more on that bitch in a second). And while my time… Read more Do Widzenia Greenpoint
The Clothes of Puerto Ricans
In spite of New York being a very impersonal place, one becomes unwantingly privy to many personal things in the… Read more The Clothes of Puerto Ricans
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