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The journey has been long and at times quite challenging-- especially at the beginning. I recall 2002 was a particularly difficult year for Aaron and I. We had finished the enthusiasm that comes with the ENGLISH novelty and we were living in the E S H P T E A shadow of 9/11. Understandably K G I N N I G afraid to stand out, Americans and V R C E S O M Brits kept a low profile. We had Y T I M N U gathered some consensus from Co-founders Aaron Pugliesi and “early adopters”, but most of the letter Amie Louie at the printers in English speakers living in northern Year XVII Issue No. 377 February 2000, picking up the first issue of Easy Milano Italy still lived in isolated micro- Dec. 14, 2017 - Jan. 17, 2018 communities. Serving the community since 1999 Free every two weeks | Quindicinale gratuito Surprisingly enough, even though the desire to stay under the radar was strong, the Community continued to increase in Special Messages size. Back then business was slower than we would have liked. 09 American Chamber of Commerce Our trips out to Arese and Monza to meet “expat settlements” 05 American Consulate General outside the city were time-consuming, but our readership was 11 Australian Consulate General progressively growing. 08 British Chamber of Commerce 04 British Consulate General A few years later, in 2006, Thank you to 07 Canadian Embassy the Community was 06 Irish Embassy officially ready to come each and every Arts & Leisure out of seclusion and show one of you for 08 Cinema in English off its true colors. On the 07 Clubs & Expat Associations fourth of July, dozens of making the past 04 Events & What's On Americans accompanied Community Related by their spouses and Italian 18 years a truly 09 Consular Announcements friends showed up for what 17 Distribution Partners unforgettable 18 Easy Map was going to later become 03 Editor's Letter J4Milan, one of the experience! 07 Emergency Contacts largest annual community 14 Friends & Partners celebrations in Milan. 06 National Recipe 09 Public Announcements A lot has changed since then and mostly for the better. We Employment Opportunities have become an important and influential community with 15 Childcare Positions Offered tens of thousands of members; some of whom will travel from 15 Childcare Positions Wanted Torino, Varese, Como, Vicenza and Bologna to participate in 13 Employment Offered community events. Others in Rome, Naples, Sicily and in less 14 Employment Offered Teaching 14 Employment Wanted numerous communities throughout Italy would read us from afar 15 Household Employment Offered by occasionally downloading an issue. 15 Household Employment Wanted So what now? What is the future of Easy Milano and what will Housing & Accomodation become of the Community that we have all contributed to thread 13 Commercial Space 13 Holiday Rentals together? It’s up to you; the thousands of readers, the clubs, the 12 Housing Offered diplomatic missions, the “lifers” and veteran expats. As I had 12 Housing Wanted mentioned in a prior issue, Aaron and I have been speaking 13 Real Estate for Sale with the publisher of a local free press, Where Milan; an editorial 12 Short Lets Offered format publication with listings and reviews in English, which we 13 Short Lets Wanted have been following for years now. Learning Directory 11 English Lessons We have made some promising steps forward and have 11 Italian Lessons persuaded Where Milan to dedicate some space in their 12 Language Exchange magazine for the International Community. They have offered 11 Learning Directory 12 Study Holiday to make some adjustments to host on their pages some of the typical content found in Easy Milano. In addition, they have even Services & Shopping 07 Professional Services agreed to add new distribution points to make it more accessible 08 Translation Services and Easy for residents to pick up a copy. Of course, it’s not going Health & Well-being to be the same, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. Aaron and 17 Health & Well-being I will move on to focus on other aspects of the Community. He 17 Sports & Fitness will be focusing on business and commercial relations between Misc & Others the UK and Italy; I will be focusing on promoting international 17 Pets Related education. Meanwhile, Andrea Jarach and his team at Where Advertising Information Tel. +(39) 02 66 98 32 99 Milan will be keeping their doors open and the ink rolling on the [email protected] | www.easymilano.it | www.EasyCircle.it paper for everyone to read. Dry the tears off the emoticons you facebook.com/easymilano twitter.com/easymilano posted on Easy Milano’s Facebook page because the torch may not go out after all! Easy Milano is a Product of B Easy srl Via G. Fara 7, 20124 Milan, Italy [email protected] | www.b-easy.it Let me conclude by thanking everyone who has supported Printed by: Jona S.r.l., Paderno Dugnano (MI) Easy Milano throughout the years: our readers, our staff, our distribution partners, the local institutions, the businesses that Editor in Chief Amie Louie have funded our publication and our events, the international Co-founder Aaron Pugliesi chambers of commerce and the diplomatic institutions that Responsible Director Piergiorgio Chiarini Office Manager Antonella Tradati have often treated Easy Milano as an extension of their offices. Back Office & Layout Jenine Laguatan Thank you to each and every one of you for making the past 18 years a truly unforgettable experience! The content that appears in Easy Milano and www.easymilano.it is copyright by B Easy srl. It may not be used by third parties without explicit authorization from B Easy srl or the individual authors themselves. The reproduc- tion of such content is a breach of Italian legislation (Legge 22 aprile 1941 n. 633, Art. 2, com.9) and may Warmest regards, result in penal sanctions, and in case of non Italian nationals may result in expulsion (DL 25/07/98 n. 286, Art. 26 e Legge 6/03/98, n. 40, Art. 24). Readers are encouraged to notify such episodes to info@easymi- lano.it Easy Milano makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of the ads and advertisements that appear on its pages and invites all readers to notify us of discrepancies or problems arising from or related to the ads and advertisements in its magazine. Nonetheless, Easy Milano can not be held responsible for any direct or indi- Amie Louie rect undesired consequences of the content or form of the ads and advertisements appearing in this magazine. Registr. all Tribunale di milano n. 22 del 14.01.2000 Editor in Chief www.easymilano.it 3 Goodbye to 2017 and For the first time in Italy, in Milan at Spazio Ventura XV (via Privata Giovanni Ventura 15), Goodbye to Easy Milano EVENTSevents "NASA - A Human Adventure". An exhibition in a thrilling educational and scientific & what's on full-immersion itinerary that takes us from the first manned Casa Scozia and The Milan launches into space right Scottish Country Dancers will up to our own times. www. hold a Burns Supper followed by ahumanadventure.it Scottish Country Dancing at All Saints Church, Via Solferino 17, "Pittore per Natura" a Marzio Tamer Milan on Sat., 27 Jan. 2018. Places exhibit from 5 Oct 2017 to 7 Jan limited so booking essential by 2018 at Museo di Storia Naturale 20/01 Email j.murphy@buroservice. di Milano. Opens from Tuesday com. €25 per head to Sunday from 9am to 5.30pm. HM Ambassador to Italy, Jill Morris; PM Theresa May; Paul Sellers, Director Entrance ticket cost €5 and €3. British Council Italy; HM Consul General in Milan Tim Flear; Ken O’Flaherty, Sound and Motion Picture features Museo della Permanente will host Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Rome a film in English every week on an exhibition-show, Chagall - A In his play “Romeo and Juliet”, set in Italy of course, Mondays, Tuesday and Thursdays Summer Night's Dream, dedicated at 3 locations in Milan.