We are having a reunion of all people and relatives from Valle San Giovanni currently living or visiting in the USA. Below is the announcement that I sent out to about 642 of my closest friends:

Announcement! The annual Valle San Giovanni luncheon will take place at noon on Sunday, 7 October 2007, at DiPaolo's Italian Ristorante in Penns Grove, NJ. All "Vallaroli" (people from La Valle, i.e. Valle San Giovanni), their guests, and friends of Vallaroli are welcome. If...

Blogs (a word derived from web and log) are online diaries where the blog author can share thoughts, opinions and ideas with others.

Now every member of the Italy Magazine forums can have their own dedicated Italy blog!

Blogs are meant to simply add another dimension to the way our community can interact.

While, the forum paradigm with threads is excellent for a discussion it is at times not the most appropriate means for more long-running story telling or...