May 16, 2011
Remember slips?
They’re still worn in Sicilia.
They wave from backstreet balconies, flags of nylon nostalgia.
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May 12, 2011 An anonymous, solitary hour. Lured by the promise of coffee, I step through vacant emptiness. But what is this? A dozing cowboy? What crazy hope lured him here?
I sip a strong coffee. Was he just a dream from that other life of mine? When I go that way again, he’s gone. *** May 7, 2011 Birra.
Insalata.
Olio di Sicilia.
I’m on my way back to Sicily. La dolce vita. Paradiso. *** April 28, 2011 You have been to Italy. You know them, intimamente: The Speeders. Tail-Gaiters. Red-Light Runners. Wrong-Way Goers. Horn Blowers. Ruby-Faced Yellers. (Deficiente!) Lane Swervers. Passers on Blind Curves. There are no rules for driving in Italy, except one: never ever make eye contact with another driver. Add to the mix the 14-year old scooter driver, barely out of diapers.
Fourteen is the age of consent in Italy. It is also the age at which you can hop on a moped and terrorize the other drivers on the road.
Kids under 18 are required to wear a helmet, though, when driving a moped. Do they always? Well, see for yourself below how well they comply with this law.
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