Saturday and Sunday were two of those days. When everyone you cross on the street looks absolutely gorgeous. When the most anonymous balcony seems to deserve a Piranesi sketch. And the summer is just perfect: sun kissing your skin, balmy breeze, a spring to your step. Rome was really gorgeous, and the photos do not do her justice. So you have to trust me. Continue reading ‘the perfect roman urban (urbe!) weekend’
Posts Tagged ‘Bar Necci
The Bar Necci will reopen tomorrow night in the quartiere Pigneto, only 14 days after the arson attack. The same builders and carpenters who refurbished it have re-created the caffé, apparently only the original wallpaper was impossible to source but all the rest should be there!
Check out La Repubblica’s article…the Bar not only was the stage of Pasolini’s “Accattone”, but also for the movie “Questioni di cuore” with Antonio Albanese (the fabulous “Minister of Terror” on tv, “Tage und Wolke” on screen) and Kim Rossi Stuart (photo).
Mein Mann and I are already looking forward to those fabulous lemon-scented cream croissants…
PS
Sunday 19th, today we saw the movie by Francesca Archibugi, not to be missed. The idea of rebirth after a traumatic episode. An unconventional scenery of Rome, an old Fiat 500 and great actors.
The storyboard comes from a novel by Umberto Contarello, listen to the interview with the author by clicking on the links. The transition between eternal teenage, maturity and old age and the risk of jumping the middle step, or missing it altogether. A late Bildungsroman.
There is also aninteresting interview which goes beyond the autobiographic plot of the novel/film… Continue reading ‘the rebirth of Necci…and not only’
05
Apr
09
burnt after eating
“Sunday morning, the 5th, we meet at Necci for breakfast”. Well, we didn’t. The Necci was a victim of arson. Maybe some people were disturbed by the friendly traffic of pedestrians around the cafe’. The once cosy atmosphere is now covered in black dust. How sad. Only the portrait of Pasolini remained intact…We hope they will re-open soon…we can’t live without their fabulous croissants and witzig foto-montaggi…
Where can you find the best cornetti (or croissants) in Rome?
Where can you sit down in a cozy interior or on a leafy terrasse without being ripped off?
Where can you see the last pini marittimi of the Pigneto, in between the Casilina and Prenestina roman roads?
Where, more importantly, can you hang around Pasolini’s neighborhood and sip your cappuccino right on the set of the film “Accattone”?
At Bar Necci!
Today Mein Mann and I with our dear friends and neighbours N&M, we had an appointment in one of San Lorenzo’s best patisseries for breakfast but we arrived there a dash too early. So we headed for the Pigneto, an eastern border area of Rome you already are familiar with, because this rainy morning deserved an indulgent breakfast…
At Bar Necci 1924 he cappuccino is good, but the croissants, pains au chocolat and danish are su-perb. No semi-industrial rechauffe’ pastry here. Butter-rich croissants filled with creme patissiere with a hint of lemon, excellent danish (or caracoles)…and a very cosy living-room where DIY helps keeping prices reasonable and the community happy. That’s the kind of value added that Mr Brule’ would call “Attention to Retail”…and that justifies us parting with our beloved Euros.
Also, in this bar you can do a stop over on our European Regional Softdrinks Tour because there is another brand of Gazosa, Bitter and Spuma, typical old-fashioned italian pre-coke refreshmens: Paoletti. Basic packaging, green mineral-water-style bottles with a colorful a’ la p(l)age label.
If we hadn’t chosen to go one step beyond, to the Pigneto, and we hadn’t crossed the railway on the pedestrian bridge, under the pouring rain, we wouldn’t have noticed that the Specials will be in town, in february…Yes, we love ska…
….and talking about optical graphic black and white, at the Bar Necci advertising from the 70s is a treat…!
(bad quality pictures, taken during a late summer evening…will post better ones at the next croissant craving!)
