Daniella’s Spring 2022 Field Trip to the Ancient Amphitheater at Santa Maria Capua Vetere
First, the city called Santa Maria Capua Vetere (Saint Maria Old Capua) has an ancient Roman amphitheater that competes with Emperor Vespasian Flavius’s Colosseum in Rome. And we’ll talk more about that soon. Second, the name [...]
A Roman Forum Guidebook: From Outpost to Empire (In Ten Easy Centuries)
A user-friendly, fun, and educative guidebook on the Roman Forum has been born! If you want to dig into The Roman Forum: From Outpost to Empire in Ten Easy Centuries, you can now find it on Amazon. I'll [...]
Rome-Ostia on Foot: If Ancient Romans Did It…
Part 1: I was Young, Married, and Foolish I’ve always enjoyed walking and, in my late-twenties, I learned to love jogging. Somewhere along the way I purchased a book called A Piedi nel Lazio (On foot in [...]
Paestum mid-September 2020
Mid-September rolled around and I still hadn’t gone on vacation. Correction: I still hadn’t traveled anywhere. I had maintained a spectacular track record until this year: Jordan in January, 2013; archeological sites in Spain for a month in 2015; [...]
Buried Treasure
What does your favorite Rome guide do now that she is virtually unemployed? The short answer is I’ve been tidying up a book on the Roman Forum that I would like to have published as soon as possible – [...]
The Cultural Impact of Coronavirus on the World, April 2nd, 2020
An Introduction to My Insane Musings... I am fascinated by people and the way they think—individually and collectively. So I’m not just a junior league anthropologist, I’m also a wannabe psychoanalyst. The impact of the Coronavirus on [...]
Rome in the Time of the Coronavirus, March 12th 2020
This blog is for all those open-hearted travelers who have adopted me and, therefore, thought about me over the last several weeks, sending expressions of concern and affection. This blog is also for the curious, who want an insider’s [...]
Corinna Cooke and Glam Italia, 101 Fabulous Things to Do in Rome!
I have been working with Corinna Cooke, Glam Italia author, for years. Initially, I was surprised by her passion for Rome. Then I got used to it! When we meet up for drinks after work at my local bar, [...]
Twenty-five years of Rome… January 26th, 2020
I came to Rome for my last semester of college. It was the end of January, 1995. I was young(ish) and unprepared for the experience. (More unprepared than young!) My expectations of the Eternal City were based on black [...]
Give an Experience: Give a Tour Bonus!
Giving a unique gift is a thrill. So contribute to part of a newly-wedded relative’s honeymoon. Invest in your kids’ first solo trip to Europe. Or help close friends celebrate an anniversary in a memorable and educative way. Donate a [...]