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An Italian in New York

An Italian in New York

This blog is the journal of a prolonged inexperience. It is the account of an exciting (though not trouble-free) apprenticeship as a New Yorker. Experiencing online house-hunting and graduate school orientation, garrulous waiters and puzzling coupons, this young Italian journalist learns how to become a proactive and slightly aggressive individual, a real New Yorker. What follows are the confessions of a double cheese burger and Taco Bell burrito eater, the story of a newly converted BBQ sauce lover who increasingly tends to enjoy full-blasted air conditioning.

November 12, 2008

World War II Italian American veteran is looking for a job

Damiano Beltrami
Damiano Beltrami for www.i-itay.org
Frank Carbone, 87-year-old, World War II Italian American veteran

Frank Carbone, 87, one of a vanishing breed of World War II veterans, would like to get a job in the construction sector, where he worked a number of years after the war

October 18, 2008

Crazy Craigslist

Damiano Beltrami

A finance yuppy advertises a really cheap room for a lady between 18 and 27 that is fine with walking around the house in her underwear

September 25, 2008

Scorpio? Forget about the room

Damiano Beltrami

Looking online for an apartment in New York is not merely a way to find a room with a bed (at least the frame), a window (not just painted on the wall) and hopefully a closet. It...

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