Ahh, Milano… She enchants me still… after 17 years. Though I’ve now been in all 20 regions of Italy, what keeps me...
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An Eyeful in Naples
Naples filled me to the brim in all the most satisfying and stimulating ways. My mind is still awhirl a week after...
Home again in Italia!
Flying into Milano yesterday evening, (after a very long day of cancelled and delayed flights) I felt emotional and got a little teary-eyed. This is my seventeenth year of making this journey, coming back for a month or more to see friends, visit new and treasured places, and eat some of my favorite dishes as well as venture untried regional specialities.
Italian Stone: Show of Fine Art Monoprints
Merging my multiple loves for expression, I have pulled from my 15 years of travel and 60,000 photos in Italy, and...
Signage, Graphics and Street Art Around Milan
My Designer/Artist's eye thrills at the strong visuals of signage – old and new – graphic elements and street art that...
Cat-like New Year’s Eve Sunny Day
New Year’s Eve. 1:14 on a sunny afternoon. My tall doors open to the cool, 43-degree air, sun and the canal view streaming in. How delightful to sit here, cat-like, enjoying this bright winter day.
How does one use a bidet?
"How does one use a bidet? Is it for washing your feet? Is it for chilling your prosecco?"… Many American friends have...
Triennale – Mestiere di Grafico Oggi
Triennale – Mestiere di Grafico Oggi – Professions in Graphics Today: So many expressions of design that weren’t feasible when I began 45 years ago… and so many that remain still.
Triennale – Ettore Sottsass
Triennale – Ettore Sottsass Installation: A design great, so always an honour to see his sketches, his thinking, the fruition of his ideas.
Triennale – Raymond Depardon
Triennale – Raymond Depardon Show: One could get lost in exploring the rich meat of this exhibition.
Triennale – Giovanni Gastel
Triennale – Giovanni Gastel Show: Powerful, dramatic, moody photos, made all the more striking by the very large size of these digital prints.
Triennale – Saul Steinberg
Triennale – Saul Steinberg Show. Masterful. Genius. Witty. Broadly talented. And there must be hundreds of his works in this show!
Triennale Design Museum of Milano
The current selection of shows at the Triennale Design Museum is reason enough to come to Milano right now! Knocked my...
Foggy, Junky, Winter Day in Milan
It was 32 degrees outside this morning at 6:00 and we were going scrounging for junk. I put on two pairs of pants, two sweaters, a down jacket and wool coat, two hats and gloves. Bundled. As ready as I could be.
Christmas Market in Milan
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.
Milano 2021 Mid-Pandemic
13 December 2021 "Stanca morta" - Dead tired. Just arrived this morning after complex travel prep due to Covid-19, two...
20,000 Steps in Torino
Torino. Turin. A lovely city in the far northwest of Italy, in the Piedmont region—Piemonte—an hour's ride on the fast...
Antiques are older in Italy
The day of the Mercatone Antiquariato—big, antiquarian market—here in Milano, stretching out along both sides and the...
San Maurizio. Oh, Wow.
Yesterday, I walked 15,000 steps all over Milan, in areas I both have and haven't seen before. I was out to explore...
My terrace. La mia terrazza.
8:15 P.M. and someone out there is playing the violin. There are also sounds of dogs, kids and dinner dishes....