Skip Pompeii, go to Herculaneum
August 27, 2010 – 10:50 am | View Comments

I was searching through some photos from field trips that I led for UGA in 2008 in a bout of nostalgia brought on by an upcoming visit from my friends Roy and Terry who were …

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Welcome to my world: living in florence italy
June 23, 2010 – 5:41 pm | View Comments
Welcome to my world: living in florence italy

Everyone who hears where I live and what I do for a job (after a stint in study abroad I became a professional blogger) responds in pretty much the same way: “wow, you are so …

Public toilets in Florence
June 22, 2010 – 3:15 pm | View Comments
Public toilets in Florence

The city of Florence has been making a bit more of an effort to offer clean public toilets around the city, which is, of course, good news for tourists.
So the other day I was in …

Made in Italy: a ceiling lamp with personality
June 20, 2010 – 1:33 pm | View Comments
Made in Italy: a ceiling lamp with personality

We just installed our new Frizzi, a ceiling lamp made in Italy by Nemo and designed by Karim Rashid in 2005. It’s our first real design object in the house, if you don’t count designers …

Rome art and jazz in the Borghese gardens
June 17, 2010 – 9:37 am | View Comments
Rome art and jazz in the Borghese gardens

Another lovely art, music, and aperitivo combination this summer in Rome in the Borghese Gardens. The museum is the Museo Carlo Bilotti, while the aperitivo with jazz music is held at the nearby Casina del …

Dive Glamour & moda exhibit in Florence: vintage photos and clothes!
June 16, 2010 – 11:00 am | View Comments
Dive Glamour & moda exhibit in Florence: vintage photos and clothes!

Vintage photos and clothing to die for at Aria Art Gallery in Florence at the exhibit “Dive Glamour e Moda” opening today (June 16 to August 29, 2010) in correspondence with Pitti Uomo.
The photos are …

Alessi Objects and Projects, Munich
June 15, 2010 – 8:59 am | View Comments
Alessi Objects and Projects, Munich

Alessi: perhaps the most famous brand of Italian design, as well as one of the more accessible (you can own a little piece of modernity for 25 euros).

An exhibit at the International Design …

Le Murate Aperitivo on Monday nights
June 11, 2010 – 12:00 pm | View Comments
Le Murate Aperitivo on Monday nights

Called “Aperto alLe Murate“, every Monday night this summer – starting June 16 2010 – Le Murate will be open for aperitif and cultural offerings from 7-9pm. A free glass of wine is provided by …

Blue walls: Florence’s Bardini Museum and Isabel Stewart Gardner
June 10, 2010 – 2:55 pm | View Comments
Blue walls: Florence’s Bardini Museum and Isabel Stewart Gardner

When the Bardini Museum reopened last year the most remarkable aspect of the restoration was the return of Stefano Bardini’s blue walls. Bardini, a 19th century art dealer, left his show room and gallery, housed …

Best Kept Travel Secrets free EBook for Charity
May 30, 2010 – 2:27 pm | View Comments
Best Kept Travel Secrets free EBook for Charity

Last January I wrote an article called three best art – travel secrets for Florence that was part of an initiative by Katie from Tripbase. Bloggers tagged each other to contribute their secrets. Since Katie …

Florence card is here: 33 museums in one
May 22, 2010 – 11:15 am | View Comments
Florence card is here: 33 museums in one

We’ve been waiting for about a year (I wrote about the plans for a Florence Museum Card and other ways to get discounts in June 2009) and here it is: the Florence Museum card will …

As Soon as Possible @Strozzina Florence
May 20, 2010 – 7:32 pm | View Comments
As Soon as Possible @Strozzina Florence

Kant: Time is in us and we are in time.
The white rabbit: I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date.
The exhibit “As soon as possible – acceleration in contemporary society” at Strozzina in Florence …

Frank Lloyd Wright in Fiesole (exhibit in summer 2010)
May 20, 2010 – 2:44 pm | View Comments
Frank Lloyd Wright in Fiesole (exhibit in summer 2010)

In 2010, Fiesole celebrates the centenary of Frank Lloyd Wright’s stay in Fiesole and the influence of his organic architecture on the Florentine School. There will be two exhibits, publications, and conferences. This is certainly …

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