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…
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On February 19th, 2011, ‘URBAN HOMESTEAD’…
…is a term that has been around since at least the 1970’s, so it was with some surprise when we heard the press swirling with stories about a…
On February 18th, 2011, THE FOOD OF ROME AND LAZIO…
…the 1994 book by Oretta Zanini de Vita full of fascinating accounts of Roman’s relationships to food through time featuring folklore and recipes (with chapters including Mills on…
On February 17th, 2011, SHELLS ON THE WALLS…
…is something I would never ever ever ever have done to the surfaces around me back at casa L.A., I just don’t like stuff around, but hanging those…
On February 16th, 2011, COMING OUT OF THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FLU (PART II)…
…there’s nothing quite like it to make you appreciate the little things again (you know, like being able to walk across the room at more than a shuffle,…
On February 14th, 2011, ROOFTOP PLANTING CRATES…
…and their happy healthy plant residents enjoying this afternoon’s sun, are visible out the window as I shuffle around in my dim influenza delerium, at least encouraged to…
On February 13th, CAFFÉ D’ORZO…
…is my sick bed salvation coffee substitute which I have always loved anyway – a classic roasted caffiene-free barley drink brewed in the stove-top mocca coffee maker –…
On February 12th, ALMOND TREE BLOSSOMS…
…are popping up in back – a late-mid-winter color boost – but I’m hearing from the gardeners that the mice usually get to the almonds well before they…
On February 11th, 2011, EGYPTIAN YOUTH…
…are my heros (managing to depose a tyrant while self-organizing to clean the streets where they were protesting – very classy).
On February 10th, 2011, DUCK RAMP…
…is what I found in the pond at Villa Doria Pamphili this afternoon, installed by some thoughtful human, allowing the many duck residents to access the extensively wooded…
On February 9th, 2011, CAVALO NERO…
…or ‘black cabbage’ (a loose-leaf Italian cabbage, or kale) has been on our plates almost every day this winter, and today will be no exception, as I harvest…
On February 8th, 2011, LES BALLETS C DE LA B….
…the Gent based dance company featured at the Equilibrio Festival at Auditorium Parco della Musica tonight, performed ‘Primero – Erscht’ – staged on bright green astroturf with vintagey…
On February 7th, 2011, STEFANO BOERI…
…the Milanese architect, teacher, and magazine editor spoke tonight (being much more gracious than I would have been when the projector didn’t work and he wasn’t able to…
On February 6th, 2011, LES SLOVAKS DANCE COLLECTIVE…
…comprised of the very charismatic Slovakian boys Milan Herich, Peter Jaško, Anton Lachký, Milan Tomášik and Martin Kilvády with highly individuated and endearing personalities (friends since childhood who…
On February 5th, 2011, COLLETTIVO 320 CHILI…
…the young Italian dance collective (or contemporary circus company, Compagnia di Circo Contemporaneo, as they also refer to themselves, whose name refers to the total weight of the…
On February 4th, 2011, UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA ‘SAPIENZA’ – FACOLTÀ DI ARCHITETTURA…
…is the Italian school of architecture – with a building just north of Piazza del Popolo (whose suggestive nature from certain points of view was recently pointed out…
On February 3rd, 2011, CIMITERO DEGLI ACATTOLICI AL TESTACCIO…
…or “Cimitero degli Inglesi,” or ‘The Protestant Cemetery in Rome,” or the cemetery of artists and poets – such as Keats and Shelley – is a mysterious hidden…
On February 2nd, 2011, THE LETTUCE REPORT…
…from the Roman rooftop garden is good – and though some are still looking small and scrappy after months in the ground, growing very slowly with the cool…
On February 1st, 2011, GROTTO…
…or grotta in Italian, following up on yesterday’s thoughts on rustication, is another example of the thrilling primitive architectural underbelly of the Florentine Renaissance – today seen at…
On January 31st, 2011, RUSTICATION…
…the roughly hewn stonework often used on the lower floors of palazzi as an expression of fortification and solidity – which I recall studying in college classes on…