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!
Vintage Eyeglasses at Foto Veneta Ottica
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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...
Antiques are older in Italy
The day of the Mercatone Antiquariato—big, antiquarian market—here in Milano, stretching out along both sides and the...
Here comes the rain.
Here it is: Rain in Milano. I've been keeping an eye on the weather forecast and their prediction of rain for today...
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....
What did I pack?
You've all heard "Pack light! Pack light!" I agree, absolutely. And I think about EVERY single thing that goes into...
Home Again
Home again. It amuses and pleases me that returning to Milano, Italia, is so known and so comfortable. This is my...
At Home Along Milan’s Grand Canal
Journal Entry: Wednesday, 12 September 2018 - Milan Did I really just arrive in my home-away-from-home, Milan, this...
Machine Guns and Fireworks
Journal Entry. 1 Gennaio 2017 (January 1, 2017) - Milano Day 3 of a cold that has kept me layin' low. Enforced rest....
Liberty in Milan
How many times has someone said to me with a sneer, "Oh… Milan. It's so gray and industrial." They turn up their noses...
Home Away from Home in Milano
Stormy, wild wind and rain last night here in Milano. End of summer, early fall. But I arrived four days ago to a day...
Hungry? Eat this!
For the record, "Italian Food" is SO much more than pizza, spaghetti, ravioli and fettucine alfredo. In fact,...
So hot I’m sweating in the middle of the night
Hand-sewn, vintage linen is not enough to help stay cool close to midnight on what was a 95-degree day with high...
Magic and Marvel
Journal Entry - 2 June, 2013 - Milano Early Sunday morning and I've opened up the house to the first warm breeze since...
Typographic Jam Session
"Affamata di Sapere" - "Hungry to Know". That seemed like a meaty phrase around...
Market Day is Saturday
In this neighborhood, Saturday is market day. A string of city blocks nearby is blocked off and filled to the brim...
At Home in Milano
(Click on each image to enlarge it.) 17 May 2013, 3:03 p.m. - Milano The nightingale is singing in my courtyard and...
Hiatus
It's been a pause, a respite from one endeavor so I could shift energies and surge headlong into others. I took a...