If you’re like me and can’t afford the real thing, the Ferrari 458 Italia scale model is about as close as you’ll ever get to Ferrari ’s new supercar, although don’t think it’s cheap. This model is in 1:4 scale and measure about 1.2 metres long.
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Ferrari 458 Italia scale model
We admit it: we’re obsessed with Japanese culture, particularly the more bizarre aspects. The commercial below is by far the strangest Japanese advertising video we’ve seen in some time. And that’s saying something.
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Bizarre Japan: The Most Fantastically Strange Video You’ll See All Day
Here’s a SkyMall-esque gadget a man can actually stand behind. From the “Why didn’t somebody think of this before???” department … HomeWetBar.com brings us the Brandy Smuggler Walking Cane Flask . For the traveling lush who’s looking to bring booze smugging to a whole new level, this ingenious little device: … holds 10 oz of your favorite booze! The secret?
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Booze Smuggling Walking Cane: Best. Travel. Gadget. Ever.
The last place you want to wait an hour on hold in customer service hell is in an airport thousands of mile from home. Mobile app Dial Zero expedites customer service calls by allowing you to “quickly dial the customer service numbers of over 600 companies and skip directly to a person.” Nice! Dial Zero is currently available free for iPhone, Android and Blackberry, with a desktop version soon to follow. Mobile App ‘Dial Zero’ Connects You to Live Customer Service Humans
The 2010 Capital One World Men’s Curling Championship will be held at Cortina d’Ampezzo in Veneto this year in what could prove to be an interesting event for Italians as they get to see a sport relatively unknown to them. The curling world championships will take place from April 3 to 11 in the famous Dolomites location. The nations participating are Canada, Norway, the US, China, Japan, Denmark, France, Germany, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland and the local Italian team.
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World curling championship in Italy at Cortina d’Ampezzo
Congratulations to Flavio Briatore and her wife Italian show girl Elisabetta Gregoraci who have just had a baby boy; born in Nizza, Falcon Nathan, this is the funny name the happy couple has chosen for their child, weighs 4,1 kg and is doing well! Source | ansa
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Flavio Briatore and Elisabetta Gregoraci welcome baby boy
And more, if you’re thinking that that’s not all the former Italian pornstar did. But this time Rocco Siffredi was not ‘on duty’ so to speak. At a disco in Genoa, Siffredi showed he’s still got it when it comes to women
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Italian pornstar Rocco Siffredi signs woman’s breast
Madonna is to design or rather put her signature to a collection of sunglasses for Italian label Dolce & Gabbana . The collection which should hit stores next May includes retro black plastic shades and gold-and-silver metal frames which will all bear the logo MDG.
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Madonna to design eyewear for Dolce&Gabbana
Skydiving, BASE jumping, shark diving and other forms of near-death experience just not getting your adrenaline pumping anymore? French firm Ultime Réalité is now offering “kidnap packages”
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Kidnap Travel: French Company Offers Adrenaline Junkies Something Different
Venice – what a romantic city, what great buildings and lovely canals, what an atmosphere for a tourist searching for an authentic Italian city! There are many world wide famous places in this endangered city, but there is a category that some visitors seem to forget about: the Venice bridges. Here are some of city’s most beautiful bridges that tourists have to keep in mind besides the regular attractions, after booking their hotels in Venice . Image by Tambako the Jaguar Ponte degli Scalzi Designed by Eugenio Miozzi and completed in 1934, replacing an old Austrian iron bridge, this is one of the four bridges over the Grand Canal in Venice
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Five Amazing Bridges in Venice worth Seeing
Here ‘s a piece of good news for art lovers: from 27 to 30 May, Maxxi, the National Museum of XXI century Arts in Rome will open its doors to the public; for the first time people will have the unique opportunity to visit five major exhibitions dedicated to such modern artists as Gino De Dominicis, Kutlug Ataman and Luigi Moretti. But the museum is more than a simple exhibition space; with its experimental workshops, Maxxi has plenty to offer to the new generations who can now use the place like a big studio where to give vent to their creativity. MAXX via Guido Reni n
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Rome: National Museum of XXI century Arts to open at the end of May
According to the New Yok times and Philip Sohm , an art historian at the University of Toronto, Caravaggio has surpassed Michelangelo in popularity and this has not only been proved by a spate of essays and writings which have recently been dedicated to him and his art, but also by the turnout of people who every year visit art-exhibitions and museums in which his works are on display! This, of course, doesn’t mean that Michelangelo has gone down the memory hole (his popularity is still running high), but to people Caravaggio , with all his contradictions, faults and antiheroes, looks far more real and convincing – his art does know how to reach out and touch people.
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Italian art: Caravaggio outstrips Michelangelo
Former Italian supermodel and now French first lady Carla Bruni is known as one of the most sophisticated high profile ladies in the world. In fact, she has had to wear the title of ‘trophy wife’ more than once by Sarkozy detractors. But this photo is one of those moments when all of us normal women in the world who don’t have access to high class stylists and the best of the beauty business can breathe a sigh of relief.
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Carla Bruni’s ugly photo
Near Rome (the famous raccordo anulare is just 22 km away) there’s a fabulous villa up for sale and this time we are talking about a unique manor house set in approx. 1 hectare of parklands; the property also comprises two garages, two outbuildings/cottages and a picturesque complex of tuff rock caves (plus an amazing swimming pool).
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Luxury villa up for sale near Rome
If you have a passion for vintage cars and seascapes, you can’t afford to miss the upcoming Rally Storico which will take place in the lovely town of Sanremo on the Italian Riviera from 25 to 27 March; thousands of visitors from all around the world are expected to arrive on the Rivera and enjoy a spectacular programme which includes a series of amazing vintage car races (among which the Coppa dei Fiori or Cup of the flowers race). Going back to the famous Rally Storico, I don’t know if you know this, but the first edition took place in 1920s and its fame has never abated since then! The cars – all built between 1919 and 1981 – will speed down the twisty roads of the Liguria region for a total of 380 km
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Vintage car races in Italy: Rally Storico and Coppa dei Fiori in Sanremo
In the heart of Tuscany you will find the Val di Chiana, a valley that runs from the northern part of Lazio, up through the provinces of Siena , Perugia and Arezzo . It’s a nature’s paradise where the famous chianina Tuscan beef comes from
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Hiking in Tuscany: the Val di Chiana in the heart of Tuscan countryside
Naples is more and more becoming a hip travel destination for the young and the young at heart. Combining a rich history with a happening, super-cool fashion, cultural, and party scene, Neapolis (the original name of the city) is truly the “new city,” offering an experience of complete newness to everyone who goes to visit.
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Naples, the Italian Port City
Kerala, the small state located on India’s south-western coast, is most famous for its picturesque wetlands – a network of interconnected rivers, canals and lakes known as the Kerala Backwaters. Fresh waters of the rivers mix with the salt water of the Arabian Sea, creating a unique, self-sustaining ecosystem. [ Photo Credits ] Considered to be the creation of the Hindu God Vishnu, Kerala has played an important part in Indian history and culture since its history began, in 5,000 BC.
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The Mysterious Kerala Backwaters
Bali has been called “The Ultimate Honeymoon Island,” because of its beautiful beaches and jungles, vibrant culture, and focus on bodily and hedonistic pleasures like food, dancing, and massage. The people live laid-back lives surrounded by natural beauty. For travelers of any sort, a stay in Bali can be an inexpensive experience of a lifetime; for honeymooners, the natural romance of the island will provide a wonderful start to a life journey together
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Bali: The Ultimate Honeymoon Island
Korean cuisine is considered one of the most delicious in the world, and what better place to enjoy it than Seoul, the vibrant soul of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, not to mention the millions of tourists who vacation here every year, this South Korean metropolis has more than… [[ This is a content summary only
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Five Scrumptious Street-Foods to Try in Seoul