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Almond cookies from Via della Luce

If you love almonds go to Via della Luce in Trastever to INNOCENTI where they make the freshest almond cookies in town!

Posted by Ren on luglio 21st, 2010 under In Rome and around, Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »

Biomercato-città dell’altra economia

SUNDAY 18TH APRIL
from 10.00  to 21.00
50 ORGANIC FOOD PRODUCERS

CITTÀ DELL’ALTRA ECONOMIA
(entrance from  LARGO DINO FRISULLO and LUNGOTEVERE TESTACCIO CAMPO BOARIO – EX MATTATOIO TESTACCIO – ROMA)
www.altradomenica.org

Posted by Ren on maggio 10th, 2010 under Food Fairs-Wine & Eating in Rome and around, Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »

Chocolate in Rome

Went to a birthday party at the most amazing place in Rome. Once a chocolate factory, survived the bombings during the second world war and now become a multi functional restaurant, chocolate shop and a place where you can have a glass of wine with sweet and salty delights.

www.said.it

Posted by Ren on aprile 28th, 2010 under Food Fairs-Wine & Eating in Rome and around, Shopping for food,clothes & fun | 1 Comment »

Easter in Rome

Moriondo e Gariglio – For wonderful chocolate

Posted by Ren on aprile 1st, 2010 under Food Fairs-Wine & Eating in Rome and around, Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »

Trionfale market in February

Posted by Ren on febbraio 3rd, 2010 under Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »

Swap parties in Rome-Bidonville Association

Bidonville. Shanty town built of oil-drums, petrol-tins, etc. (from bidou, meaning an oil-drum or petrol-tin). By association, any collection of houses or shelters constructed of scrap-metal, e.g. the examples found in Calcutta, India, and Caracas, Venezuela.
Bidonville Association organizes recycling and exchange bartering parties in Rome! Every last Saturday of each month at Casale Podere Rosa [...]

Posted by Ren on dicembre 14th, 2009 under Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »

Market gardens in Rome

Some addresses:- Via della Pisana 950, ‘Cavendo Tutus’ , a large vegetable garden where you can find eggplants, cabbage, zucchine and green beets, all for 1Euro x kilo. Lovely red tomatoes, fresh green salad, all to pick and put in your basket to take home.
How to get there:- From GRA take the number 32 exitRome-Ponte [...]

Posted by Ren on novembre 27th, 2009 under Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »

Rome’s Christmas Fairs

United Nations Women’s Guild (UNWG) international bazaar at St Stephen’s School, Via Aventina 3, on 27 November, 10.00-16.00. Stalls selling foods, handicrafts and gifts.
Shopping Party Roma- Villa Mercadante in Parioli from 27 to 28 November. Art to design, fashion and jewellery.27th November 10.00-18.30 and 28 November 11.00-20.00. free tickets
Welcome Neighbour -  arts and crafts, jewellery [...]

Posted by Ren on novembre 26th, 2009 under Food Fairs-Wine & Eating in Rome and around, Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »

Charity Bazaar-Mercatino di Natale 2009

Mercatino di Natale 2009”
For the funding of the Project in Angola aided by the Cappuccini Fathers
to help the small children accused of fetishism.
onlus Amigos de Angola

The Bazaar will be selling vintage,books,small antiques and curios
 Sunday 29th November from 16hrs to 1900                                 
Monday 30th,Tuesday,Wednesday, 1, 2,december from 10.30 to 19.30
Circolo delle Forze Armate
Roma, Palazzo [...]

Posted by Ren on novembre 23rd, 2009 under Food Fairs-Wine & Eating in Rome and around, Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »

Street Food in Rome

Rome doesn’t have a lots of ’street food’ as such, but has many little places where you can get sliced pizza, pork sandwiches,cornetti,rice balls & fried fish.  For something sweet and fruity there are little stands on the pavements.
Here are some addresses for ’street food’ or a quick bite that won’t cost you a fortune [...]

Posted by Ren on luglio 23rd, 2009 under Food Fairs-Wine & Eating in Rome and around, Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »

shopping in Rome

Tomatoe sauce & herbs
Cheese da Gianni in Via Tacito
Pasta & pomodoro
Ruhdra’s scarves in Via dei Gracchi
Rudhra’s shirts
Linen

Posted by Ren on giugno 28th, 2009 under Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »

WESAK celebration in Rome-Buddha day

Wesak or Vesak, also known as Buddha Day, celebrates the Buddha’s birthday, enlightenment and death.
It is the most important day in the Buddhist calendar.
Wesak 2009
9 May at 16.00 
 Library and vegetarian ayurvedic tea room
Via Celsa 4/5 -  Piazza del Gesù,
zone Torre Argentina – Roma
Free offering

Posted by Ren on maggio 8th, 2009 under Books to read on cooking and not, Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »

shop windows in Rome

      night time                                    day time

Posted by Ren on aprile 1st, 2009 under Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »

Easter eggs in Rome

 

Posted by Ren on marzo 18th, 2009 under In Rome and around, Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »

Roman bread and pizza bianca

We have a little man living in the building, is always in a blue workman’s overall coming and going in his little van.  He is a chimney sweeper in a place that makes bread and pizza in a wood oven.  He stopped me and pressed into my hand a huge brown bag with the longest [...]

Posted by Ren on gennaio 21st, 2009 under In Rome and around, Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »

Christmas Souk

Suq di Natale

22 nd November from 14.00 to 20 hours and 23rd November from 10-20 at the Hotel Polo in Piazza B. Gastaldi 4,Rome
AIDOS ( Associazione Italiana donne per lo sviluppo) is holding a Christmas Souk with handcrafts made by the women of Nepal and other countries from the South of the [...]

Posted by Ren on novembre 19th, 2008 under Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »

LA CORTE-wild smoked salmon products

Hidden away in Via della Gatta, 1, on the side of Palazzo Doria is La Corte, opened in 1973 by John and Brenda Rae, with their nephew Jonathan occasionally giving a helping hand.The salmon was originally smoked and cured near Tivoli in Licenza where they had the laboratory. The enterprise is now kept alive by [...]

Posted by Cristina on giugno 20th, 2008 under Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »

Indoroman-textiles from India in a Roman store

Via Gregoriana 36.
You will find this jewel of a store full of colourful fabrics, accessories and clothing from different tribal and minority traditions in India. The Indoroman Collection is a perfect juxtaposition of old traditions with new concepts.

Posted by Cristina on maggio 24th, 2008 under Shopping for food,clothes & fun | 1 Comment »

Mozzarella in ROME

La Bufalallegra

The best mozzarella in Rome I have found at this little hidden away store behind the Via Cola di Rienzo (Prati) in Via Orazio 17. The Azienda Agricola Barlotti in Paestum provides this shop with mozzarella in all shapes and sizes, ricotta, smoked scamorza and other cheeses. You will also find buffalo prosciutto, salamis, friselle from [...]

Posted by Cristina on maggio 24th, 2008 under Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »

Vintage 20th century

Antonella Petraglia
Via dell’Arancio, 45
Tel. 06 6830.7829
antonellapetraglia@libero.it
Hidden away behind Via Tomacelli and Piazza in Lucina, this small shop has an eclectic mixtureof vintage pieces from the 20th century. Antonella, with her sharp eye, hunts out pieces from no-name designers and from well-known designers. Definitely worth a visit if you are looking for something unusual like [...]

Posted by Cristina on maggio 2nd, 2008 under Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »

SBU-Strategic Basic Unit

Patrizio and Cristiano, two roman brothers have a very ‘underground’ approach to their creativity, they don’t advertise, don’t do fairs and the quality of their own designs talk for themselves! Their famous jeans made from japanese and american denim cloth are strictly made in Italy, and sold in London, Tokyo and Los Angeles. [...]

Posted by Cristina on aprile 24th, 2008 under Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »

Antique Fair –

 
Lots of stalls of high quality antiques. Every 1st & 3rd Sunday (excluding August) under the arches of Piazza Augusto Imperatore, just in front of Caesar Agustus’ last resting place. Look out for Marinella with her beautiful 17th & 18th century antique frames which she searches for all over Europe, together with her collection of [...]

Posted by Ren on aprile 4th, 2008 under Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »

High-tech d’epoca – antiquariato

Piazza A. Capponi 7, Borgo Pio
tuesday-saturday 10a.m.-19p.m.

Whatever you might need for your house or office, beautifully restored & hunted out for you by Luisa in her big space full of antiques from all over Italy & abroad. High-tech style to mix with ultra modern and period stye decor. Just behind Borgo Pio in one [...]

Posted by Ren on aprile 1st, 2008 under Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »

Hollywood-video loan & everything you want to know about cinema

HOLLYWOOD
Roma -Via di Monserrato 107
tel. 06.68.69.197
Tucked behind Piazza Farnese you will find my favourite place to go & take out movies for rent. Films from all over the world, Africa, Asia, South America, Europe, USA, all the old favourites in black & white. Posters, Tshirts, postcards. A real haven for the film goer. [...]

Posted by Ren on marzo 31st, 2008 under Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »

‘Off the Wall’ – casual clothing for guys & dolls

 
OFF THE WALL – Tucked between Via del Babiuno & Via del Corso, at Via Gesù e Maria 25/a , If you are looking for groovy, fashionable casualware for boys/men & girls/women, this is the place to go. Fabrizio & Lorena are unique in the proposals of informal & exclusive clothing for both sexes. Fabrizio [...]

Posted by Ren on marzo 26th, 2008 under Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »

Giochi di seta – from Japan to Rome

Giochi di Seta in via dei coronari 144, tel 06.96841111

My friend Yuko has beautiful antique kimonos, patchwork of kimono materials on mens & womens T shirts, lovely delicate Japanese bags, ceramics & lots of other things she hunts out in Japan when whe goes home for a visit. Her prices are very reasonable [...]

Posted by Ren on marzo 21st, 2008 under Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »

Bottega di Calligrafia-hand written initials on parchment paper

In Prati near the Trionfale food market I found a small shop where the owner does beautiful hand painted calligraphy. I was about to go to London to party my brother-in- law for his 70th and I ordered an exquisite blue linen box with his initials hand painted on a white background. I put his present inside [...]

Posted by Cristina on marzo 12th, 2008 under Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »

Vivai Belfiore – rare and ancient fruit trees

Near Florence is the Belfiore Vivaio specializing in the cultivation of the ancient rustic mediterranean fruits.
Apples, plums, grapes, figs, pears, peaches, apricots, cherries, kaki, mulberry, hazelnut, quince, pomegranate, medlars.
See their web: http://www.vivaibelfiore.it

Posted by admin on marzo 12th, 2008 under Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »

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