Open in app

Sign In

Write

Sign In

CFlisi
CFlisi

248 Followers

Home

About

Published in

ILLUMINATION

·Sep 3

A Moving Experience: Italian versus American Psycho in business cards

One of the most memorable scenes in American Psycho (maybe THE most memorable scene if you are not into blood and dismemberment) has nothing to do with murder. It’s all about the swapping of business cards, and the one-upmanship between Patrick Bateman and his colleagues in a conference room. …

Italy

5 min read

A Moving Experience: Italian versus American Psycho in business cards
A Moving Experience: Italian versus American Psycho in business cards
Italy

5 min read


Published in

Dog Tales

·Aug 25

CANINE CAVOURTING IN FIVE-STAR TUSCANY

When my human was planning a vacation in Tuscany, she casually asked if her hotel, the five-star Il Falconiere in Cortona, accepted four-legged guests. “Of course we do,” came the swift response. “We love dogs!” She needed no further incentive, and decided immediately that I would accompany her. I was…

Dogs

5 min read

CANINE CAVOURTING IN FIVE-STAR TUSCANY
CANINE CAVOURTING IN FIVE-STAR TUSCANY
Dogs

5 min read


Published in

ILLUMINATION

·Aug 14

HOW GREEN IS MY ELEPHANT VALLEY?

What is more fun than a barrel of monkeys? A parade of elephants. And that is what you find at Green Hill Valley elephant camp, located near the Wet Pyu Ye forest reserve about 15 miles (24 kilometres) from Kalaw in Myanmar’s southern Shan state. You will be given loose-fitting…

Travel

8 min read

HOW GREEN IS MY ELEPHANT VALLEY?
HOW GREEN IS MY ELEPHANT VALLEY?
Travel

8 min read


Published in

ILLUMINATION

·Jul 19

Along the Strada del Prosecco: dining (delicious) and lodging (luxurious)

Although you could complete the 31-mile Strada del Prosecco in Italy’s Veneto region in less than a day, it’s more pleasant to take your time and draw out the experience. …

Italy

4 min read

Along the Strada del Prosecco: dining (delicious) and lodging (luxurious)
Along the Strada del Prosecco: dining (delicious) and lodging (luxurious)
Italy

4 min read


Published in

ILLUMINATION

·Jul 16

Sightseeing along the Strada del Prosecco

You don’t have to be an oenophile to appreciate the Strada del Prosecco in Italy’s Veneto region. Italophiles of every potable persuasion will delight in the 31-mile road as it winds its narrow way amid soft hills sprouting from rich dark soil, medieval towns and churches, local artists, ancient architects…

Travel

5 min read

Sightseeing along the Strada del Prosecco
Sightseeing along the Strada del Prosecco
Travel

5 min read


Published in

ILLUMINATION

·Jul 14

WHERE PROSECCO BEGINS

In Italy, all roads may lead to Rome, but all wine roads began in the small town of Conegliano, about 40 miles north of Venice. This is the starting point of the country’s first wine road, originally called the Strada del Prosecco when it was created in 1966. At first…

Travel

4 min read

WHERE PROSECCO BEGINS
WHERE PROSECCO BEGINS
Travel

4 min read


Published in

ILLUMINATION

·Jun 30

HOW TO SURVIVE THE BIG FIVE

The Land Rover has driven off without you, or you have become separated from the rest of your walking safari, or you just fell off your horse in the bush. All of a sudden you are alone, unarmed, and facing a snarling lion, trumpeting elephant, or snorting rhinoceros. …

Nature

10 min read

HOW TO SURVIVE THE BIG FIVE
HOW TO SURVIVE THE BIG FIVE
Nature

10 min read


Published in

ILLUMINATION

·May 20

Whose Dog’s Life Is It Anyway?

My dog Giada has never seen a Broadway or West End play, but her twilight years are unfolding like an award-winning drama from 1978, Whose life is it anyway? The play, which became a 1981 movie starring Richard Dreyfuss, examines the right of a quadriplegic to end his own life…

Dogs

5 min read

Whose dog’s life is it anyway?
Whose dog’s life is it anyway?
Dogs

5 min read


Published in

ILLUMINATION

·May 17

MUSEUMS MADE IN ITALY, WITH AN INDUSTRIAL TWIST

Italian museums offer much more than portraits of beatific Madonnas and maleficent Medicis hung along dusty corridors with dim lighting. Italy’s industrial history has created the backdrop for a special category of museum that appeals to visitors interested in food, health, design, society, fashion, transportation, even children’s toys. Would you…

Italy

4 min read

MUSEUMS MADE IN ITALY, WITH AN INDUSTRIAL TWIST
MUSEUMS MADE IN ITALY, WITH AN INDUSTRIAL TWIST
Italy

4 min read


May 15

A Moving Experience: Italy vs. the US in the healthcare shell game

A shell game always involves deception or fraud. You’ll find plenty of online videos to show you the tricks in a street game with shells and peas. But what about the game with bigger stakes — the health of a person . . . or a country? …

USA

5 min read

A Moving Experience: Italy vs. the US in the healthcare shell game
A Moving Experience: Italy vs. the US in the healthcare shell game
USA

5 min read

CFlisi

CFlisi

248 Followers

writer, PR professional, mother, dog-lover, traveler. See more at www.paroleanima.com

Following
  • Medium

    Medium

  • Isabella Bolognese

    Isabella Bolognese

  • Taxi NCC Verona

    Taxi NCC Verona

  • Marie Kidd

    Marie Kidd

See all (12)

Help

Status

Writers

Blog

Careers

Privacy

Terms

About

Text to speech

Teams