Pollini Dress
OK. I just had to try it on. I was walking right across from the duomo in what is probably one of the world's most expensive shopping districts, surrounding the Galleria, and my head whipped around...
Scamorza Affumicata
Mmmm. I discovered this cheese last summer and loved it: Scamorza Affumicata. ("Scamorza" is the kind of cheese. "Affumicata" means it's smoked.) So I found it again at the store...
Piazza dei Mercanti, Milano
Wandering around Milano yesterday, not far from the duomo, I turned into the old, enclosed Piazza dei Mercanti. I was struck by this incredible staircase and think it's simply a construction...
Other birds
Up and at it early this morning. I awoke at about 4:30 but know I'm still affected by the time change and jet lag. We had quite a lightning storm last night with vociferous thunder and a cooling...
Appartamento
Pinch me. Am I dreaming? My apartment is located about 2.2 miles south-southwest of the duomo, pretty darn close to the center of town. Who could ask for more? Fourteen foot ceilings. Hardwood...
At home in Milano
Sono qui! Sono arrivata a Milano! I'm here! I've arrived in Milano! My plane got in yesterday morning at about 8:30. I found the ticket office for the Malpensa Express train from the airport to the...
Rummy in Jersey
Quarter to 5:00 New Jersey time. The flight to Milano leaves at 6:35, so I've had a bite to eat, wandered up and down the concourse (the most exercise I've had in weeks), and will hang out 'til it's...
Let the travel experience begin…
Late Sunday night. Minutes before midnight. I'll be at the airport by 5:00 a.m. on Wednesday, so I have just two days left in Seattle. "Goodbyes" and "See-You-Laters" are stacked one on top of the...
Italiano o English?
Should I be using the proper Italian spelling of city names, or the English rendition? I've already been vacillating and inconsistent. Milano or Milan? Venezia or Venice? Firenze or Florence? Or...
Non-attachment
As soon as I had even the glimmer of a decision to make this move, it was all-of-a-sudden very easy to go through my house and send things down the road. Home for just two weeks after my Summer...
Red onion
Taking a shortcut through an alley way in Burien on a recent hot day, I saw this perfect red onion sitting alongside a painted backside wall. I swooned and had to shoot it. The colors. The textures....
One week away, categorized and organized
It's Monday night. I leave a week from Wednesday, early in the morning. The lists of details remaining are long and it's hard to sleep at night. My usual bedtime of midnight, still gets me up...