Sunday, January 2, 2005

Why Italians Have Stopped Eating Out

January 2, 2005

Like most people in Italy, we don’t go out for dinner as much as we used to. We love to eat out, and there are many great restaurants in Italy, but who can afford them anymore? It started with the euro. The official conversion rate was 1936.27 lire to the euro. In other words, a [...]

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Italy’s Smoking Wars

January 2, 2005

On January 10th, a much-delayed law banning smoking in public places goes into effect in Italy. It requires public spaces (restaurants, clubs, discos, offices, bingo parlors…) to either wall off smokers in separate rooms, or to ensure adequate ventilation (a high volume of air exchange with a filtration system), or to forbid smoking altogether. Individuals [...]

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