It was as a Camp Fire Girl in fifth grade that I learned to sew by stitching along the lines of binder paper. I've...
Journal Articles
Heart of the Renaissance
If you haven't been to Firenze (Florence), put it on your "life list" of must-see places in the world. Really. Two...
Quite a Git-Up
As I was returning home from Firenze and taking the metro from the train station, this couple was practically "doing...
I Love Firenze! (Florence)
Winter Goes Grudgingly
Winter has been long and gray and holding tight, unwilling to give way. But it's late March now, and winter goes...
How to Patch a Chuckhole
There's an ingenious citizen taking action along the frontage road that borders the canal and leads to the bike path....
Fractal Fibonacci Romanesco*
They call it "Cavolfiore" or Cauliflower here, but Americans call it "Romanesco Broccoli". Either way, it tastes...
Eat, That You Will Feel Well
Would you let 30 random strangers eat off your plate? Would you, in turn, eat off the plates of those 30 strangers?...
I Met Mary!
Last June, just a few days after I had arrived here in Milano, I went to the Cimitero Monumentale - the Monumental...
Zucchi Collection
When here in Milano in the summer of 2008, I stumbled upon a Zucchi Store just a half block north of the Duomo. They...
Prosciutto Soup
The other day I noticed the section in the meat department at the grocery store where they sell the "ends" of the...
Inspire the Construction Workers
JUST as they were on a crane removing this billboard ad for high-fashion lingerie, I was walking by with my camera and...
Oranges for a Lifetime
Yesterday morning I went to the local Saturday market on a mission: gather as many different citrus tissue wrappers as...
Pasta. We’re Not Talkin’ Noodles
Milano is a fabulous place to do a "design intensive" exploration, and I've stepped up my voracious visual consumption...
!@*#!! It’s Snowing!
It's March. It's 3:00 in the afternoon and it's snowing. Crap. I'm so ready for the Springtime that Seattle is having...
Where are the eggs?
"Excuse me. Where are the eggs?" On my first grocery shopping trip last June, I searched all over the refrigerator...
Out with The Girls
It's been great fun to get to know the group of women from the schools here. Now and then, when a few of us are...
Frette – Damask Dreams
When I rounded the corner and saw the wall of red and cream damask patterns, I skipped both a breath and a heart...
Snow?
Snow predicted for Sunday? They've got to be kidding. Please tell me they're kidding. With a predicted low of 32...
Going German
I harkened back to my German roots today and cooked sausage in a kraut of red cabbage, beets and onions. I could post...