I feel, more often than ever, like words are escaping me. I can sit and concentrate and claw around my foggy mental state, but I cannot easily summon the vocabulary that I had at my fingertips before the baby. I blame the cumulative effects of long-term sleep deprivation, but I love this kid and so […]
Category Archives: Rome
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Mar
Mar
It is irresponsible to order gricia for lunch, and yet every time I find myself at Trattoria Da Oio a Casa Mia, I am powerless to resist. It arrives piled with pecorino and a dusting of black pepper applied with a heavy hand. The pasta is slicked with rendered fat from the crisped guanciale. It […]
12
Mar
Mar
Regardless of when you visit, chances are you are going to need to find things to do in Rome on a rainy day. Even though the Eternal City is known for its gorgeous weather, Rome actually gets MORE rain than London! Rome averages 837.3 mm (33 inches) of rain per year, while London gets 583.6 mm (23 inches). […]
10
Mar
Mar
The sign outside of Oasi della Birra reads “Palombi Enoteca,” but rest assured that you have arrived at the oasis of beer. The bottle shop turned bar and restaurant is one of Testaccio’s most popular watering holes. Set on the edge of the piazza (main square), the bar has a list of hundreds of beers […]
09
Mar
Mar
One of the projects that I always knew I wanted to complete was to write a modern guide to Rome. And since guide books tend to go out of date so quickly, I decided to create the Rome guide as an app and Discover Rome was born. The beauty of having an app means I […]
02
Mar
Mar
I admit that it would not be fair to call Big Star a dive bar, because it is actually quite nice. But it is also extremely low key, with no frills and cold beer. Located away from most of the nightspots in Trastevere, Big Star also feels a bit more grown up. Rather than signs […]
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Feb
Feb
A calendar of curated March 2018 Events in Rome with suggestions about what to do, see, and eat this month in the Eternal City.
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Feb
Feb
Updated October 2022 Rome has two airports (Ciampino and Fiumicino). Of the two, Ciampino is smaller and mainly receives passengers who are traveling on budget airlines such as RyanAir. It is only 16 km (10 miles) from Ciampino Airport to Rome, however, it is not always easy to reach the city center. The two major […]