Stretched out along the north side of Milan’s Duomo, Christmas Market stalls are selling meats, cheeses, breads, pretzels, truffles, dried fruit, candies, chocolate… Also every variety of gift item, including little trinkets, clothing, ornaments, jewelry, etc.
13 December 2021 "Stanca morta" - Dead tired. Just arrived this morning after complex travel prep due to Covid-19, two...
The day of the Mercatone Antiquariato—big, antiquarian market—here in Milano, stretching out along both sides and the...
Here it is: Rain in Milano. I've been keeping an eye on the weather forecast and their prediction of rain for today...
Yesterday, I walked 15,000 steps all over Milan, in areas I both have and haven't seen before. I was out to explore...
8:15 P.M. and someone out there is playing the violin. There are also sounds of dogs, kids and dinner dishes....
You've all heard "Pack light! Pack light!" I agree, absolutely. And I think about EVERY single thing that goes into...
Home again. It amuses and pleases me that returning to Milano, Italia, is so known and so comfortable. This is my...
Journal Entry: Wednesday, 12 September 2018 - Milan Did I really just arrive in my home-away-from-home, Milan, this...
Journal Entry. 1 Gennaio 2017 (January 1, 2017) - Milano Day 3 of a cold that has kept me layin' low. Enforced rest....
How many times has someone said to me with a sneer, "Oh… Milan. It's so gray and industrial." They turn up their noses...
Stormy, wild wind and rain last night here in Milano. End of summer, early fall. But I arrived four days ago to a day...
For the record, "Italian Food" is SO much more than pizza, spaghetti, ravioli and fettucine alfredo. In fact,...
Hand-sewn, vintage linen is not enough to help stay cool close to midnight on what was a 95-degree day with high...
Journal Entry - 2 June, 2013 - Milano Early Sunday morning and I've opened up the house to the first warm breeze since...
"Affamata di Sapere" - "Hungry to Know". That seemed like a meaty phrase around...
In this neighborhood, Saturday is market day. A string of city blocks nearby is blocked off and filled to the brim...
(Click on each image to enlarge it.) 17 May 2013, 3:03 p.m. - Milano The nightingale is singing in my courtyard and...
It's been a pause, a respite from one endeavor so I could shift energies and surge headlong into others. I took a...
It's Monday in Milano, soon to turn 3:00 pm, the end of the day's slow start. I've been hunkered in the house at the...