Italian News
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Florence Hotspots for July Weddings
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Meet Italian Wedding Planner: Angelo Garini
February 6th
The most popular and successful Italian Wedding Planner debuted at Joy Sposi tonight: Angelo Garini charmed a full house made up of aspiring wedding planners eager to hear his stories of planning and staging great events.Garini’s latest civil ceremony in Venice was the backdrop to a comfortable living room talk with the crowd. He patiently streamlined his planning timeline from a creative architect who happened to know the right people to a TV show duo with partner Enzo Miccio. Humble, grateful and generous, Angelo promotes ethics, professionalism, and charity, as an advocate of Children in crisis.
We asked Angelo what that one essential element is in a wedding emergency. He answered, “Calm. You have to keep your cool and make it through the situation without blinking. I’ve had magnificent church decorations crash, ropes catch on fire, candles burn down to the nub and grooms ditching the whole thing at the last minute. All I know is that you have to grin and bear it and it all works out for the best!”
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Get married in Italy on the Far Side (says the New York Times)
January 9th
view on the Italian Coast of Gargano
The New York Times published its 31 flavors for 2010 and flavor number 29 is that little bump half way down the Adriatic Coast of Italy called Gargano. Mediterranean pines grow all the way to the shores making this concave part of the boot a great place to pitch a tent. Summertime beckons hoards of Italians to populate the long white beaches and family-friendly resorts of Peschici and you can bet they answer that call in the millions. The popular town of Vieste boasts a windsurf center founded by Italian waveboarder and father of the ‘cheeseroll’ maneuver Cesare Cantagalli and his brother Sergio. Fun and sun guaranteed!
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Guess who was at the Florence Marathon?
November 30th
Runners were everywhere: stretching, bending, hopping (to keep warm), meditating, chattering nervously as they waited for shuttle buses to take them to the starting point, one of the most scenic terraces in Florence, Piazzale Michelangelo. Impeccable organization and good ‘ole Italian fun made this sunny Sunday a real treat for locals and visitors alike.
Shops were open and the streets were packed with cheering supporters from around the world.
Blessed by the young and well-loved Mayor Matteo Renzi who showed up to kick off the Family Run, a 3k made just for the kids, Firenze Maratona is just one more reason to come and enjoy Italian life in Florence!
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What do Wedding Planners in Italy do in the Winter?
November 30thThey run the Florence Marathon!
Over 10,000 runners ran around the old renaissance town on Sunday in and out of alleys, along the river Arno and through piazzas for 42 kilometers. Our own wedding coordinator Luca ran the race in a record 4 hours 9 minutes – good job!!
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Florence Duomo Freed
November 6th
Every Italian wedding photographer’s nightmare begins when couples celebrating their Wedding in Florence pose in front of the city’s major landmark.
If you’ve visited Florence Italy during the past 10 years, your fisheye photograph embracing the Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral, Giotto’s Bell Tower, and St. John’s Baptistery all in one shot probably came out defaced by some hideous piece of scaffolding.
Circling this 800 year old monument like vultures over a dying rabbit and climbing up the walls all the way to the dome, the metal stilts and wooden planks sustaining eternal restoration become every wedding photographer’s photoshop horror story as they must be peeled off the backdrop.
The black muck which is scraped from the green, white and red marble slabs adorning the façade of this renaissance treasure comes from tailpipes of the thousands of scooters, motorcycles, cars, tour buses, public buses, taxis, and trucks that every single day of the year have been allowed to drive around an otherwise ‘off-limits’ historic center.
Tired of all the muckraking, Matteo Renzi, the newly elected mayor of Florence, decided that enough is enough and he has successfully (so far) closed down the area around Piazza Duomo, redirecting traffic through adjacent side streets.
A miracle!
View from via de Cerretani (the poles and chains have now been removed)
