Rubrica di interviste in tre domande a personaggi internazionali e non che ho incontrato in questi anni. Per conoscere piu’ da vicino i personaggi che hanno ispirato alcuni dei miei articoli!
Meeting with Glenn Cybulski, acrobatic pizzaiolo and awarded American cook, who is in love with Rome and named his first restaurant in Petaluma, CA, after the city of Fregene.
Where were you born and which are, if there are, your connections to Italy? I was born in Marin County California, however, I have very close Italian friends there that I originally met in Hawaii. They were working in two premiere hotels in Ostia and Fregene, just out of Rome in front of the Mediterranean Sea. Meeting with them in Hawaii changed my life. Viva Italia!
When did you found Fregene’s Pizza and why did you choose this name? I founded the first pizzeria in 2003. The name? It was a no-brain. I chose “Fregene” because I have great friends living in this town and I have spent a lot of time in Italy, especially in Fregene. My thoughts are in Fregene, laughing, eating dinner with the entire family, Fregene is with me all the time.
Let’s talk about your pizza, how and where did you learn cooking pizza? I found my inspiration in Fregene, and the surrounding area, I was able to learn about “true Italian” pizza making in Italy and that is what I brought homwto the US. In fact my “thin Crust recipe” is fashioned after the thin crust in Italy and I was hired by the 6th largest pizza chain in the us to develop a thin crust for them and it is on their nation wide menu today. My favorite is Margherita!
Leggi l’articolo pubblicato da me (sabato 9 giugno 2007) e ripreso dal Corriere della Sera (domenica 17 giugno 2007)!
Meeting with Joe Citarrella, Director of Sex Week At Yale, the first magazine that explores love, sex, intimacy and relationships by focusing on how sexuality is manifested in America, helping students to reconcile these issues in their own lives.
Joe, This is the first time I read a magazine like this. How and when did you come up with the idea of creating Sex Week At Yale? Sex Week at Yale began, not in a college dorm room over some beers, not during a meeting of sex educators, but one summer at a Hillel Leadership Conference in Pennsylvania. The event began as a Jewish event, a Kosher Sex Week, to get Jews involved in the Jewish community who would otherwise not be involved. Eventually in October of 2001, there came a point when a meeting between all those privy to the event had to be held. It was then that Campus-wide Sex Week (the predecessor event to Sex Week at Yale) was born. Sex Week at Yale, in the form it is known today, was borne in the summer of 2003.
What was the people’s first reaction to Sex Week At Yale? Professors, parents… Generally Sex Week garners a wide-range of responses – anywhere from excessive praise and acclaim to outrage and disgust. Parents have emailed us saying “Great job!” while others have, quite literally, told us we’re going to hell. Professors can come out in support of it (e.g. Bill Summers) while others want nothing to do with it. Students, for their part, generally love it, though there are several outliers who frequently and openly criticize it. All of this has pretty much been the case since the start of Sex Week. It’s always been a controversial undertaking, but that’s why it’s a success – it gets peoples attention in order to educate and spark discussion, and it does so quite successfully.
What is the connection between Sex Week At Yale and the University’s lifestyle? Do you organize parties and other events? Yale, for its part, does not organize the event (it’s entirely student-run) or officially endorse it. Said that, Sex Week plays a big role in campus life during the week itself. We organized a number of parties and, obviously, many events (see www.sexweekatyale.com/schedule.htm). Parties included a Girls’ Night Out with Patty Brisben, CEO of our sponsor, Pure Romance, Inc., and a party at a club called Toad’s which included two of Vivid Entertainment’s adult stars (Monique Alexander and Savanna Samson). We also held a Lingerie Show, which attracted some 400+ students and helped raised nearly $2000 for AIDS awareness causes, and co-sponsored a Speed Dating event to kick off the Week.
Ancora fashion, ancora TV. Incontriamo Licia Negri, responsabile della pianificazione strategica, business development e investor relations di Fashion TV Italia.
Uno yacht, concorsi di bellezza, eventi mondani e persino una linea di piatti, posateria e bicchieri. Quale sarà il prossimo passo di un marchio, quello di Fashion TV, nato per la televisione satellitare? Fashion Tv è un network che si è sempre contraddistinto per essere all’avanguardia. E’ stata la prima Tv tematica sulla moda, a credere nei paesi in via di sviluppo, e a lanciarsi nell’avventura della distribuzione multipiattaforma quando ancora in pochi credevano ad un’alternativa rispetto alla tv tradizionale. Siamo partiti dal piccolo schermo 10 anni fa, con l’obiettivo di creare un brand che potesse poi “vivere” anche al di fuori del circuito. Al momento stiamo valutando offerte legate al mondo della cosmetica, che, se andranno in porto, vedranno realizzate a breve una linea di make up ed una fragranza.
Qual è il rapporto di Fashion TV con le altre TV e canali di moda?
Il rapporto con il mondo televisivo è stimolante e talvolta di scambio. Per quanto riguarda i canali di moda italiani, abbiamo un ottimo rapporto con Tv Moda, il canale fondato da Jo Squillo. Professionista che conosco e stimo molto.
Fashion TV è una delizia per gli occhi, soprattutto maschili. Eppure è una TV cult anche tra le donne. Cosa piace di più, secondo lei, al pubblico femminile?
In generale credo che il bello attragga entrambi i sessi. Gli uomini chiaramente sono più sedotti dalla componente sensuale. Le donne apprezzano molto la tempestività con la quale riportiamo le sfilate dalle piazze più celebri al mondo (Milano, Parigi, Londra, New York e San Paolo), le rubriche dedicate alle modelle, al make up e agli eventi.
