On November 10th, 2010, CORVIALE…
…is a massive Corbusian housing block designed by a team of Italian architects and built in 1972 in the southwestern outskirts of Rome – and I have recently…
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On November 4th, 2010, POTATOES GROWING IN BURLAP COFFEE BEAN BAGS IN WOOD FRUIT CRATES…
…is the cute, rustic, and homespun exception to my otherwise ‘trashy’ (in the best sense) garden of exclusively found, salvaged, and recycled goods with all of the plants…
On November 1st, 2010, ITALIAN TRAIN STATION GRAFFITTI…
…and their welcome colors are something I am admiring on the rails from Chiusi to Roma Trastevere this rainy afternoon.
On October 28th, 2010, FIRE DRILL AT THE ACADEMY…
…was an unexpectedly fun communal post-lunch social event signaled by the alarm bells and then culminating with the entire American Academy in Rome community gathered around a welcome…
On October 26th, 2010, DINNER WITH ALICE WATERS…
…at the American Academy in Rome tonight (over the delightful food prepared in the kitchen she revolutionized, and presided over by the indomitable indefatigable Mona Talbott) was a…
On October 25th, 2010, PRIAPUS BY BERNINI…
…presents a lovely bounty in basket and on head as you enter the back gardens as Villa Borghese, though the original now sits back in New York at…
On October 24th, 2010, ROMAN ROOFTOP HOMESTEAD ARRANGEMENT…
…is at version 3.0 with small revisions every day, and now my worm compost bin is outside too, so the worms can get a little fresh air.
On October 22nd, 2010, A SUNSET OVER ROOFTOP GARDEN PROGRESS…
…this evening as I continue to figure out what form this rooftop homestead should take, though I suspect it will continue to change, evolve, and mutate through the…
On October 21st, 2010, FLOCKS OF ROMAN STARLINGS…
…fill the skies out my window in fantastic shifting forms every evening as they make their way from the stone pines and plane trees on the top of…
On October 20th, 2010, LARGO DEI LIBRARI…
…which always gives me pleasure to pass on my way home – is the cutest piazza in Rome, a tiny space with a forced perspective that leads the…
On October 17th, 2010, A ROMAN ROOFTOP HOMESTEAD…
…is what I’ll be gradually making for myself this year, including a kitchen garden, bat and bee estates, worm compost bins, laundry lines, a garden of plants for…
On October 16th, 2010, ‘WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE?’…
a great quote by architect Vittorio Gregotti shown during a conference presentation at the Swiss Institute ….was the title of this weekend’s conference produced by the Depart Foundation…
On October 15th, 2010, THE DEPART FOUNDATION…
…the innovative contemporary art foundation with an international bent recently founded in Rome by Pierpaolo Barzan (which just co-produced the show “Hungry for Death” at the American Academy…
On October 14th, 2010, VILLA DORIA PAMPHILI…
…the nearby park and the largest in Rome is one of my favorite places in town – just outside the Aurelian wall at Porta San Pancrazio – where…
On October 13th, 2010, DONATO BRAMANTE’S TEMPIETTO…
…was the highlight of a quick visit a few steps down the hill to our Spanish neighbors at the Real Academia de Espana en Roma for a tour…
On October 12th, 2010, THE TORRE ARGENTINA ROMAN CAT SANCTUARY…
…was a highlight of my walk today, where I greeted a few of the circa 250 cat residents of some of the oldest temples in Rome, now the…
On October 10th, A WALK ALONG THE ROMAN AQUEDUCTS…
…starting near the storied Cinacitta’ complex at Anagnina (the last stop of the Metro A Line) and ending near the Termini – was a day long urban hike…
On October 9th, 2010, ADALBERTO LIBERA…
…is the Italian Fascist architect (1903 – 1963) who designed the Via Marmolata post office I passed on my evening walk through Testaccio (which is becoming my favorite…
On October 8th, 2010, VILLA BORGHESE LIGHT SHOW…
…is a mystical presence on the Roman skyline as seen from my window tonight. (Wikipedia page)
On October 7th, 2010, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE’S ‘ITALIAN JOURNEY’…
…an account of his hastily planned 1786-87 trip south to escape his humdrum daily obligations in Germany and luxuriate in the Italian culture he had been dreaming about…