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Personal passion powers Monopoli’s mayoral race
The two major mayoral candidates in this week’s election offered completely different platforms and came from vastly different backgrounds. Yet voters often were torn between them. Why? Because they are friends with both men. The choice was personal, a question of whom they know better, whom they trust more, regardless of politics.
Read MoreAlways on Sunday: Two Italian mothers serve a luscious luncheon lesson
Our friends, Maria and Francesco, invited me to witness their mothers prepare my favorite local dish – patate, riso and cozze (mussels). Unlike cooking confabs one might hold with friends, this was a serious affair – no idle chitchat, no brunch-time beverages, just a seamless 2-hour culinary tango between Nicoletta and Marisa.
Read MoreHow we became ‘famoso’
Soon after my account of living in Monopoli, Italy, was published in The Wall Street Journal, a young woman leapt up from her café table to ask my husband: “Are you Don?”
Read MoreA real Pugliese wedding tests Americans
This 12-hour Pugliese wedding filled with music, food, dancing and more, made lasting memories.
Read MoreOur story for The Wall Street Journal about ‘la dolce vita’ in Monopoli
Our story for The Wall Street Journal about ‘la dolce vita’ in Monopoli My husband, Don, retired from the newspaper business, and we lost no time pursuing a move to Italy, our favorite European destination. We headed for the region of Puglia (or Apulia) in the southeast, and Sicily—the only places with enough sun and…
Read MoreCarnevale di bambini
Carnevale di bambini By PAMELA HASTEROK with photos by DON LINDLEY In Monopoli, Carnevale’s Fat Tuesday was mostly for “di bambini” – kids and babies. Costumed children accompanied by parents gathered mid-afternoon at the main town square. School kids danced on stage and were “singin’ in the rain” (in English) on a sunny day. The square’s resident…
Read MoreMemories from Monopoli, a first year of ‘la dolce vita’
Move to Monopoli for Americans was once in a lifetime changing event.
Read MoreWinter sky
The stunning winter sky in Monopoli, Italy
Read MoreChristmas images from Rome
Christmas images from Rome
Read MorePigs to panzerotti: an intriguing second night of Christmas
Pigs to panzerotti: an intriguing second night of Christmas By PAMELA HASTEROK with photos by DON LINDLEY On the second night of Christmas, our Monopolitani friends bundled us into their car and trundled us off to what they described as a living crèche. The idea of a manger scene come to life was puzzle enough…
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