On March 9th, 2011, TREE SUNRISE…
…with birds over the volcanic Colli Albani from the terrace windows at 6:56am.
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On March 8th, 2011, FUOCHI D’ARTIFICIO…
…(fireworks) light up Rome over Piazza del Popolo viewed from my window tonight, closing Carnevale. A chiusura dell’edizione 2011 del Carnevale Romano, dalla terrazza del Pincio, un grande…
On March 7th, 0211, THE GREEN AURELIAN WALL…
…(the vast circuit of Roman city walls hastily built from 271-275 AD) is bursting with all variety of weedy green plant life after months of cool rainy weather,…
On March 5th, 2011, ROMAN APARTMENT BALCONIES…
…(from the Italian ‘balcone‘) is the private domestic outdoor space available to most Romans, which they try to make the most of – usually full of plants and…
On March 4th, 2011, UNDERGROUND ROMAN MOTO REPAIR…
…just down the hill from me, which I pass everyday on my way through Trastevere, is cool, as is any underground activity, space, home, institution or business –…
On February 26th, 2011, ‘ROMA MANGIA ROMA’ INTERVIEW #1 IN MONTEVERDE…
…this afternoon with a young local resident living in cozy top floor quarters of a 1930’s fascist apartment block (previously cheap working class housing, now expensive sought after…
On February 20th, 2011, PIAZZA DI SIENA…
…where the equestrian events of the 1960 Roman Olympiad were held and where occasional equestrian events are still staged today within the public park and gardens of Villa…
On January 27th, 2011, THE SUN RISING OVER ROME…
…viewed from my East facing studio window is something I anticipate every morning during the approximate two and a half hours from the time I am rising at…
On January 23rd, 2011, TWO BIG NAKED MEN WITH LONG FLOWING CAPES…
…greeted me as I was passing through Michelangelo‘s Piazza del Campidoglio this morning – Castor and Pollux, or Dioskouroi, twin cavalieri sons of Zues.
On January 19th, 2011, KNIFE SHARPENING ON VIA LEONINA…
…in Monti (my new favorite neighborhood of Rome – with the most personal little clothing stores in town – which I was seeking out today since it seems…
On January 18th, 2011, A FOGGY SUNRISE…
…and plants hanging out of a pair of oval portals that I stumbled upon during an all-afternoon bike-ride were the highlights of a day that ended with a…
On January 7th, 2011, ORANGES AND LEMONS…
…from the trees out back are keeping me buzzed on a daily infusion of fresh citrus – when I arrived in September it was the grapes and figs…
On December 29th, 2010, PIRAMIDE CESTIA…
…the ancient burial pyramid of Caius Cestius built circa 8-12BC originally located in the open countryside and later integrated into the expanded Roman fortifications of the Aurelian Walls…
On December 28th, 2010, VILLA SCIARRA…
…is the hidden public park just around the corner which I have escaped to this morning – with sun shining and flu waning – named for the villa…
On December 27th, 2010, COMING OUT OF THE FOG OF MY INFLUENZA ROMANA…
…after 5 days in bed and now the sun is going down.
On December 19th, 2010, I WANT TO RIDE MY BICYCLE…
…which I just bought on Clivo Portuense the street with all of the bicycle/moped shops by Porta Portese – now that the rains have stopped – and already…
On December 16th, 2010, A COLD ROMAN SUNRISE…
…looks deceptively warm, but no…brrr.
On December 14th, 2010, SMOKE OVER ROMAN PROTESTS…
…is what I am seeing out my window now, (while watching live video from Corriere della Sera of the dramatic scene on the streets below) as it was…
On December 9th, 2010, TRAMONTO SUL TEVERE…
…was viewed in haste on the pedestrian river crossing of Ponte Sisto – my favorite Tiber bridge & my tranquil expressway into the center – at 16:30 which…
On November 27th, 2010, JOAN JONAS TALKS AT MAXXI…
…which is the dramatic new Zaha Hadid designed ‘Museum of 21st Century Art’ (surrounded by an unfortunate expanse of endless shadeless tree-free unwelcoming concrete which seems to function…