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Quite a Git-Up
As I was returning home from Firenze and taking the metro from the train station, this couple was practically "doing the one-two" on the subway! That's quite a git-up they've got going there. (No....
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 grudgingly, allowing spring to tip toe in. It's rained much of this last week, and I...
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. Why wait until the city gets around to patching chuckholes on this minor road?...
Fractal Fibonacci Romanesco*
They call it "Cavolfiore" or Cauliflower here, but Americans call it "Romanesco Broccoli". Either way, it tastes great, it's absolutely beautiful, and it's math on your plate. The Romanesco is a...
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? The Uovo Performing Arts Festival included one "performance" yesterday of 30...
I Met Mary!
Last June, just a few days after I had arrived here in Milano, I went to the Cimitero Monumentale - the Monumental Cemetery - to look around. It is, indeed, "monumental" and every bit worth an...
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 sell lovely household linens (sheets and towels) and they had a curious display...
Prosciutto Soup
The other day I noticed the section in the meat department at the grocery store where they sell the "ends" of the prosciutto, mortadella, salami and other meats. I bought a prosciutto end for just a...