by Livia Iacolare on January 13, 2008
Everytime I go to Roma I stay in this big house. They are good friends of mine and they share everything. They’re all from Napoli, just like me. When I’m here I feel at home because I can recognize familiar smells. I feel at home anywhere I recognize a familiar smell.
And after a beautiful evening spent watching an old movie in silence with them, with the sound of the heavy rain knocking at the windows, inebriated by exotic flavors and some good wine, I must admit that I am happy. It’s that simple.
by Livia Iacolare on January 8, 2008
During my stay in Paris I was interviewed by Anna Teresa Damiano, a journalist of RAI (Italian national TV). The video has been recorded at LeWeb3 and it has jut been broadcasted inside the show Neapolis, which is dedicated to the Web and the new technologies. They asked me some questions about Seesmic and I answered.
You can watch it here.
by Livia Iacolare on January 1, 2008
Some an army of horsemen, some an army on foot
and some say a fleet of ships is the fairest thing
on this dark Earth; but I say it is whatever you love.
I was a young high school student and I had just discovered some things about myself, things that frightened me. But one day my professor asked me to read these verses by Sappho in class. I did it, I translated them from Greek and I felt like somebody shared the most precious secret in the universe with me.
by Livia Iacolare on December 31, 2007
I remember I was 14 and I was going to school. It was a rainy day in Napoli and I had to refugee in a church to avoid getting completely wet. When I entered the church I found a playing card on a bench: it was a seven of coins (in Italy we call it “settebello”, which means “beautiful seven”).
It was a Neapolitan playing card produced by Modiano, beautifully crafted and clearly very old, since its deck had a very particular design. As much as I tried, I couldn’t take my eyes off of it and I was surprised to find such an item in a church.
Then I realized it had been probably left there by some guy who decided to quit playing cards. I picked it without hesitation and I put it inside my pocket. Starting from that moment, it has become some kind of a protection to me. I remember that one day a guy stole my purse (where I used to keep it) at school and I thought I had lost it forever. But that didn’t happen.
After two months my friend found the purse in a huge container filled with water and guess what: the card was still intact. All the beautiful things in my life are somehow associated with the number 7. Want an example? Last year I graduated on December 7th, I was the 7th on the list and I got 7 points by the board of examiners. Maybe it’s just a casuality, but I think that there is a logic in everything. So, in my case my luck charm also contains my lucky number.
What about you? Do you have any?
