Fresh figs are in at the Saturday street market just a couple of blocks away, and they share the display with the...
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Sweet Mary
Mary was sitting there at her desk when I stepped into the little back room adjoining the chapel at Milano's Cimitero...
Late Night Walk Home
A bunch of friends and I met up for a lecture at 9:15 pm at the Design Library. I walked almost a mile along the...
Fairytale Riviera Wedding
Warmest congratulations to Glenda and Massimo! Congratulazioni! The two were wed on Saturday, June 9, 2012 on the...
How to Eat 100 Steamed Mussels
Having spent the morning walking all over old-town Nice, on the jewel-toned Riviera coast of France, it was time to...
Porcini and Brooms
This is real Italian food. They're not over here just eating pizza and spaghetti. And they're NOT eating "Fettucine...
Talking Over the Fence
Standing in my skinny kitchen, washing the dishes, I heard a couple of women talking. I looked out my kitchen window...
Enrica, My Courtyard Neighbor
I was sitting in my room typing today and heard "snip, snip, snip." I looked out my window into the little private...
Brunelleschi’s Dome
When going into a new town, seek out the highest point from which to get the most sweeping overview. This will quite...
Pope Benedict XVI Visits Milano
I saw the Pope today. Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Milano yesterday for an evening greeting to the citizens that...
Tricolore Gelato
As it turned out just by chance, my dish of gelato was my nod to Italy. Today is June 2, a holiday celebrating the...
Neighborly Hydrangeas
Shortly after arriving in Milano, I had a nesting moment and went out to pull weeds in and around my little courtyard...
Woman in White
Wandering the street market today, I saw this woman in white from head to toe, including white, fishnet gloves. She...
Shopping at the Street Market
On Saturday, three blocks from my house, is the weekly street market selling fruits, vegetables, meats, fish, cheeses,...
Sunny Morning Courtyard
The little courtyard is paved with stones and scraps of ceramic tiles. It's surrounded by camellia, hydrangea, iris,...
Tomatoes & Nespole
WHERE are these being grown right now?! The tomatoes are like sugar candy and the nespole are exotic after apples and...
Long Pilgrimage Stroll to the Duomo
After sitting inside all day working, by 6:00 p.m. I had to get out and take a walk from here to my beloved Duomo. I...
Light in a Skinny Kitchen
The mid-afternoon sunlight is coming into my almost-three-foot-wide, skinny kitchen and it strikes me as so beautiful....
Evening Canal Stroll
At 9:00 tonight I set off for a walk up and over and around the Naviglio Grande zone - The Grand Canal. It was a brisk...
Still Life with Toilet Paper
First day in town required some grocery shopping. A few things to eat (favorites I've missed), and a few things for...