Lauren Quinn, 10.21.2010

Traveler. Writer. Travel Writer.

We travel in part to be free of ourselves, the roles and responsibilities of home. Travel allows us to escape those self-constructed constraints of Who We Are and What Our Lives Are, and allows us to live more freely in the moment.

Aldo Civico, 10.18.2010

Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University in Newark and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Genocide, Conflict Resolution and Human Rights

There is no democracy, unless there is dissent and that dissent can be overtly expressed. It obfuscates one's mind to see how heads of states, democra...

Jim Luce, 10.13.2010

Thought Leaders and Global Citizens

As you probably know, the multilingual, cross-platform Voice over Internet Protocol, instant messaging, and videoconferencing sensation known as Skype...

Jamie Schler, 10.10.2010

Food blogger; Author, Life’s a Feast

Warm, succulent and rich, Ossobuco is the perfect dish for this chilly, rainy season. The complexity of this classic Italian dish never ceases to delight and satisfy.

Todd Hartley, 10.08.2010

Columnist, screenwriter, playwright, lyricist, novelist, blogger and stand-up comedian

Imagine if a giant middle finger were on display right outside the New York Stock Exchange. Kudos to you, Maurizio Cattelan and the Milan City Council, for creating the statue and allowing it to stay where it is.

Don McNay, 10.03.2010

Award winning financial columnist, expert about lottery winners, structured settlement guru

Liz Gilbert said of Italy, "In a world of disorder and disaster and fraud, only artistic excellence is incorruptible." I have pondered her insight for weeks. I keep asking myself the essential question. Is the US headed the way of Italy?

Lena Tabori, 10.02.2010

Publisher, Welcome Books

Just so you know, I'm a Swede. Warner Brothers brought my mother to America when I was three and she was an actress all of her life. She never cooked....

Susan Fogwell, 09.30.2010

Susan Fogwell

Pitigliano is in Maremma, which is considered a wild and undiscovered region in southern Tuscany complete with cowboys, half-feral horses and long-horned white cattle.

Lauren Quinn, 09.30.2010

Traveler. Writer. Travel Writer.

Fame Festival is a sponsor-free, DIY event, the culmination of an annual series of artist residencies that literally leave their mark on the small Puglian town Grottaglie.

Sue Frause, 09.30.2010

Travel Journalist, Photographer

Sorry, Segway, but I'm not smitten with your human transporters. I can't think of anything more harrowing than trying to navigate Rome's narrow, cobblestone streets while aboard the Ultimate Green Machine.

Todd Reisz and Rory Hyde, 09.28.2010

Architects at Al Manakh

If any country has learned from the last several decades what architecture can do, Bahrain, as most other Gulf countries, could tell the story of how just a few decades of development can transform a country's shape and its people.

Danna Harman, 09.25.2010

Europe correspondent for Haaretz

I start my week-long couch surfing adventure scrolling through the hundreds of hosts listed on the Rome page and randomly pick one. "Hi there, could I stay on your couch Sunday night?" I write, cheerfully.

Woody Tasch, 09.22.2010

Chairman and Founder of Slow Money

Jon and Stephen, we have an important announcement to share with you. We, not we the people, not we those people, no, we a bunch of un-we-the-peopl...

Nancy Ruhling, 09.21.2010

Author of "Astoria Characters"

"Everybody says we look alike," says Francine Amendola. "But our mother says we don't," adds her sister, Laraine Amendola.

Jay Weston, 09.21.2010

Producer and publisher, Jay Weston's Restaurant Newsletter

The seductive voice with the lilting Italian accent was unmistakable -- my dear friend was calling to tell me about an amazing mozzarella bar that had just opened in Century City.

Stanton Peele, 09.13.2010

Addiction Expert

Temperance forces in the world are stealing the pleasure and health from use of alcohol, and particularly wine consumption.

Lea Lane, 09.13.2010

Author, six books; editor, sololady.com

I remember the depth of caring for America in the days and weeks following 9/11/2001, when the world was with us, and we were with the world. My husba...

Evelyn Leopold, 09.10.2010

Veteran reporter at the United Nations

Serbia settled for a watered-down UN resolution and agreed to a European Union-backed dialogue with Kosovo that gave some hope of unfreezing the conflict, although it was clear the wounds of the 2003 civil war were far from being healed.

Sue Frause, 09.09.2010

Travel Journalist, Photographer

I opted for ExOfficio's Give-N-Go brand ($18), although I'm not sure about the tag that accompanied them...

Harmon Leon, 09.08.2010

Author

What's a little pain when I've had one of the most amazing adventures in my life set amongst dramatic and beautiful landscape?

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington, 09.13.2010

Co-Founders, BrooklynStreetArt.com

The unprecedented growth of the global grassroots art movement can be directly traced to digital photography and the people behind the camera.