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I would go back to Venice. (See my next post for why that might not be a good idea.) The city is small and walkable, it has excellent public transportation that takes you from the airport to the train station and onto the island of Venice seamlessly. There are wonderful artisans and delicious food. HereContinue reading “Good to Know About Venice”

Rates of adult obesity are much lower in Italy than the US, yet Italians eat delicious dishes (Roman fried artichokes, veal scallopine, eggplant parmesan, gelato, cannoli). How do they do it? I’ve found one way. They only eat lunch sitting down! In the morning, every cafe sells “caffè e cornetto”, expresso and a croissant (notContinue reading “The Mediterranean Diet?”

One stupendous appropriation of archaeology by an artist at the Biennale was the exhibit by Damien Hirst, “Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable”. This work takes up a total of almost 40 rooms in two different buildings and is not a part of the Biennale but is displayed as though it were an associatedContinue reading “Art in the age of Post-Truth: Damien Hirst at the Venice Biennale”

This is our apartment in Venice. It is small, but well located next door to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. During the day it is noisy, especially when school and tour groups arrive and leave the Guggenheim, but after 6 pm it is quiet. Este es nuestro apartamento en Venecia. Es pequeño, pero bien situado alContinue reading “La Serenissima”

Most of the action in Venice is on the main streets. That’s where the shops are located, and where you can get from one place to another without getting hopelessly lost. When you go off on a side street, it may be completely empty, but occasionally you get a glimpse of courtyards and secret gardens.Continue reading “Hidden Venice”