Chiara Pavoni al Medit Summer Fashion

Il 25 luglio in piazza Orsini del Balzo a Mesagne la tredicesima edizione del Medit Summer Fashion, importante kermesse di moda che per il 2020 ha scelto come tema dominante il viaggio attraverso il cinema, la storia e la cultura. Una gara tra giovani stilisti che farà emergere il talento.

“Hot Blood Summer Night” all’Interno 4 di Chiara Pavoni

Sarà il regista Antonio Tentori ad accogliere e guidare il pubblico in un viaggio nel genere “Horror” nel corso della serata “Hot Blood Summer Night”, in programma martedì 23 luglio alle 21.30 presso “Interno 4”, l’abitazione-studio di Chiara Pavoni, recentemente adibita a spazio artistico polifunzionale.  Tentori, scrittore e sceneggiatore, cominciò la sua carriera di sceneggiatore nel 1990, collaborando con il regista Lucio Fulci nel lungometraggio “Demonia”, e da lì in poi ha firmato gli “screenplay” di dozzine di opere horror.

HOT VILLAS FOR 2013

Book early for the best choice in Sicily

Looking for the perfect villa break next summer?  Book early and get the best choice of beach or rural villas in Sicily from soloSicily’s 2013 collection.

Countryside hideaway:  Close to the forested Nebrodi Mountains and with unrivalled views over seemingly endless olive and orange groves and beyond, the Aeolian Islands, Il Vignale combines the very best of elegance and sophistication with rural life.  The large garden is dotted with several shady terraces furnished with benches, armchairs and sofas and a scattering of huge terracotta and glass jars; and a stunning pool and unexpected displays of arty mosaics introduce a vivid splash of colour.  The interior of the four-bedroom villa has a warm rustic feel, with wonderful arched stone walls and terracotta tiling.

The villa is close to several picturesque seafront villages, including Santo Stefano di Camastra, renowned for its hand-painted ceramics.  One week at Il Vignale in May starts at £2375 (sleeps 8) with www.soloSicily.com.  Fly to Palermo or Catania airports.

The best of beach and city life:   The newest addition to soloSicily’s programme is in the exclusive Mondello beach resort in western Sicily, a great location for families who want to combine sightseeing with a beach holiday.  This lively resort is the perfect spot for people-watching over a morning cappuccino, a plate of the freshest of seafood or an early evening ‘gelato’ and a firm favourite with Palermitans thanks to its long curving sandy beaches. 

Corisa is a three-bedroom villa with floor-to-ceiling glass doors leading out to a garden with a large pool and well-placed for trips to the beach or into Palermo city centre.  The Norman Cathedral at Monreale is also close by or, a little further afield, the medieval hilltop town of Erice and the Greek ruins at Segesta and Selinunte.  One week in May starts at £2115 (sleeps 6) with www.soloSicily.com.   Fly to Palermo from Gatwick or Stansted.

Best for large groups:  If you need somewhere for several families or a big group of friends, the earlier you book the better. With eight bedrooms, seven bathrooms and a large well-equipped kitchen, one of the high spots of Casalnuovo is the huge amount of indoor and outdoor space.  In addition to a massive open-plan living-room with several seating areas, there is a games room, with pool table, table tennis and table football.  Situated at Tindari, north west Sicily, the villa is surrounded by a 15-acre estate, with marked tracks and trails, and is close to the fascinating Graeco-Roman Santuario di Tindari settlement and amphitheatre.

One week at Casalnuovo in May starts at £3700 (sleeps 15) with www.soloSicily.com.  Fly to Catania with Easyjet or BA.

soloSicily (www.soloSicily.com, tel. 020 7097 1413) offers accommodation in apartments and villas throughout inland and coastal Sicily.

BIG SUMMER SAVINGS IN SICILY

If you have finally given up any hope of a long hot summer in the UK and are itching to hop on the next plane to sunnier climes, Sicily villa specialist, soloSicily, is offering big savings as well as under-occupancy rates on a selection of coastal and rural villas in July and August.

Sample properties – all prices are for the school holiday period mid-July to end of August:

Mountain cool:  Enjoy fresh mountain air and clear blue skies at Ai Mulini, an 18^th century farmhouse with pool, set amongst the rugged cliffs and hidden villages of the Madonie Mountains.  The farmhouse is just outside the village of Polizzi Generosa and near to Gangi, Geraci Siculo and Petralia Soprana with their cobbled streets, castles, palaces and Baroque and Norman churches.

One week starts at £1700 (sleeps 8), reduced from £1900.

Eco-friendly: Save a massive £800 per week thanks to an introductory offer at Casalnuovo, an eco-friendly 8-bedroom house (sleeps 15), overlooking the bay of Tindari and the Aeolian Islands in north east Sicily.  This new addition to the soloSicily portfolio is situated on a 15-acre organic estate with olive groves, fruit and almond trees and magnificent views of rolling Sicilian countryside.  The villa has a pool and games room - complete with pool table, table football and table tennis.

One week starts at £4500 (reduced from £5310) for full-occupancy (sleeps 15) or at £3555 (sleeps 7).

Family favourite: Mariuccia is a five-bedroom property with a large pool, billiard room and table-tennis, in the heart of the Sicilian countryside and just a short drive from the white sandy beach at Sciacca in the south of the island.

One week starts at £3670 (reduced from £4195) for full-occupancy (sleeps 10) or at £2630 (reduced from £3150) for a party of 6.

soloSicily offers accommodation in apartments, villas and boutique hotels throughout inland and coastal Sicily.  For further information, visit www.soloSicily.com or tel. 020 7193 0158. 

Summers increasingly hot, especially in northern

The last hot of these days added with very little precipitation of the last two weeks, is forebode torrid July and August, along the lines of 2003 record summer.

Fortunately, the spring was full of rain and for this the emergency drought and electrical blackouts seem averted.. Anyway, the Italian civil protection ensure that the worst is not yet past and will appear in the next two months, fortunately devoted mainly to holidays and summer vacation.

As every year, however, the indications from various institutions are useful and to respect for oneself but above all for the environment, such as to dole out the water of their water taps.

In particular, for the health of the elderly and children, the authorities always advised to avoid the dehydration by drinking at least 1.5 litres of water a day and avoid the hottest hours of the day, especially after lunch, where the organisation is already involved in digestion. In these terms, another valuable advice is to eat mainly fruit and vegetables strictly cold and in any case to stay light, without to get heavier too.

Usually to avoid, these boiling hours, it is advisable to pass them at home without taking the sun and avoid any physical activity and effort. In particular it is recommended, for who can to install air conditioners to wall and impose these with temperatures not less than 5-7 ° C compared to room temperature.

Of fundamental importance for the health, is the maintenance of these coolers and all the accessories for air conditioners used. This is to prevent malfunctions of this can lead to wrong measurements and observations, both temperature and humidity, which could be extremely harmful to the body that would suffer too many sudden changes between internal and external dwelling.

In particular, it should also be checked annually all vacuum pumps that if with a malfunction can lead to big energy wastage electric as regards the fuel gas, affecting significantly the performance with resulting damage, more than anything else , for the environment (greater demand and therefore more energy inputs to generate the same source cooler).

Precisely to avoid further problems related to the transmission of gas (fuel) from the counter to the air conditioner it should be reviewed periodically all the copper piping and the welds that eventually could be deteriorate and to exhale inside the gas with all the risks that it entails.

All this to say that it is exact try to combat the heat with the technology, but we must bear in mind other key issues: the environment, thanks to efficiency of equipment, and their health, security controls to avoid unpleasant drawbacks.

This will easily overcome these hot summer months, without incurring risks to their person and especially for the environment, which we must never forget we are directly and indirectly responsible and depend.

This article was written by Michele De Capitani with support from A/C vaccum pumps. For any information on Eurotec BT, visit hvac tools or surfing on-line gas leak detector.