Job Seekers: The Italians Call It “Sprezzatura”
Not giving a f*ck often leads to job search success.
"A nonchalant attitude—it’ll be what it’ll be—is much more appealing than desperate action or the display of frustration and anger."
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Not giving a f*ck often leads to job search success.
"A nonchalant attitude—it’ll be what it’ll be—is much more appealing than desperate action or the display of frustration and anger."
open.substack.com/pub/artoffin...
Job Seekers: The Italians Call It “Sprezzatura”
Not giving a f*ck often leads to job search success.
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February 9, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Job Seekers: The Italians Call It “Sprezzatura”
Not giving a f*ck often leads to job search success.
"A nonchalant attitude—it’ll be what it’ll be—is much more appealing than desperate action or the display of frustration and anger."
open.substack.com/pub/artoffin...
Not giving a f*ck often leads to job search success.
"A nonchalant attitude—it’ll be what it’ll be—is much more appealing than desperate action or the display of frustration and anger."
open.substack.com/pub/artoffin...
Wow! Your sprezzatura is absolutely glowing!
February 8, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Wow! Your sprezzatura is absolutely glowing!
Ooh! You're so ✨sprezzatura✨!
February 8, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Ooh! You're so ✨sprezzatura✨!
Mellifluous.
Legerdemain.
Sprezzatura.
Legerdemain.
Sprezzatura.
February 7, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Mellifluous.
Legerdemain.
Sprezzatura.
Legerdemain.
Sprezzatura.
Sprezzatura!
Tonight's opening ceremony celebrates the great Italian tradition of procrastinating to the last possible moment and then throwing some shit together. -OS
February 7, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Sprezzatura!
The Italian athletes need to chill. Where's the sprezzatura?
February 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
The Italian athletes need to chill. Where's the sprezzatura?
Bellezza e Sprezzatura
February 6, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Bellezza e Sprezzatura
a true master artisan; as flawless & effortless as "sprezzatura" - the word describing only the most difficult & rigorous artistic accomplishment somehow made to appear effortless by the skill of High Renaissance courtiers.
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 4:36 PM
a true master artisan; as flawless & effortless as "sprezzatura" - the word describing only the most difficult & rigorous artistic accomplishment somehow made to appear effortless by the skill of High Renaissance courtiers.
Woke: Manspreading
Bespoke: Guy Sprezzatura
Bespoke: Guy Sprezzatura
February 4, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Woke: Manspreading
Bespoke: Guy Sprezzatura
Bespoke: Guy Sprezzatura
My name is Guy Sprezzatura, but my friends call me G Sprezz
February 4, 2026 at 12:15 AM
My name is Guy Sprezzatura, but my friends call me G Sprezz
Sprezzatura is a top tier word
February 3, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Sprezzatura is a top tier word
I'm yearning to use sprezzatura
no cause thus far, woe is me
no cause thus far, woe is me
February 3, 2026 at 4:26 PM
I'm yearning to use sprezzatura
no cause thus far, woe is me
no cause thus far, woe is me
And while we're on the subject, sprezzatura, resilience and purity are virtues for human doormats
February 3, 2026 at 5:02 AM
And while we're on the subject, sprezzatura, resilience and purity are virtues for human doormats
At San Francisco's Bar Sprezzatura, a stylish Italian aperitivo spot inspired by Venice, diners sip classic Negronis alongside guanciale meatballs. Join us on a brand-new Check, Please! Bay Area this Thursday, 2/5, at 7:30PM on KQED 9!
Bookmark the premiere link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHbV...
Bookmark the premiere link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHbV...
February 2, 2026 at 7:54 PM
At San Francisco's Bar Sprezzatura, a stylish Italian aperitivo spot inspired by Venice, diners sip classic Negronis alongside guanciale meatballs. Join us on a brand-new Check, Please! Bay Area this Thursday, 2/5, at 7:30PM on KQED 9!
Bookmark the premiere link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHbV...
Bookmark the premiere link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHbV...
Carlo Splendorini & Raymundo Arvizu make Bar Sprezzatura one of the best in SF: next-level hospitality w/ impeccable cocktails, vintage spirits.
Love Piemonte Spirit-Reviver: Gin Mare, house pine cone falernum, Bordiga Chiot Amaro, absinthe. lime.
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Love Piemonte Spirit-Reviver: Gin Mare, house pine cone falernum, Bordiga Chiot Amaro, absinthe. lime.
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February 1, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Carlo Splendorini & Raymundo Arvizu make Bar Sprezzatura one of the best in SF: next-level hospitality w/ impeccable cocktails, vintage spirits.
Love Piemonte Spirit-Reviver: Gin Mare, house pine cone falernum, Bordiga Chiot Amaro, absinthe. lime.
virginiamiller.substack.com/p/italy-stil...
Love Piemonte Spirit-Reviver: Gin Mare, house pine cone falernum, Bordiga Chiot Amaro, absinthe. lime.
virginiamiller.substack.com/p/italy-stil...
Get ready for these three S's — Stateline Road Smokehouse, Stockhome, and Bar Sprezzatura! Check, Please! Bay Area closes out its 20th season with four fresh episodes starting Thursday, 2/5 at 7:30 p.m. on KQED 9. ✨
Rather watch online? Book the premiere link here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHbV...
Rather watch online? Book the premiere link here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHbV...
January 31, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Get ready for these three S's — Stateline Road Smokehouse, Stockhome, and Bar Sprezzatura! Check, Please! Bay Area closes out its 20th season with four fresh episodes starting Thursday, 2/5 at 7:30 p.m. on KQED 9. ✨
Rather watch online? Book the premiere link here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHbV...
Rather watch online? Book the premiere link here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHbV...
I could see a sort of sprezzatura (intentional imperfections) becoming a real thing in various arts over the next few years.
January 29, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I could see a sort of sprezzatura (intentional imperfections) becoming a real thing in various arts over the next few years.
Am Freitag 30.01.26 gibts die neue Folge der "Turntable Sprezzatura":
Dieses Mal mit etlichen hörenswerten Neuerscheinungen, Jonglage mit diversen Musikgenres, ich serviere Cocktails auf meiner Yacht und wir winken großartigen Musikern liebevoll hinterher.
Ab 21Uhr auf hearthis.at/turntable.sp...
Dieses Mal mit etlichen hörenswerten Neuerscheinungen, Jonglage mit diversen Musikgenres, ich serviere Cocktails auf meiner Yacht und wir winken großartigen Musikern liebevoll hinterher.
Ab 21Uhr auf hearthis.at/turntable.sp...
January 29, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Am Freitag 30.01.26 gibts die neue Folge der "Turntable Sprezzatura":
Dieses Mal mit etlichen hörenswerten Neuerscheinungen, Jonglage mit diversen Musikgenres, ich serviere Cocktails auf meiner Yacht und wir winken großartigen Musikern liebevoll hinterher.
Ab 21Uhr auf hearthis.at/turntable.sp...
Dieses Mal mit etlichen hörenswerten Neuerscheinungen, Jonglage mit diversen Musikgenres, ich serviere Cocktails auf meiner Yacht und wir winken großartigen Musikern liebevoll hinterher.
Ab 21Uhr auf hearthis.at/turntable.sp...
they also used the word optimize or optimal too many times with respect to the future which drives me mad. any good future is one that cannot be optimized for because it is a process, not an outcome. a good future is a cool future.
January 29, 2026 at 1:03 AM
they also used the word optimize or optimal too many times with respect to the future which drives me mad. any good future is one that cannot be optimized for because it is a process, not an outcome. a good future is a cool future.
sprezzatura is Italian for “easily avoidable rust in the service of style”
January 28, 2026 at 2:24 PM
sprezzatura is Italian for “easily avoidable rust in the service of style”
Sprezzatura. A word meaning the art of doing something difficult and making it appear to be easy.
In this excellent book about Buckingham by Lucy Hughes-Hallett. Which is itself an act of sprezzatura.
In this excellent book about Buckingham by Lucy Hughes-Hallett. Which is itself an act of sprezzatura.
January 26, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Sprezzatura. A word meaning the art of doing something difficult and making it appear to be easy.
In this excellent book about Buckingham by Lucy Hughes-Hallett. Which is itself an act of sprezzatura.
In this excellent book about Buckingham by Lucy Hughes-Hallett. Which is itself an act of sprezzatura.
The bar is one of SF's best, but Bar Sprezzatura chef Joseph Offner continues to elevate it as restaurant, too, from handmade pastas to creative crudo. He’s expanded food offerings; not easy given the small kitchen.
9 Italian restaurant greats reviewed:
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9 Italian restaurant greats reviewed:
virginiamiller.substack.com/p/italy-stil...
January 24, 2026 at 5:55 PM
The bar is one of SF's best, but Bar Sprezzatura chef Joseph Offner continues to elevate it as restaurant, too, from handmade pastas to creative crudo. He’s expanded food offerings; not easy given the small kitchen.
9 Italian restaurant greats reviewed:
virginiamiller.substack.com/p/italy-stil...
9 Italian restaurant greats reviewed:
virginiamiller.substack.com/p/italy-stil...
. . . surreal enough, let me bring you back to today, where this duo called the Dolcevita Brothers claim to be the illegitimate sons by different mothers of the Italodisco heartthrob Gepy & Gepy. The Dolcevita Brothers released the album Sprezzatura on Licorice Pizza Records in Aug 2025. . .
January 24, 2026 at 5:11 AM
. . . surreal enough, let me bring you back to today, where this duo called the Dolcevita Brothers claim to be the illegitimate sons by different mothers of the Italodisco heartthrob Gepy & Gepy. The Dolcevita Brothers released the album Sprezzatura on Licorice Pizza Records in Aug 2025. . .
Sprezzatura.
“an Italian word that refers to a kind of effortless grace, the art of making something difficult look easy, or maintaining a nonchalant demeanor while performing complex tasks.”
“an Italian word that refers to a kind of effortless grace, the art of making something difficult look easy, or maintaining a nonchalant demeanor while performing complex tasks.”
January 23, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Sprezzatura.
“an Italian word that refers to a kind of effortless grace, the art of making something difficult look easy, or maintaining a nonchalant demeanor while performing complex tasks.”
“an Italian word that refers to a kind of effortless grace, the art of making something difficult look easy, or maintaining a nonchalant demeanor while performing complex tasks.”