Eric J. Lyman
@ericjlyman.bsky.social
Long-time writer and journalist living in Rome. Tri-cultural (U.S., DomRep, Italy), dog lover, sommelier, former #FloridaMan.
Procida felt on the verge of being a little too crowded, too touristy when I arrived over the weekend. But by Monday morning it’d redeemed itself — with silence, stillness, and this view.
June 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Procida felt on the verge of being a little too crowded, too touristy when I arrived over the weekend. But by Monday morning it’d redeemed itself — with silence, stillness, and this view.
My 1st night in #Procida and island authorities welcomed me personally with a special concert of traditional Neapolitan music at #CasaleVascello! Here's a 20-second sample:
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By complete coincidence, the date was also #EuropeanMusicDay, #WorldMusicDay, and the #SummerSolstice. #ItalianDispatch
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By complete coincidence, the date was also #EuropeanMusicDay, #WorldMusicDay, and the #SummerSolstice. #ItalianDispatch
June 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
My 1st night in #Procida and island authorities welcomed me personally with a special concert of traditional Neapolitan music at #CasaleVascello! Here's a 20-second sample:
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By complete coincidence, the date was also #EuropeanMusicDay, #WorldMusicDay, and the #SummerSolstice. #ItalianDispatch
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By complete coincidence, the date was also #EuropeanMusicDay, #WorldMusicDay, and the #SummerSolstice. #ItalianDispatch
It wasn't that long ago that Italy was the world's largest producer of bad wine. Now its wines are on par with the world's best. How'd that happen?
Read about it via the link, and subscribe to receive my weekly essays on Italian culture and history.
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Read about it via the link, and subscribe to receive my weekly essays on Italian culture and history.
www.italiandispatch.com/p/the-wine-l...
June 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It wasn't that long ago that Italy was the world's largest producer of bad wine. Now its wines are on par with the world's best. How'd that happen?
Read about it via the link, and subscribe to receive my weekly essays on Italian culture and history.
www.italiandispatch.com/p/the-wine-l...
Read about it via the link, and subscribe to receive my weekly essays on Italian culture and history.
www.italiandispatch.com/p/the-wine-l...
When the pope comes to your neighborhood in #Rome, you stop what you’re doing to make him feel welcome.
The second photo shows both St. Peter (the statue) and #PopeLeoXIV — the first and most recent popes.
The second photo shows both St. Peter (the statue) and #PopeLeoXIV — the first and most recent popes.
May 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
When the pope comes to your neighborhood in #Rome, you stop what you’re doing to make him feel welcome.
The second photo shows both St. Peter (the statue) and #PopeLeoXIV — the first and most recent popes.
The second photo shows both St. Peter (the statue) and #PopeLeoXIV — the first and most recent popes.
Subscribe to www.ItalianDispatch.com for smart, un-romanticized, weekly insights into one of the world's most beautiful and perplexing countries. #ItalianDispatch #TheItalianDispatch
May 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Subscribe to www.ItalianDispatch.com for smart, un-romanticized, weekly insights into one of the world's most beautiful and perplexing countries. #ItalianDispatch #TheItalianDispatch
This photo isn’t from the current papal #conclave (which start today), but from the one that elected #PopeFrancis a dozen years ago. But it still remains one of my favorite images I’ve taken in Italy.
#Rome doesn’t change quickly. But now and then you can feel it holding its breath. #Conclave2025
#Rome doesn’t change quickly. But now and then you can feel it holding its breath. #Conclave2025
May 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
This photo isn’t from the current papal #conclave (which start today), but from the one that elected #PopeFrancis a dozen years ago. But it still remains one of my favorite images I’ve taken in Italy.
#Rome doesn’t change quickly. But now and then you can feel it holding its breath. #Conclave2025
#Rome doesn’t change quickly. But now and then you can feel it holding its breath. #Conclave2025
Even after his death, #PopeFrancis brought unlikely people together. Here we see #DonaldTrump and #Ukraine's #VolodymyrZelenskyy and then both with France's #EmmanuelMacron and the U.K.'s #KeirStarmer in St. Peter's before the pontiff's funeral.
April 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Even after his death, #PopeFrancis brought unlikely people together. Here we see #DonaldTrump and #Ukraine's #VolodymyrZelenskyy and then both with France's #EmmanuelMacron and the U.K.'s #KeirStarmer in St. Peter's before the pontiff's funeral.
Of all the #JDVance graffiti I saw in #Rome during his three-day visit that ended today, this one on the #Tiber River made me laugh most: "JD Vance, world's worst drag queen" -- a nod to the vice-president's alleged use of eyeliner (see www.youtube.com/shorts/-E1fO...)
April 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Of all the #JDVance graffiti I saw in #Rome during his three-day visit that ended today, this one on the #Tiber River made me laugh most: "JD Vance, world's worst drag queen" -- a nod to the vice-president's alleged use of eyeliner (see www.youtube.com/shorts/-E1fO...)
March 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM