Double Brioche
Little did I know that these chocolate-dusted (and, therefore, cough-inducing) pastries were FILLED with, what else?! Chocolate and Vanilla Creme. This is not an uncommon breakfast for an...
Synonyms, Language & Grocery Shopping
Sweet or Savory? Based on appearances, these little cracker/cookies could have gone either way. Unfortunately, I was in the mood for a little, sweet cookie, so my stomach overruled my mind. ...
Thin Resources
Who would take a perfectly lovely life and tossed it up in the air, only to move halfway around the world to a completely unknown life?! To have done this, and to make it work, requires inner...
Vinegar at 4:00 a.m.
My mosquito bites are driving me pazza! No, that doesn't mean I feel like I'm covered with tomato sauce and cheese, but maybe that's exactly the home remedy I need at 4 in the morning! Quick!...
Blue Head, Five Eyes
The mural right across the grassy patch from the "Ozmo Mural".
G8 Graphics
Posters of the G8 participants have been in all of the subway stations, during the time leading up to the G8 Summit that was held in L'Aquila this last week. These were on rotating displays, that...
Enjoy Your Life
Here's an imperative for all of us, created in tilework in the Metro subway here in Milano. (Darn, I didn't note which subway stop... It might be Monte Napoleone.)
Guardiano Idraulico
Another early evening ride along the canal on a smooth bike. A beautiful temperature and gorgeous light.
Maybelline & Milano
There's just something about this huge Maybelline ad sky-high against the duomo that doesn't quite fit.
Ciao?
I just liked this! (Is that a highly stylized "ciao"? Or a tag? It could be both.) And here are other portions of the same sign:
I Tour Milano with My Fingertips
Sabato 4 luglio • Saturday, July 4 Journal Entry Wandering Via Monte Napoleone... How will I survive here without my sewing machine? I might BURST! Jil Sander and Kenzo have such details. Insets....
Canal-side Afternoon
After a couple of morning rides along the Naviglio Pavese canal, I was anxious to see it in the late afternoon light. I knew the whole sense would be different, and the building canal-sides would be...