Even wooler? If you're a creative, environment-loving 18- to 35-year old interested or experienced in 1) fashion design, 2) product design or 3) videomaking; you can participate in the "Made in Cardato" contest and win both. [caption id="attachment_6029" align="aligncenter" width="610"] Recycled knitwear to be made into Cardato wool -Photo: © Marco Badiani[/caption] The worldwide competition, now in its sec ...

Do you like fresh produce? So do I. And, luckily, there are open air markets selling hand-picked fruits and vegetables all over Florence, Italy. It's in the culture here to do your shopping at markets like these. However, most of them aren't farm direct producers, but rather, vendors - not the typical romance we Americans think of, where a Farmers' market means everyone's an artisan, organic producer. If yo ...

Bocelli...Andrea Bocelli... You know you've heard that name somewhere. It's clearly Italian, and I gave you a pretty big clue with this article's title - that's it! He's the opera singer! What was that famous song of his again? Ahhh, yes. That's the one.* [caption id="attachment_5603" align="alignright" width="304"] Andrea Bocelli (photo credit: laurentius87, Flickr)[/caption] *If you don't understand the l ...