Boulevard of Broken Dreams

 JMC7

I wasn’t that type of guy that listens to rock music. I usually preferred the most commercial one, like some rap, pop, the Italian one… But that day I started loving that music genre!

It was a Saturday afternoon, my friend Giovanni and I were ready… We were ready to go to the betting shop like we do every week and place a winning bet... or at least to try to win!
During the trip Gio connected his phone to the car’s bluetooth, and he started playing some random songs.

Than he looked at me saying: “Listen to this!”

I don’t know... My first impression was how good that song was, how relaxing music can be.

So I tried to listen to it a few more times and then I fell in love!
I started listening to other similar songs and to other bands: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, etc. I loved them all, but this was the one that makes me appreciate this type of music, so... here it is!

The text talks about Jimmy, a guy that is in a psychological confusion, sadness and loneliness period.
He is in a lonely, silence and empty road and he is walking alone. This guy consideres this road like a house and the only place he has ever really known. In that street the only living things are his heart and his shadow and he sometimes has the wish that beside him there could be someone but “Till then I walk alone".

“Boulevard of broken dreams”

I walk a lonely road,

The only one that I have ever known,

Don't know where it goes,

But it's home to me and I walk alone,

I walk this empty street,

On the boulevard of broken dreams,

Where the city sleeps,

And I'm the only one and I walk alone

I walk alone,

I walk alone,

I walk alone,

I walk a..

My shadow's the only one that walks beside me,

My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating,

Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me,

'Til then I walk alone

I'm walking down the line,

That divides me somewhere in my mind,

On the borderline of the edge,

And where I walk alone,

Read between the lines of what's

Fucked up and everything's alright,

Check my vital signs to know I'm still alive,

And I walk alone

Glossary:
Trip: a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
Betting shop: a licensed bookmaker's shop where people may place bets, watch horse races etc on television, and collect their winnings
Appreciate: to recognize with gratitude, to be grateful for something
Sadness: emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
Loneliness: sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned

Beside: postion of someone or sometingh near you

Naples street food: between tradition and modernity

Newsroom: GH9

Naples has two different types of street food: the best traditional ones and the modern ones that allow us to enjoy the new face of Naples.

Walking around the streets and alleys of Naples can be a completely different experience when accompanied by good street food. The Street Food is often criticized by many, but especially loved by people and tourists who cannot leave the city without trying some traditional Neapolitan products.

Naples is not only a place of tradition and culture, but in recent years new cultures from all around the world have set there bringing with them new forms of street food. Not only classic flavours, but also the American and Asian ones.

We want to propose you some recipes and descriptions of Traditional and Modern street food.

Zeppole and Panzerotti

Why not walking around the city while eating some Zeppole or Panzerotti freshly baked?

The Acuzano family, from 1938, manages the historic “Friggitoria Vomero”: here you can find Zeppole that are fresh pasta with a pinch of salt, fried in hot oil. The Panzerotti are potatoes croquettes stuffed with parsley, parmigiano or pecorino, salt and pepper, fried in hot oil as well.

Frittatine di pasta

Frittatine di pasta are that type of dish that once you have tried it, you cannot stop eating!
This is a traditional recipe, that you can try in every pizzeria while you are waiting for your pizza.
It is a croquette stuffed with bucatini, besciamella, cubes of ham and green peas. The mix is fried in hot oil.
On the web you can find a lot of recipes to make them by yourself, but the ones prepared by the shop “Imperatore” have an incredible flavour!

Taralli napoletani

This is a product that nowadays represents a tipical excellence.

Taralli are made with flour, sugna (lard), one cube of brewer’s yeast, almond, salt and pepper (the right amount), all baked for 25 minutes. The best Taralli are made by the Infante family, that owns “Casa Infante”. They are the exellence from the 1940. 

Sfogliatelle

And, finally, here we are to the typical Neapolitan dessert: la Sfogliatella. This historic delight conquests every palate, Neapolitan or not.
The mixture is made by flour, strutto (lard), water, a pinch of salt, honey, stuffed with semolina, fresh ricotta, powdered sugar, eggs, water, sweets, vanilla extract, cinnamon, a pich of salt.
The historic “Pintauro” is the most famous bakery, that takes out the best Sfogliatelle of the planet!

Nowdays there also modern and tasty street food like Kebab, Pita, Hamburger and Hotdogs ...but that cannot be compared with the traditional Neapolitan dishes!

And remember... In Naples when the meal is ready you will always hear someone saying “Jamm à magnià!”

Glossary

Allow: To let someone do something;
Alley: Narrow street with walls or buildings on both sides;
Manges: Skillfully handle something;
Delights: When you like someone or something;
Recipe: Directions for making a dish or dessert;
Brewer’s yeast: Used as leaven in baking and brewing;
Flavour: the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.