Two-day shipping or 113 years of experience? How an Italian Market kitchen shop plans to outwit Amazon.
Century-old pizzelle makers and chitarra pasta cutters hang from the ceiling over shelves of modern pressure cookers and Cuisinart air fryers. In a back corner, behind a wall decorated with family and employee photos and containers of coffee beans, Liana Ottaviani flips through the store’s 1962 mail-order catalog. “Look, we still have these,” Ottav...
Anna Maria Mannarino of Mannarino Designs Wins Design wins Design Excellence Awards
Anna Maria Mannarino of Mannarino Designs, Inc., an acclaimed interior, event and product designer and past president of the New Jersey Chapter of ASID, has won three Design Excellence Awards. This annual competition is sponsored by the New Jersey Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). Fifteen chapter interior designers won a...
This Philadelphia designer is making menswear more relaxed
Let’s face it: Relaxed menswear causes more problems than solutions. Without steadfast fashion rules — especially the tried-and-true blazer/tie combo — men started to both squeeze or swim in ill-fitting, dated looks that always seemed sloppy. Enter Francesco Reale, the 35-year-old owner and founder of Moda Matters. For summer, the aerospace executi...
Boglioli Milano To Open Shops At Riverside Location
Italian luxury menswear is coming to The Shops At Riverside next month, when Boglioli Milano opens a location at the mall. According to Simon Property Group, the mall’s owners, the regional flagship store, which will be located on Level One, will feature the full menswear collection. “We are thrilled to be a part of The Shops at Riverside as we fur...
This Italian Immigrant Has Been Barbering In Foggy Bottom For Nearly Sixty Years
Puglisi Barber Shop is busy on a Friday afternoon in mid-May. Chatter echoes through the small space as piles of hair expand on the floor. Tony Puglisi, the shop’s namesake, is in the back finishing up a cut. In a strong Sicilian accent, he can be heard over the din asking the customer if he likes his new ‘do. The answer, as it often has been over...
From Montclair to Montechiaro: Discovering Italy in the Local Architecture
From Montclair to Montechiaro: Discovering Italy in the Local Architecture, June 9, 2019, 2-5 pm at the Van Vleck House and Gardens (21 Van Vleck Street, Montclair) RSVP here. Montclair’s transformation, from a bucolic country retreat known for its clean air and apple orchards into one of the first and finest commuter suburbs of Manhattan, is due t...
AVVISO DI ASSUNZIONE DI IMPIEGATO A CONTRATTO TEMPORANEO DA ADIBIRE AI SERVIZI DI COLLABORATORE AMMINISTRATIVO PRESSO L'AMBASCIATA D'ITALIA A WASHINGTON
E’ indetta la selezione per l’assunzione presso l’Ambasciata d’Italia a Washington di un impiegato con contratto temporaneo (della durata di sei mesi) da adibire ai servizi di Collaboratore Amministrativo. Possono candidarsi coloro che siano in possesso dei seguenti requisiti alla data del presente avviso: abbiano compiuto il 18° anno di età; siano...
Tony Soprano’s House Hits the Market
The house that Tony Soprano called home is listing for sale 20 years after its television debut. The roughly 5,600-square-foot home in North Caldwell, N.J., where America’s favorite fictional mobster scooped up his morning newspaper and swam with ducks, is being listed for sale by the owners, Patti and Victor Recchia, at a “starting price” of $3.4...
Dreaming of Italy? Alitalia just launched nonstop flights from Washington Dulles to Rome
Jetting to Italy from Washington, D.C., just got a little easier: Italian airline Alitalia launched nonstop flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Rome Thursday. Alitalia will offer direct flights between Virginia's Dulles International Airport and Rome's Fiumicino International Airport five times per week on the Airbus A330-200, w...
The Italian Space Governance
Wednesday, May 8th, 2019, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM. Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven St NW - Washington, DC 20008. RSVP Here. During the second week of May, Washington DC will host the annual Satellite-2019 Expo. The presence of the international space community will be the occasion for highlighting to the participants the new Italian Space scenario. R...
Italian equipment supplier to open first U.S. manufacturing facility near Quakertown
An Italian-based hydraulic equipment supplier, whose sole U.S. location is in Upper Bucks County, will move into a newly constructed building this year to start manufacturing in the U.S. MP Filtri USA will move from its current home at 2055 Quaker Pointe Drive in Milford Township to a site Gorski Engineering will build in nearby Richland Township....
Call for proposals by catering companies for the adjudication of the concession of spaces to be used as a cafeteria at this Embassy of Italy
The Embassy of Italy in Washington, D.C. issued a call for proposals by catering companies interested in obtaining specific spaces where to operate to provide food services at this Embassy for its personnel. The premises cover an area of approximately 2,260 sqft (210 sqmt) between cafeteria, lunchroom, kitchen and storage and will be awarded at a d...