This 12-hour Pugliese wedding filled with music, food, dancing and more, made lasting memories.

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…

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…

Move to Monopoli for Americans was once in a lifetime changing event.