Ciao, Baby! First Night in Rome!

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Written By Morty Shallman

Ciao from Italy, friends! The first day was long but fun. I Flew direct from LA to Rome and cabbed it to my super vibey Airbnb, complete with a living room jacuzzi in the classic Trastevere neighborhood. After a much-needed soak, I grabbed a bite and some vino in the sweet little restaurant right next to my flat, then took in a walking tour of local delicacies, exploring classic street foods, pasta carbonara, pizza, and gelato. Then, it was back to the pad for another jacuzzi and some shut-eye. Next day... on to Matera for the Indie Unconference - Europe!

Morty Shallman

MORTY SHALLMAN was born on the West Coast of Illinois and studied creative writing at the University of Chicago. A singer, songwriter, and novelist, he is the creator of Literary Pop, an artistic genre characterized by unique mashups of pop music and literary fiction. Morty’s seminal works of Literary Pop include Love’s Oblivion, A Novel in Twelve Pop Songs (2002), Last of the Zachary’s, A Novel with Songs (2010), and Pop Fiction, An Indie-Noir Musical Thriller (2017). In 2018, Morty was the #1 Indie Recording Artist in LA (Reverbnation.com). His forthcoming novel, The Tyranny of Desire is “a fast-paced phantasmagoric satire of a debauched contemporary LA, brilliantly written and very funny,” (Robert Grossmith, author of The Empire of Lights), and his novel-in-progress, War and Sex, was shortlisted for a Faulkner-Wisdom Prize. Morty is an AWAL recording artist and a member of NARAS (The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences) and the Author’s Guild. Morty currently lives in Los Angeles with his dog, Primo the Maltese.

https://www.morty.org
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