Is it that Growing Up Italian podcast, @emm? Lol. Anyway, agree. Seems like she was living a simpler basic life in the UK. Now she's pretty much living Gamorra, with all the tacky and none of the murder. Maybe.
No, I just came here to ask how long her trip will last. It's been a month more or less! Also her content is boring, lol.Am I the only one who thinks it’s odd that she is on vacation still? I love to travel but after some time I just really miss home. And Antonio is with her all this time, doesn’t he have to work?
I like food travel content but even hers isn't good, most of what she seems to eat is just junk food you could get anywhere. I cannot imagine living in Italy, travelling to Asia and ordering pizza and nachosNo, I just came here to ask how long her trip will last. It's been a month more or less! Also her content is boring, lol.
Yes, same! Lol. All I kept seeing were tacos, nachos and drinks. Maybe saw some local street food, but when her mother was there they seemed to eat in "International" hotel restaurants with basic dishes you find anywhere.I like food travel content but even hers isn't good, most of what she seems to eat is just junk food you could get anywhere. I cannot imagine living in Italy, travelling to Asia and ordering pizza and nachos
The more I dip into her content I can't stand her and her crap view of the world. SheOliveoilmommy’s brand is about the oil being from the island with the world’s “longest living men”. Why are just men the focus there?
It’s funny you mention Riviera, she popped up on my TikTok feed recently and I knew she looked familiar - then I remembered she had a YouTube channel talking about how she moved to Italy. I was surprised to see she was no longer with her Italian guy.Antonio is so ....ick. He seems like a smarmy mole.
Totally random things:
Abbie Stark lives in Portugal now?
Anyone remember a woman named Sara(h), I think (?)who was doing food/cooking content? She moved from Bologna to Genova, then back to the US to be with some American ex or friend, IIRC.
What ever happened to Elisa not Alyssa? I actually found her obnoxious, but she seems to have disappeared and had zero direction in terms of content. I saw on tik tok a while back she got married in a very tacky "My big Gypsy Wedding" style gown and celebration, but , boh.
Anyone else? There was another American woman living in Cinque Terre who broke up with the Italian she moved for. Riviera Diaries maybe? Last I remember she kept putting off returning to Italy bc she met her "soulmate" while home in Nebraska.
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Haha, Katie! Yeah, she got pregnant and since moved to Toronto, I think?I feel like I’ve heard the name QB cucina before.
But I think it maybe just reminded me of QKatie, who is a food journalist who lived in Italy for about a year and her stuff was popping up on my SM when Italy was in lockdown
Anastasiya was always so weird, I wonder what happened between her and Zoey in late 2019 that caused them to end their friendship. At that point Zoey was living in Canada for awhile.It’s funny you mention Riviera, she popped up on my TikTok feed recently and I knew she looked familiar - then I remembered she had a YouTube channel talking about how she moved to Italy. I was surprised to see she was no longer with her Italian guy.
Elisa and I used to chat every so often when I lived in Italy for a year. I appreciated her being a shoulder to cry on when I was struggling with some culture shock and language barrier stuff. I haven’t kept up with her other than I would sporadically see her talking about work on Instagram. I think she was in a short film of some kind a couple of years ago and maybe she did voiceover work?? Not sure.
I am not familiar with the Sara(h) you mentioned. And I remember when Abbie went quiet on social media for a long time and popped back up in Portugal.
What about Anastasiya (ex friend/roommate of Zoey)? after Zoey left Italy I think A was trying to create a fashion line (“I am Tassana Laapey” it was called) and she made a bunch of videos on traveling to Italy post-lockdown. I think her new channel is called Stay Fabulous. She did a live a year or so ago and she conveniently ignored my question about how she lives in Italy on an American passport. I’m pretty sure she was Schengen overstaying for a while.
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LMAO ok, so I was watching this more recent video on A’s channel and I’m dying laughing
at 4 minutes in the chef talks about this gargantuan mozzarella “Zizzona di Battipaglia” (which is a registered trademark) and Anastasiya just repeats “zizzona” seemingly like she has no idea that it means giant tit… then brags about being in Italy for a decade
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I’m willing to bet that Anastasiya is a “hobosexual” - she latches on to a partner so she has a place to live. I don’t know how else she can afford to live in Rome. Her and Zoey shared a bed in a one bedroom apartment in the centro storico because they couldn’t afford anything else (and even that was expensive).
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Sorry, I mean they couldn’t afford more than a 1 bedroom in the center of Rome and they certainly wouldn’t have settled for anything less than their “manifested” dream apartment
Is that the one who always used to shot when she spoke? Ahe seemed fine but her way of speaking was like nails on a backboard for meHaha, Katie! Yeah, she got pregnant and since moved to Toronto, I think?