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WORLD FOOD DAY
WORLD FOOD DAY There is no justification for children to go hungry in this country (or any country). But it’s happening every day, in every community. The USDA states that more than 11 million children in the United States live … Continue reading
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Tagged allegretto art, contemporary art, FAO, fegato con cipolle, italia, italian cooking, italian food still life painting, italian travel, Italy, original art, pam franz, pamela allegretto, pamela allegretto franz, tavolo veneziano, travel, tromp l'oeil of onions, Tromp l’oeil still life, venetian cooking, venetian food, venetian painting, venice tourism, World Food Day
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MORNING MARKET IN CAMPANIA – SOUTHERN ITALY
The Roman writer Pliny, a victim of Vesuvius, described the Campania countryside as “So blest with natural beauties and riches, it is clear that when nature formed it she took delight in accumulating all her blessings in a single spot.” … Continue reading
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Tagged allegretto art, allegretto design, Amalfi market scene painting, Benevento, Campania, campania region southern Italy, fruit and vegetable market Italy, italia, italian architecture, Italian fruit market, Italian fruit market painting, Italian market scene, italian scene, italian street market, italian street scene painting, italian tourism, italian travel, Italian village market, Italy, lemon and orange market in italy, lemons, limonata, limoncello, mountains, naples, napoli, pam franz, pamela allegretto, pamela allegretto franz, sicilia, Sorrento lemon market, Sorrento market, southern Italy
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“NEVER A DULL MOMENT!”
“Fabulous food, fine wine, fashion, and art set the table for this wonderful romp through the streets of Venezia. Besides being fast-paced and witty, the heart of this charming caper is its well-crafted mystery, which has more potential suspects and … Continue reading
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BRIDGE OF SIGHS AND DREAMS – 5-STAR REVIEW
“The characters and story will remain with you long after you’ve read the final page.” “What a bittersweet story. It shows the depths people will go to during a crisis: in this case, a war. Some cower in fear, others … Continue reading
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Tagged allegretto art, german occupied rome ww2, historical fiction, italia, Italian Resistance World War 2 fiction, italian travel, Italy, Jews in ww2 Italy, kappler ww2 italy, nazi occupied Italy, pam franz, pamela allegretto, pamela allegretto franz, travel, Women’s fiction fiction writer, ww2 fiction, ww2 italy, ww2rome
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VIVA ITALIA – A WEEK TO CELEBRATE
The Festa del Redentore, one of the most important traditional events in Venice, commemorates the end of the plague of the 16th century. The annual celebration takes place during the weekend of the third Sunday of July. Another reason to celebrate … Continue reading
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“If you’re looking for a madcap caper, Ashes to Ashes, Diamonds to Dust is your jam!” “A complete 180 from Pamela Allegretto’s first book. Both effortlessly whisk her reader to Italy and communicate what we’ll see, where we’ll walk, what … Continue reading
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PRIDE MONTH – PRIDE BOUQUET
June is PRIDE MONTH.My painting PRIDE BOUQUET celebrates all my friends and family in the LBGTQ community. I wanted my flowers to have a party on my canvas where everyone’s invited. Cheers to you all for being who you are. … Continue reading
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Tagged acrylic, allegretto art, allegretto design, blue, bold colors, botanical, contemporary art, daisies, daisy, decorative art, design art, designer art, fantasy, floral, flowers, garden, gay art, gay pride, gay pride art, home decor, LBGTQ, lesbian art, minimalism, modern art, nature, orange, original art, pam franz, pamela allegretto, pamela allegretto franz, primary colors, purple, purple flowers, red, spiritual, stylized flowers, symbolic, symbolism, trans art, unique art, wall art, whimsical, yellow
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BRIDGE OF SIGHS AND DREAMS – 5-Star review
“The story trips along without a lull, and the stakes keep getting raised.” Mille grazie to Anna Erikssön Bendewald for taking the time to write such a lovely review. “I downloaded Bridge of Sighs and Dreams onto my Kindle and … Continue reading
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PANSIES FOR ROSALINA
My Mom is no longer with me on this earth, but she is always in my heart. These flowers are for her. I wanted to paint bright bold colors, happy, joyful colors, not pastel, sappy colors. No leaves, no frills, no … Continue reading
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Tagged Acrylic on canvas art, allegretto, allegretto art, allegretto design, bold colors, botonical, bright colors, contemporary, decorative art, devotion, fiore, fiori, floral, floral art, flowers, garden, goirno della mamma, italian, italian pansies, Italy, love, mamma, May day, Mediterranean, modern, mom, mother, mother's day, nature, nature art, painting of pansies viole del pensiero, pam franz, pamela allegeretto franz, pamela allegretto, pansies, pansy, plein air painting, primary colors, viola del pensiero, wildflowers
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FESTA DELLA LIBERAZIONE
Today is one of Italy’s most celebrated holidays: Festa della Liberazione (Liberation Day Celebration). It marks the fall of Mussolini’s Italian Social Republic and the end of the Nazi occupation in Italy in 1945. This date also commemorates the courageous … Continue reading
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“HAPPY EARTH DAY”
In celebration of EARTH DAY, I thought I would post my painting of FALL IN NEW ENGLAND.I know it’s Springtime now, but my feeble attempts at landscape painting are limited, and I wanted to post something appropriate to celebrate EARTH … Continue reading
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Tagged allegretto, allegretto art, allegretto design, autumn, autumn colors, big island, big island of hawaii, blue, botanical, clouds, connecticut, contemporary, earth day, East Hampton, fall, fall colors, floral, flowers, hawaii, impressionistic, island, island art, kailua kona hawaii, kona coast, landscape, leaves, lupin, mountain cliffs, mountains, nature, new england, north shore, ocean, orange, original art, pacific ocean, pam franz, pamela allegretto, pamela allegretto franz, pamela allegretto-franz, plein air, pololu valley, pololu valley lookout, poppies, river, sea, seascape, sky, stream, sunset, tourism, travel, trees, tropical, tropical flowers, tropics, view, vista, warm colors, warm tones, water, waves, wildflowers, yellow
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“CLEVER AND CAPTIVATING MYSTERY”
“Ashes to Ashes, Diamonds to Dust is a clever and captivating mystery set in Venice with plenty of twists and turns. Carla Romano, a modern-girl heroine, meets the challenge that comes her way with a sense of humor while surrounded … Continue reading
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