Foggy Day After Christmas in Milan
Post-holiday flea markets, a drive into the countryside, and a fabulous, regional meal.
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 – Roberto Capucci
Triennale – Roberto Capucci Show: Italian fashion designer. Playful innovation, sculptural forms and elegant craft.
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 socks off! Inspiration. Ideas. Things to contemplate and marvel over. Wow...
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.
Vintage Eyeglasses at Foto Veneta Ottica
If you want fun, distinctive, vintage – or modern – eyewear, and you’re strolling the streets of Milano, head up the stairs to Foto Veneta Ottica. You might spend hours browsing!
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 days of almost no sleep, and 24 hours of travel. Door-to-door. But so content...