Things to do while in Rome...

lol just coming here to ask this^

anyone?

Oh hey I'll be there next month. I mostly want to know about food recommendations, but this looks like a pretty great music festival: http://springattitude.it/en/

food: pizzarium, boccione, supplizio, http://luckypeach.com/guides/where-to-get-the-best-pizza-in-rome-katie-parla/
gelato: fatamorgana, carapina

Thanks! That Lucky Peach article is great.

I went to Pizzarium a couple of years ago, it was really stressful because it's tiny and there are a zillion pizzas to choose from and it's crowded so you have to choose really quickly, but it was also delicious.

definitely check out the Pantheon... hidden in the middle of the city, perfectly preserved (unlike the Colosseum, it was never abandoned or looted). going to the Colosseum is such a trip, worth it to pay extra to get a guide to skip out on most of the lines. if you want to go to the Vatican, you've got to buy tix days in advance and get up at like 5 in the morning, it's a whole thing. i definitely regret not planning ahead and going there. spanish steps too. ahhh anyway i have no idea if you've already been to Rome before and done all this, when I was there I did my best to find clubs and record stores but had no luck.

most wild thing about Rome was that everyone eats pastries for breakfast.

recommend going to either palazzo colonna or palazzo doria pamphilj too. they're right in the city centre and really cool

the airport we flew out of was sweet - cool uniforms

Btw not to take over the thread, but I'm going to be in Italy for a couple weeks and have a very flexible itinerary (basically playing it by ear), so any other recommendations are welcome.

if you're in Rome, must-see:

Colosseum
Pantheon
Spanish Steps
Forum
Vatican
Galleria Borghese

i wd also recommend caracalla's baths. going outside the centre a bit to Garbatella is worthwhile, plus you get to go to the ristoro degli angeli -

http://www.ristorodegliangeli.it/

speaking of Garbatella - if you're into, ah, ideologically-driven architecture you might want to go to EUR.

bar necci in pignetto used to be favourite haunt, but the whole vibe has changed round there - gentrification - the bastards shut down my favourite la porchetta restaurant (v cheap, benches, roast pork) - and it wasn't as enjoyable the last time i went.

there *was* a good record shop here as well. unfortunately i can't remember the name and i'm not sure it was there the last time i went.

But if you're in the area many of my favourite meals in Rome have been at the Confraternita dell'Uva nearby. Very low key locals restaurant where the owners specialise in Sicilian food.

the Cinecittà film studios are definitely worth a visit. totally deserted when i went which made the experience of walking through revived ancient rome quite weird and dreamlike.

the protestant cemetary definitely worth going to (all denominations since the '60s i think). Keats, Shelley, Gramsci and all sorts of spectacular and varied memorials.

got some decent bookshop recommendations as well if you're interested.