UPDATE: For those of you in a feed reeder, you have to click through to my site see the videos.
Have you not commented on my Move Post yet?? You have until May 1st!
I figure we needed a post with Americans speaking Italian and Mexicans playing Flamenco music.
From Nicola Mattina’s blog, comes from the video from the Girl Geek Dinner late last month. I got pretty flustered speaking on camera and made one huge mistake (“approciato” is not a word…doh!! Sue me, I was nervous) but I liked seeing what the end result was. If you really want to see me, or rather, just my nose as it was quite dark in there, I’m at 7:00 holding the microphone, and speaking at 8:35 and 10:15.
This is my latest favorite group, Rodrigo y Gabriela – this album keeps me busy at work and makes me want to dance when I’m at home.
You can find out more about them on their website, listen to four songs on the Rodrigo y Gabriela Myspace page or watch more videos of them on You Tube, or buy their album directly from Amazon.
Some other reading and viewing for you:
- Check out these pictures of Naples: Napoli, la memoria della citta’ – it’s almost impossible to tell in what time period these pictures were taken, though they are recent.
- Food and Wine.com is having a photo contest – and it’s all about travel (and food) – you could be featured in their print mag and win a phone! You have to enter your photo by the end of May!
- Deidre’s got a fun video of an Italian song that had my whole office singing when I played. “Quanto e’ bello fare l’amore da Trieste in giu’!”
- Have you heard how they are trying to change the way chocolate is defined in the US? Get in on the discussion, and send your comments to the FDA!
- I can’t believe this terrible “Oh Happy Day” recruiting video from Ernst & Young. It was probably part of their sign-on bonuses to appear in the video. Very painful to watch.
Buon venerdi’!
I love the idea of your whole office singing “Quanto e’ bello…” !
And thanks for the tip on Rodrigo y Gabriela – it’s in my Amazon basket to pick up on my upcoming US trip.
They are GREAT! I am totally bookmarking their myspace to hear more.
Oh well about the wrong word – at least you looked cute doing it!
And thanks to your previous post about the Neuhaus chocolate – I just “happened” to go by one of their stores yesterday and “picked up” up some chocolates. hehee
wow, i’m so impressed with your italian! i guess i shouldn’t be bc you’ve lived there for years.. but still its always surprising to see someone busting out perfect sounding italian with the accent and the “emm.. allora… ” naturally. so who cares about one little mistake?!!
Brava!! What a great event. And, really, one made up word? You can work it ;)
Also, such good comprehension practice for my languishing Italian lessons.
Great post.
Ciao Sara, per quel che mi riguarda il tuo italiano e` piu’ che buono (vorrei tanto poter parlare l’inglese come riesci tu in italiano, ma ormai e` “very rusty”) e, se ti consola, anche io ero parecchio emozionata, ricordi che non volevo venire? :)
Io pure ho messo il nostro video online, ma come hai fatto a stopparlo proprio in quel punto?
Baci!!
I am so envious of your accent!
@Deidre’ – you are to blame, I keep busting out with these blasts from the past every now and then and they look at me weird. :)
@Stacy, yum, Neuhaus….danger that you’re close to them.
@Kris and Finny, thanks for the encouragement. I think I should make up more words in the future.
@Elisa, Grazie raga, abbiamo fatto bene di parlare hehe.
@KC, don’t be, please! I don’t even know what it is anymore…sometimes I hear Sicilian, Pugliese, Napolitano…I guess definitely not Milanese!
Listening to you makes my next trip [in Oct. ]seem so far a way. I wish I could jump on a plane today. I am familiarizing my granddaughters, age 4 and 3 with my Italian music. Now they request it when we are in my car——what a fun cultural thing to share with young minds. Thank you for sharing your experience.