The hand of God animating Adam just by a touch is not how Adam’s creation is described in the Torah. Genesis 2:6 reads: “And Hashem God formed the man of dust from the ground, and He blew into his nostrils the soul of life; and man became a living being.” However, the divine touch is the way the great medieval Italian artist Michelangelo imagined t...
READ MORELa Pastaia, a Venetian-style Italian restaurant, has opened its doors in Bay Park. The restaurant is owned and operated by two women who moved to the United States from Sicily, Italy in their early 20s to chase their dream of opening their own Italian restaurant. The restaurant’s name, La Pastaia, means “The Pasta Lady.” La Pastaia is the brainchil...
READ MOREThe chef/owner behind San Diego's popular Cocina de Barrio Mexican restaurants has opened a new modern Italian concept in Hillcrest named Esca Blu. In November 2019, Chef Jose J. Flores teamed up with Swami's Cafe founder Jaime Osuna to open the first Cocina de Barrio restaurant in San Diego's Hillcrest community. In its nearly two year tenure, the...
READ MOREPrepare you tastebuds and Taste Passport for a day full of fresh, authentic Italian cuisine at the annual Taste of Little Italy on June 20th and 21st. Foodies will eat, sip and stroll their way through the neighborhood sampling culinary delights from more than 30 of San Diego’s top chefs and restaurants. “Taste of Little Italy has drawn hundreds o...
READ MOREAnniVenti La Trattoria, the Italian restaurant owned and operated by three brothers, is now open in Lemon Grove. The restaurant is named after their family’s original restaurant located just 10 miles from Palermo in Italy, where the brothers grew up working. Emanuele Gagliano, one of the brothers, says, “It’s been our lifelong dream to bring the au...
READ MOREFrom the Buona Forchetta Family comes the Gelati & Peccati Diner, a new restaurant serving up Roman-style pizza (pizza al taglio), authentic Italian gelato and diner classics with an Italian flair. It’s located in the heart of downtown Encinitas in the former Angelo’s Burgers space. I’ll have to be honest: I never really developed an affinity for A...
READ MORENew Americans Museum & Immigration Learning Center - 2825 Dewey Rd. #102 - San Diego, CA. Una Storia Segreta: When Italian Americans Were "Enemy Aliens," a captivating exhibition curated by Dr. Lawrence DiStasi and Dr. Rose Scherini that delves into a lesser-known chapter of American history. The exhibition is open to the public until July 15th—gal...
READ MOREAmerica’s love affair with wallpaper has reached a lusty pitch. We’re gift-wrapping walls now with a zeal not seen since the 1920s when it seemed Victorian OBGYNs were catching newborns in the stuff. And the new wallpaper vanguard is not subtle. The wilder and clashier, the better. I’m all for it. Seemed like the last decade of restaurant design wa...
READ MOREHundreds of opera lovers gathered on April 22 for the San Diego Opera Ball for All, When in Rome. The black-tie event was held at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine. Veronica and Miguel Leff and Diana and Eliezer Lombrozo co-chaired the event. The evening honored the legacy of Peter and Peggy Preuss, longtime champions of the arts and education...
READ MORETeam Italy manager and National Baseball Hall of Famer Mike Piazza could not be happier for San Diego Padres catcher Brett Sullivan, who led all catchers in the 2023 World Baseball Classic with seven hits and compiled an impressive .368 batting average as the Team Italy cleanup hitter during the international competition. It was the hot bats of Bre...
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