→ Read more[…]heaven is where women and older people work like Swedes, the young work like the Dutch and the unemployed find jobs like the Danes. Hell is where workers get into unemployment like the Americans and out of it like the Italians.
Category: Italy
Eterna è la strada che va
I’ve been a fan of “Banco del Mutuo Soccorso” (wiki, official) for an indefinite number of years now. I hold for instance the view that their first three early ’70s albums — which I listen to frequently, on my iPod, e.g.
→ Read more Vedrai vedrai…
An old, but eternal, musical masterpiece to start the week, with a well-preserved Luigi Tenco live performance video clip from the 60’s. Lyrics.
→ Read more Grazie, Elena– it is indeed high time I was reminded of Tenco’s superb voice and style.
Sinatra and Sodini’s
A quote for any week (click on the picture to enlarge).
A great dinner we had at Sodini’s Green Valley Sicilian restaurant in North Beach and the ever present, ever wise Frank Sinatra himself was at (or should I say: above) our table… If you ever pass by– you should: this is probably the best Italian restaurant in San Francisco, atmosphere- & quality-wise –, I warmly recommend the “Chicken Alla Sodini” (grilled chicken topped with ham, mozzarella and cream sauce served with linguine alla casa; add a small Caesar salad and you’ll surely satisfy any appetite, no matter how hungry you start…).
→ Read more Econlinks for 23-11-’07
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Remember my post about names in Denmark? At that time I could not find which were really the most frequently used first names. But Denmark Statistics even has those available. So “Jens” (male) and “Anne” (female) are the most common first names in Denmark, to date.