Italy in Philly: Gran Caffe L’Aquila
Philadelphia has its own Little Italy and strong connections with the Mezzogiorno of old. But now there is a new connection and one that...
Lecturing at Catholic
Mediterranean history at Catholic (University of America) (Washington DC) I am at CUA (in Washington’s “Little Rome”) to lecture, give a...
Analysing the Devil in the White City
H.H. Holmes was a serial killer made famous by Erik Larson’s gripping The Devil in the White City. In Chicago’s gilded age Holmes preyed...
Big Moose Adirondack Camp
Labor Day weekend and the end of summer. I have motored to the Adirondacks. Generally unknown outside of the States, the Adirondack park...
Philly redux
Landing at Philadelphia International Airport, multiple signs in baggage claim spell out that the city of brotherly love is the USA’s...
Albania’s dynamic cultural heritage
Back in Albania for meetings about the future of Butrint and to see the excavations along the Trans Adriatic Pipeline project. Butrint is...