Updated 30 May 2021 I moved to Rome as a student, after being laid off, when the exchange rate was painful. You could say I was on a budget. Finding cheap places to eat in Rome was pretty high on my to-do list, seeing as I also did not have a functional refrigerator for a […]
Yearly Archives: 2016
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A cheese shop for serious foodies.
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I needed to go to the supermarket on Saturday. The supermarket is right next to Piazza Testaccio, and as I rounded the corner to buy household necessities, I remembered that there was something else next to Piazza Testaccio as well. Mission: Diverted. I ambled over to Fairytale “just to look,” I told myself. Fairytale is very […]
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Having opened just last week in Monti, Madre might be Rome’s most Pinterest perfect location. The perfectly mismatched table settings? The colorful glass wear? The menu design? Checkity check check. But it is really, obviously, the lush, curated garden setting that makes the outdoor dining room so gorgeous. Gifted with a cool summer evening, we […]
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The traffic and metro gods were on my side this week and I managed to make it to Monti at rush hour in record time. With a few minutes to spare before dinner, I took a quick walk around Rione Monti – one of my favorite neighborhoods in Rome. Here is Monti on a […]
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Updated March 2023 I don’t really love baccalà. The salted cod can come off mushy and overly powerful in many dishes. But fried? Amazing. Dar Filettaro is one of those Roman institutions that you love not in spite of it shortcomings but because of them. It is a tiny restuarant that serves one thing: filetti […]
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On January 1st, we woke up in Boston after ringing in the new year with a lovely wedding of two lovely people. Fireworks topped off a whirlwind trip of art watching at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and dinners and drinks with old friends. Jimmy boarded a plane back to Rome and I headed to […]
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I was sitting in front of Santa Maria in Trastevere recently to finish my Fior di Luna gelato con calma. It’s seriously not the worst. From its cosmati floors: To the tip-top of its burnished gold altar. I wanted to revisit the church after reading a short story about a woman’s love affair with a statue […]