Festive with Lights
In addition to the International Festival of Light that's present in Milano right now, there are special light displays and decorations all over town. I like the illuminated scrolls that line the...
International Festival of Light
Milan is currently the host of 33 large-scale lighting installations. (6 December - 10 January.) In the evenings, I've wandered through town to see the pieces and love how it changes the night...
It’s Snowing in Milano!
The fridgy day and the taunting sky followed through on their promise and have coated us all with 2 inches of snow. And it's still coming down. What will I wake up to? If there's a thick, white...
Brrr! It’s Fridgy!
We awoke to a dusting of snow in Milano yesterday. Today the sky taunts us with more. The air has a chill I haven't felt here before, and the thermometer in my apartment has dropped 4 degrees. With...
Truffle Breath
I have truffle breath. I've just "eaten my way across the country" without leaving Milano, and I sampled so many incredible foods, who needs dinner?! It wasn't enough to spend half a day at the...
Illumination at the Duomo
It was about 6:30 on a Sunday evening and I thought I was merely going to a champagne-tasting I had been told of. As it turned out, I came up out of the subway into a massive, standing-room-only...
“Obei Obei”
It's the holiday season, and it starts with a rush here in early December. Today, December 7, is the Feast Day of Milan's Patron Saint, Sant'Ambrogio; it's a citywide holiday. This day is followed...
What are the highlights?
One of my cousins just wrote to me and asked, "What are the highlights of your time in Milan… so far?" I've been mulling it over all day. Hard one to answer. I think the highlights have been mostly...
Silence at 4:00 a.m.
The other night, lying wide awake at 4:00 a.m., I realized I heard nothing except my own breathing. The relentlessness and menu of sounds around here, makes silence rare and startling. It's been...
It’s Beginning to Look…
...a lot like Christmas. Thanksgiving tomorrow and no sign of a turkey on my horizon, except for the snippet I had on Sunday. After searching the entire Saturday street market, I DID finally find...
Thanksgiving Milanese-Style
What a really nice group of people! I enjoyed a Thanksgiving Luncheon today with the "Americans in Milan" (AIM) group from the larger Benvenuto Club. About 70 people gathered at the Hotel Gallia for...
Lunch with “The Girls”
After 5 months here in Milano, I've finally had people over for a meal! I invited Evelina, Glenda and Lydia, from the office at NABA, to come join me for lunch. We all see each other whenever I'm on...