Oct 8, 2025
Getting existential with Carmela Soprano in The City of Light
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Getting existential with Carmela Soprano in The City of Light
“There’s a popular notion that one doesn’t move to Italy so much as vacation there indefinitely.” Notes from an expat gone rogue.
PASTA+PLAGUE turns 4 today and this piece pretty much sums up its conception as well as my expat (aka white immigrant) M.O. in a country some of y'all romanticize to the point of absurdity lol. Here's to demystifying places and not treating them like movie sets.