This week, we cooked some pasta, re-organized the warehouse, and got to spend some time with our new Via Umbria mascot. We will be updating the Galleria page with images from our progress. Feel free to take a peek as we move forward this summer! It’s been a nice week, here’s what we’ve been loving from around the web:

An Italian teacher, in a made-for-social-media moment, makes a list of the things kids should really be doing for their summer assignments. This makes us want to have a true summer vacation again! If this list makes you long for la dolce vita, we still have two weeks open in July during Umbria Jazz where you can live out this list…

Via Umbria is having an epic beer tasting, pork roasting, and Italian product sampling at i Ricchi Restaurant on July 2nd! Check it out on Facebook and then grab your tickets on Eventbrite. Yes, this is Noteworthy News. There will be all-you-can-eat porchetta.

Open container laws are getting a revision in Rome. Unfortunately, it seems this ban may be more of an effort to curb tourist drinking that has gotten out of hand, than local sipping.

Food and Wine, talks to Nancy Harmon Jenkins in A Crash Course in Olive Oil Politics. She mentions our Olio Verde as her favorite in the article!  Shop it on Emporio now, we only have a few precious bottles from the new 2014 harvest left.

Cruise ships coming into Venice provoke a lot of opinion. Recently, “a businessman and staunch supporter of the cruise ship industry has won the mayoral election in Venice, dealing a significant blow to efforts by environmental activists to keep the big ships out of the city.” And surprise, surprise, there are accusations of corruption in the election…The Guardian reports. 

We hope you have a lovely weekend!

Ci Vediamo!

–Via Umbria