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...When I was 13 it was Barbara Cartland (who was, as it happens, Princess Di's stepgrandmother). She produced a new novel roughly every 10 days - by the '90s she'd sold more than a billion books - so I could buy four and disappear for the weekend (homework was minimal back in the Dark Ages) and never run out. They were all essentially the same. Dark, mysterious, wealthy hero is too damaged to love deeply. Smart, passionate, innocent heroine finds herself in harm's way. Hero rescues; villains are vanquished; vows are exchanged. And a chaste kiss at the happily...
...Midtown Manhattan you might try wandering into the IMB Building's atrium at East 56th Street and Madison Avenue to nosh on a mozzarella tasting menu. Obika looks like a take-out sushi joint, but it's an Italian restaurant chain focused on cheese, specifically its handmade Mozzarella di Bufala Campana. The porcelain white (the yellow mozzarella in your supermarket was made from cow's milk, not buffalo's), slightly briny balls are paired with grilled vegetables and prosciutto. If you just want a sandwich to go, the menu also includes paninis. Look for Obiká's original location...
...ride to the museum. “To better appreciate the paintings,” she had said.Filippo–in reality Oliver J. Swindleton, accomplice to The Stable Boy and visitor of English prostitutes–had been prattling on all the while. “Ina di Uffizi,” he said, “You willa not believe how many of da antiques you cana see. Da statues, da paintings: da Vinci, Duccio, Angelico, Dante! All there inna single room!”“Yes,” said Frederick...
...over the film, a fictionalized account of the travails of the 92nd Infantry Division - the black GIs known as Buffalo Soldiers - as they helped liberate Italy. The film includes a portrayal of the Nazis' infamous 1944 slaughter of some 560 Italian civilians in the Tuscan town of Sant'Anna di Stazzema...
...winning myself any popularity with this stance. But I’m not arguing on behalf of porn in general here—I’m just saying this magazine is hilarious and its continuity should be supported. Here’s why: 1) He (founder Matt di Pasquale ’09) interviews himself! When I was younger, I, like many children or schizophrenic people, used to ask myself questions in the mirror, with a hairbrush as a microphone, pretending to be both interviewer and famous pop star. Well, this guy is shamelessly doing it in front...