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July 2018
- Jul 31, 2018 The Bittersweet Life SHARE-A-THON Jul 31, 2018
- Jul 4, 2018 The Bittersweet Life – Episode 212: ETHNICITY Jul 4, 2018
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June 2018
- Jun 28, 2018 Where to Have {Outdoor} Aperitivo in Rome Jun 28, 2018
- Jun 25, 2018 The Bittersweet Life – Episode 211: SIRENUSE Jun 25, 2018
- Jun 18, 2018 The Bittersweet Life – Episode 210: CORRESPONDENT Jun 18, 2018
- Jun 15, 2018 What To Do in Rome this Weekend — 16-17 June 2018 Jun 15, 2018
- Jun 11, 2018 The Bittersweet Life – Episode 209: REPURPOSE Jun 11, 2018
- Jun 4, 2018 The Bittersweet Life — Episode 208: DECAY Jun 4, 2018
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February 2018
- Feb 27, 2018 Snow Day at Rome's Bioparco Feb 27, 2018
- Feb 20, 2018 For the Love of Typewriters – Olivetti Exhibit Preview Feb 20, 2018
- Feb 16, 2018 Rome for Your Chinese Zodiac Sign Feb 16, 2018
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September 2017
- Sep 22, 2017 The Pines of Rome Blog Is Reborn! Sep 22, 2017
- Sep 21, 2017 Foodies, Rejoice! Taste of Roma Kicks off at the PDM Sep 21, 2017
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August 2017
- Aug 31, 2017 What's On in Rome – September 2017 Edition Aug 31, 2017
- Aug 11, 2017 The Mystery of Giulia Farnese Revealed Aug 11, 2017
- Aug 1, 2017 How to Survive August in Rome Aug 1, 2017
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December 2016
- Dec 20, 2016 Rome's Unsolved Mysteries Dec 20, 2016
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April 2015
- Apr 25, 2015 Rome's Top 10 Piazzas for Hanging Out Apr 25, 2015
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February 2015
- Feb 20, 2015 Long Time No Blog, or What I've Been up to for the Past Four Months Feb 20, 2015
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October 2014
- Oct 31, 2014 10 Spookiest Places in Rome Oct 31, 2014
- Oct 4, 2014 Rome's Artistic Treasures .... Hidden in Banks Oct 4, 2014
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August 2014
- Aug 19, 2014 Augustus's Rome, 2000 Years Later Aug 19, 2014
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April 2014
- Apr 7, 2014 My Rome Bucket List -- 21 Things to Do in Rome in a Lifetime Apr 7, 2014
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March 2014
- Mar 26, 2014 A Podcast is Born! The BitterSweet Life: Two Expats in Rome Mar 26, 2014
- Mar 13, 2014 Twelve Months a Pope Mar 13, 2014
- Mar 9, 2014 Rome's Truly Hidden Gems: The Convent of Santa Francesca Romana Mar 9, 2014
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February 2014
- Feb 18, 2014 Michelangelo's Rome, 450 Years Later Feb 18, 2014
- Feb 14, 2014 Art's Greatest Kisses Feb 14, 2014
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December 2013
- Dec 23, 2013 Hand-made Panettone and other Italian Christmas Treats Dec 23, 2013
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October 2013
- Oct 10, 2013 200 Years of Giuseppe Verdi Oct 10, 2013
- Oct 4, 2013 Five Ways to Celebrate St. Francis’s Feast Day in Italy Oct 4, 2013
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July 2013
- Jul 24, 2013 La Festa de' Noantri, the Festival of the Trasteverini Jul 24, 2013
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May 2013
- May 25, 2013 The Streets of Rome: Vicolo del Leonetto May 25, 2013
- May 2, 2013 May Day in Rome, or Calendimaggio May 2, 2013
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April 2013
- Apr 27, 2013 My Favorite Thing about April in Rome Apr 27, 2013
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March 2013
- Mar 12, 2013 Meet the Papabili: A Handy Guide to the Popefuls of Conclave 2013 Mar 12, 2013
- Mar 10, 2013 How Conclave Works: All the Rules and Rituals of the Papal Election Mar 10, 2013
- Mar 7, 2013 A Short* History of Conclave Mar 7, 2013
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February 2013
- Feb 27, 2013 A Pope's Last Stand: The Final Papal Audience of Benedict XVI Feb 27, 2013
- Feb 25, 2013 Pope Celestine V, the Other Pope who Resigned Feb 25, 2013
- Feb 22, 2013 The Best of the Blogs: Rome and Beyond Feb 22, 2013
- Feb 21, 2013 Rome in the Time of the Borgias: Has Anything Really Changed? Feb 21, 2013
- Feb 6, 2013 Life in Italy, in a Nutshell Feb 6, 2013
- Feb 2, 2013 First Day of Carnevale in Rome Feb 2, 2013
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January 2013
- Jan 30, 2013 100 years of Renato Guttuso Jan 30, 2013
- Jan 23, 2013 Tullus Hostilius: The Hostile Third King of Rome Jan 23, 2013
- Jan 20, 2013 Paul Klee in Italy at the GNAM Jan 20, 2013
- Jan 12, 2013 My Secret Italian Dream Job Jan 12, 2013
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December 2012
- Dec 31, 2012 A Quiet New Year's Eve in Rome: Soaking Up the Simple Beauty Dec 31, 2012
- Dec 9, 2012 Celebrating 100,000 Hits! Dec 9, 2012
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November 2012
- Nov 27, 2012 Photo Day: Mailing a Letter to Caravaggio Nov 27, 2012
- Nov 26, 2012 Numa Pompilius and the Nymph Egeria Nov 26, 2012
- Nov 25, 2012 Thanksgiving in Italy and a New Vocabulary Word Nov 25, 2012
- Nov 18, 2012 Paris in Black and White: Photographs of Robert Doisneau Nov 18, 2012
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September 2012
- Sep 27, 2012 Vermeer in Rome Sep 27, 2012
- Sep 26, 2012 The Charmed Life of a Foreign Correspondent in Italy Sep 26, 2012
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July 2012
- Jul 24, 2012 So You Want to Move to Rome? My Advice: Do it! Jul 24, 2012
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March 2012
- Mar 30, 2012 How I Moved to Italy and Married the Love of my Life, Part 1 Mar 30, 2012
- Mar 26, 2012 The Benefits of Letter Writing Mar 26, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 The Story of Cupid and Psyche Continues in Villa Farnesina Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 22, 2012 The Fable of Cupid and Psyche at Castel Sant'Angelo Mar 22, 2012
- Mar 17, 2012 Inside the Vatican Secret Archive Mar 17, 2012
- Mar 15, 2012 Michelangelo's Last Judgment and Marcello Venusti's Copy Mar 15, 2012
- Mar 13, 2012 Long-lost Paintings by Michelangelo and Caravaggio: Are They or Aren't They? Mar 13, 2012
- Mar 11, 2012 Salvador Dalì: Renaissance-inspired Surrealism Mar 11, 2012
- Mar 7, 2012 A Taste of Home: The Guggenheim Comes to Rome Mar 7, 2012
- Mar 5, 2012 Photographs by Andrea Pacanowski: You Won't Believe Your Eyes Mar 5, 2012
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February 2012
- Feb 29, 2012 Procrastination and Over-sharing: a Blogger's Dilemma Feb 29, 2012
- Feb 28, 2012 Antique Italian Maps at the Vittoriano Feb 28, 2012
- Feb 24, 2012 Tintoretto Arrives in Rome Feb 24, 2012
- Feb 19, 2012 Carnival in Rome: Commedia dell'Arte in Piazza Navona! Feb 19, 2012
- Feb 16, 2012 The Lost Art of Writing by Hand Feb 16, 2012
- Feb 15, 2012 Happy (Belated) Saint Valentine's Day, Lovers! Feb 15, 2012
- Feb 11, 2012 Eat, Drink, and Be Merry! Carnival in Rome! Feb 11, 2012
- Feb 9, 2012 Caravaggio, You Devil! Feb 9, 2012
- Feb 4, 2012 Roma in Bianco: Snow in Rome, Part 2 Feb 4, 2012
- Feb 3, 2012 The Madonna of Loreto: Caravaggio vs Carracci Feb 3, 2012
- Feb 2, 2012 Another Caravaggio Exhibit? Feb 2, 2012
- Feb 1, 2012 The Streets of Rome: Via dei Giubbonari Feb 1, 2012
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January 2012
- Jan 27, 2012 A Borgia Orgy Tonight! Jan 27, 2012
- Jan 26, 2012 Running into Some Old Friends at an Exhibit Jan 26, 2012
- Jan 23, 2012 Numa Pompilius and the Vestal Virgins Jan 23, 2012
- Jan 22, 2012 The Borgia Pope, Pinturicchio, and Giulia Farnese Jan 22, 2012
- Jan 21, 2012 The Renaissance in Rome: In the Footsteps of Michelangelo and Raphael Jan 21, 2012
- Jan 19, 2012 Viva VEneRDIi: I Was at the No. 1 Music Event of the Year (Almost)! Jan 19, 2012
- Jan 18, 2012 Words, Words, Words: Leccornia Jan 18, 2012
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December 2011
- Dec 29, 2011 My Italian Ancestors Dec 29, 2011
- Dec 24, 2011 Trastevere's Living Nativity Scene Dec 24, 2011
- Dec 17, 2011 Guercino Exhibit at Palazzo Barberini Dec 17, 2011
- Dec 11, 2011 The Borghese Gallery and the Fate of an Ill-gotten Collection, Part 2 Dec 11, 2011
- Dec 9, 2011 19th-century Italian Rebuses! Dec 9, 2011
- Dec 8, 2011 The Borghese Gallery and the Fate of an Ill-gotten Collection, Part 1 Dec 8, 2011
- Dec 7, 2011 Seen in Rome: Palle del Nonno? Dec 7, 2011
- Dec 6, 2011 Words, Words, Words: Sfingica Dec 6, 2011
- Dec 3, 2011 New Exhibit at the Quirinale Dec 3, 2011
- Dec 3, 2011 Chocolate Festival in Trastevere!! Dec 3, 2011
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November 2011
- Nov 30, 2011 Six Months a Wife and an Illuminated Manuscript Nov 30, 2011
- Nov 24, 2011 Words, Words, Words: Piagnucolare Nov 24, 2011
- Nov 23, 2011 The Streets of Rome: Vicolo della Spada d'Orlando Nov 23, 2011
- Nov 23, 2011 Words, Words, Words: Aiuola Nov 23, 2011
- Nov 21, 2011 Words, Words, Words: Parannanza Nov 21, 2011
- Nov 11, 2011 Numa Pompilius and his Calendar Nov 11, 2011
- Nov 9, 2011 Reading Italian Maps Nov 9, 2011
- Nov 4, 2011 Filippino Lippi in the Florence of Botticelli Nov 4, 2011
- Nov 2, 2011 All Souls' Day Nov 2, 2011
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October 2011
- Oct 31, 2011 Numa Pompilius, Second King of Rome Oct 31, 2011
- Oct 29, 2011 Faith's Vase Oct 29, 2011
- Oct 28, 2011 Viva VEnerRDI! Gilda vs Violetta Oct 28, 2011
- Oct 25, 2011 Fa Bìo - Best Sandwich Shop in Rome Oct 25, 2011
- Oct 21, 2011 Roman Flooding Oct 21, 2011
- Oct 20, 2011 Georgia O'Keeffe: An American Icon in Rome Oct 20, 2011
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September 2011
- Sep 30, 2011 Viva VEneRDI: Addio del Passato Sep 30, 2011
- Sep 29, 2011 It All Began with a Ring Sep 29, 2011
- Sep 28, 2011 The Death of Romulus Sep 28, 2011
- Sep 25, 2011 The Art of Hermès Leather Sep 25, 2011
- Sep 23, 2011 Viva VEneRDI! Sep 23, 2011
- Sep 14, 2011 The Streets of Rome: Via dell'Arco della Ciambella Sep 14, 2011
- Sep 13, 2011 Seen in Rome: Graffiti Medusa Sep 13, 2011
- Sep 12, 2011 New York in Rome, in Honor of September 11th Sep 12, 2011
- Sep 4, 2011 Rome's Fountains Under Attack Sep 4, 2011
- Sep 3, 2011 On Being a Woman, by Dorothy Parker Sep 3, 2011
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August 2011
- Aug 29, 2011 A Room with a View, Fate, and the Allure of Italy Aug 29, 2011
- Aug 27, 2011 Nathaniel Hawthorne, on Rome Aug 27, 2011
- Aug 26, 2011 The Pines of Bangkok? I don't think so. Aug 26, 2011
- Aug 25, 2011 The Streets of Rome: Piazza della Pigna Aug 25, 2011
- Aug 22, 2011 Are Italian Women really Unhappy? Aug 22, 2011
- Aug 19, 2011 The Ara Pacis in Technicolor Aug 19, 2011
- Aug 14, 2011 Stuck in the City on Ferragosto? Aug 14, 2011
- Aug 8, 2011 The Seven Kings of Rome: More on Romulus Aug 8, 2011
- Aug 6, 2011 The Apoxyomenos, Namesake of Vicolo dell'Atleta Aug 6, 2011
- Aug 3, 2011 The Streets of Rome: Vicolo dell'Atleta Aug 3, 2011
- Aug 2, 2011 Seen in Rome: Priests like Gelato too Aug 2, 2011
- Aug 1, 2011 An Introduction to the Seven Kings of Rome: Fact or Legend? Aug 1, 2011
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July 2011
- Jul 27, 2011 Channeling Lucrezia Borgia at Palazzo Corsini Jul 27, 2011
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June 2011
- Jun 29, 2011 Celebrating Peter and Paul Jun 29, 2011
- Jun 24, 2011 San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, or When the Inspired Outshines the Inspiration Jun 24, 2011
- Jun 23, 2011 Mysterious Mausoleum Jun 23, 2011
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July 2010
- Jul 17, 2010 The Villa of Dreams Jul 17, 2010
- Jul 14, 2010 An Ode to Trastevere Jul 14, 2010
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June 2010
- Jun 3, 2010 The Day it Snowed in Rome Jun 3, 2010
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May 2010
- May 31, 2010 The Sanctuary of Divine Love (and Some Divine Intervention) May 31, 2010
- May 15, 2010 Pasquino and the Talking Statues May 15, 2010
- May 12, 2010 The Streets of Rome: Via del Babuino May 12, 2010
- May 11, 2010 Seen in Rome: Directing Traffic with Style May 11, 2010
- May 10, 2010 The Tower of Winds and the Gregorian Calendar May 10, 2010
- May 5, 2010 The Streets of Rome: Via del Piè di Marmo May 5, 2010
- May 4, 2010 Seen in Rome: Hungry? May 4, 2010
- May 3, 2010 The Rape of the Sabine Women May 3, 2010
- May 2, 2010 Perfection and Embarrassment May 2, 2010
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April 2010
- Apr 30, 2010 It's a Beautiful Language Apr 30, 2010
- Apr 29, 2010 Mars of Todi - Etruscan Art at its Best Apr 29, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 The Streets of Rome: What's in a Name? Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 27, 2010 Seen in Rome: Two Men and a Big Fish Apr 27, 2010
- Apr 26, 2010 Il Natale di Roma Apr 26, 2010