On August 28th, 2011, B&B AT PORTO SELVAGGIO…
…the beautiful beach cove, I had read about and dreamt about while researching Puglia last winter, which is isolated in a nature preserve just north of Galipoli and…
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On August 27th, 2011, THE SALENTO WATERMELON HARVEST…
…never happened this year since it would cost the farmers more to harvest them than they could then sell them for – leading to some sad but beautiful…
On August 26th, 2011, GENOVA CENTRAL MARKET…
…is a pleasure the way all Italian markets are, where you are given an instant taste of the precise season, climate, weather, landscape, culture, economy, history, habits, and…
On August 25th, 2011, PALAZZO SAN GIORGIO IN GENOVA…
…the Italian town I have been curious about and yet to visit was conveniently on my way from Aix-en-Provence to Brindisi, so after a long windy scenic train…
On July 28th, 2011, CIAO ROMA, CIAO, CIAO, CIAO…
…was sad to say this morning at 10:15am as we took off from Fiumicino, USA bound for a couple of weeks before returning to bounce around Europe for…
On July 20th, 2011, TREVIGNANO ROMANO…
…is the village overlooking Lake Bracciano north of Rome where we traveled this afternoon to interview Massimo at Agriturismo Acquaranda, for the Roma Mangia Roma book, to hear…
On July 19th, 2011, SCANDRIGLIA…
…in the Sabina of Lazio was the destination of our morning road trip to visit Oretta Zanini de Vita (the font of inspiration and information regarding cucina Italiana…
On July 17th, 2011, SPERLONGA…
…was my last minute destination of choice this morning to escape the city for a day, biking to Termini and hopping on a train to take me to…
On July 16th, 2011, ITALIAN DEBT…
…and financial woes are making international news, with austerity plans in the works (here is an Guardian editorial by my political hero from Puglia, Nichi Vendola), and this…
On July 10th, 2011, LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA…
…is mostly my reason for stopping off on my way north to Germany – to my old island home (from 1990-91 while studying at I.U.A.V. – though it…
On July 7th, 2011, WALKING AND BIKING THROUGH CLIFFS…
…along the stunning coastline of the Italian Riviera in Levanto just north of Cinque Terre is made possible thanks to the re-routing of the train line inland, which made…
On July 6th, 2011, CINQUE TERRE…
…or ‘five lands’ are the colorful Ligurian villages hugging the rugged coastline of the Italian Riviera which have maintained their precious antiquated state, partially due to their inaccessibility…
On July 5th, 2011, LEVANTO…
…is the Ligurian beach town where my friend, and before that her her mother, grew up spending summers in a cute yellow house on the main street of…
On June 24th, 2011, ROMA MANGIA ROMA INTERVIEW #15…
…conducted yesterday just blocks from my studio on the top floor of a modern Monteverde apartment building was with Gianfranco Baruchello (b. 1924) – the Roman artist whose book…
On June 19th, 2011, CAPRAROLA…
…is the most idyllic and purely conceived of hilltop Lazian towns which we have made a Sunday pilgrimage to, around Monti Cimini and dominated by the great pentagonal…
On June 16th, 2011, STALKING PUGLIA…
…is what I have been up to (as any Italian friend who I have bored with endless Puglia talk and questions over the past six months knows well),…
On June 5th, 2011, PERUGIA’s COMPLESSO DI FONTIVEGGE …
…the sad deserted wastelandish no-mans-land 1988 iconic civic center with town hall, theater, housing project, and modern piazza elevated on a parking podium by renowned Italian architect Aldo…
On June 4th, 2011, FESTARCH…
…a massive architects gathering in it’s first year in Perugia – is where I headed this morning to hear from a few of the endless list of design…
On June 1st, 2011, CALCATA…
…is the medieval hill town we have traveled an hour north of Rome to visit this morning – having been on the top of my list of obscure…
On April 24th, 2011, GARDENS OF NINFA…
…is what now occupies the small Roman village which was sacked and abandoned to malaria in the Middle Ages just off Via Appia Antica south of Rome –…