| JULY 2008 |
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THU |
FRI |
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1.
It's Canada Day! |
2.
Horse race at Piazza del Campo, Siena |
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4.
Independence Day... |
5.
...Light some firecrackers! |
6.
Italy celebrates its melon festival |
7.
Italian word of the day: Mercato... |
8.
Translation? Market |
9.
Try grilling corn as Italians would eat it this July... |
10.
...recipe from Mario Batali's Italian Grill (page 221) |
11.
Umbria jazz festival |
12.
Take advantage of free kayaking in the Hudson Park
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13.
Saint Vincenzo's Day in Villetta Barrea. The trout of the Sangro are eaten in celebration on this day. |
14.
Woody Guthrie, b. 1912
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15.
Summer fruit is at its prime... |
16.
…make Mario’s Peaches in Primitivo Syrup (Page 426 of Molto Italiano). |
17.
Buy your Peaches at the Peach festival in Piazzano |
18.
On this day in 64 AD Rome burned to the ground |
19.
Eat nothing but berries today |
20.
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21.
Ernest Hemingway, b. 1899 |
22.
Listen to some tune that make you wiggle with joy... |
23.
Keep on wiggling! |
24.
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25.
Madonna del Porto's Day |
26.
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27.
Birthday of Italian poet and critic Giosue Carducci (1835; d.1907), won 1906 Nobel Prize for Literature, regarded as national poet of modern Italy |
28.
The month of July is name after Julius Caesar… Mussolini, Benito , 1883– 1945 |
29.
…who first made it the longest (i.e., grandest) month on the Roman calendar |
30.
Take a nap under the sun |
31.
Stock up on fresh berries at the farmer’s market before its all gone…
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