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 And since guide books tend to go out of date so quickly, I decided to create the Rome guide as an app and Discover Rome was born.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 […]
07
Mar
Mar
I was honestly not aware that there was such a thing as International Women’s Day until I moved to Rome. In Italy, March 8th is a holiday celebrated as festa della donna. While it is not a holiday that shuts down businesses or schools, it is pretty impossible to miss festa della donna. On March […]
05
Mar
Mar
An Italian morning meal can be a bit of a disappointment if you stumble into the day blindly. Burnt espresso and a pre-made cornetto? Nope. No thanks. Better to know what to eat in Rome for breakfast – and exactly where to get it. Mornings in Rome begin with coffee, usually accompanied by a sweet […]
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 […]
28
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.