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Those artichokes look soooo good! Barry and I were there once during a festival that involved many artichokes and lots of garlic!
Commented Feb 4, 2013 on Market day at Room with a View
Market day
In anticipation of Mandy's arrival at Mimi tomorrow, Davis and I took a stroll to the St. Ambrogio market to fortify our paltry grocery stores. Some fruit, some meat, lotsa cheese. You know. Appetizers with a nod to breakfast. What fun it is shopping in a place where food is art. Thoughtfull...
Looks like a wonderful way to while away an afternoon! Then espresso -- or is that only in the AM? !!
Commented Jan 31, 2013 on Fleas are bilingual. at Room with a View
Fleas are bilingual.
So the last Sunday of the month here in Florence is reserved for the big antiques flea market. Staged over several blocks surrounding the Piazza del Ciompi, hundreds of vendors set up with acres of, well, stuff. Davis and I took a wander over and had a blissful time poking and prodding the merc...
Amazing that you have wifi! And great food and wine all in one package!
Commented Jan 28, 2013 on Husbandry of power at Room with a View
Husbandry of power
Orgy Well, gentle readers... Here we are again. Florence in the winter. Cool, a bit windy, but sunny and fresh. (And just shaken, but not stirred with a tiny earthquake!) After a pleasant but somewhat epic journey from home to here -- about 18 hours start to finish -- aboard the ever-effici...
You're making me dream of revisiting Italy with my childhood friend -- we made the trip in 1972, and would love to reconnect with each other and the place in a similar way.
Commented Feb 13, 2012 on The more things change... at Room with a View
The more things change...
Thirty-five years ago, two wide-eyed college girls gazed wistfully back at a vanishing city as their train crossed the Venetian lagoon. They had spent two weeks at the conclusion of a European semester surrounded by the mystic, surreal beauty of Venice, one of the world's treasures and most ext...
Wow, gives me a whole new perspective when I see my co-workers with the headphones on!
Commented Jul 13, 2011 on Pop Quiz at At The End Of The Day
Pop Quiz
Like many workplaces, Garrand folk often plug in to gain head space. We're a largely open concept shop, so there's noise, and distractions. Lots of us listen while we work. In the interest of social science, I thought it would be cool to see what folks have in their ears. Of the twenty one co...
It's hard to think about saying goodbye, both to Italy and to city life. It's all the interaction that makes it so exciting and so different every day. It takes me back, even for a few moments -- we were there during Labor Day which is May 1, and saw parades of drummers, vendors, merrymakers all times of the day or night. Not to be forgotten quickly.
Commented Mar 17, 2011 on Piazza means togetherness at Room with a View
Piazza means togetherness
Over the course of three months, I've seen the Piazza Santa Croce -- my front yard -- in all kinds of weather, late at night and early in the morning. I've watched families and kids play kick ball, musicians play jazz and Turkish and African entrepreneurs flog their wares. Relentlessly. (NO, ...
"no ice" says it all! Barry and I found a few of these places, the experiences are so much richer, all around!
Commented Mar 14, 2011 on Let's all eat where the locals do... at Room with a View
Let's all eat where the locals do...
In a big tourist town like Florence, it's easy to get oneself trapped into authentic looking trattorias where real Florentines would never tread. (Can you say DiMillo's Floating Restaurant and Gift Shoppe?) The food is mediocre, the service phony and unctious and the prices outrageous. I have,...
This will be a time of mixed emotions, hoping you can enjoy your time there. Taking care of yourself and others is so important.
Commented Feb 16, 2011 on Making lemonaide at Room with a View
Making lemonaide
It's drizzling here in Firenza. The night sky is watercolored, hazy, muted. The air is heavy, but warm. Ever so blurry. After a long day and night of travel, after a long few weeks of decline, demise and remorse, my mother and I are here. My dad is gone. I rubbed the cinghiale's nose, and, as w...
Are you worried about Hurricane Tomas?!!
Commented Nov 3, 2010 on Wind, Trust, Birds, and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel at Harts At Sea
Wind, Trust, Birds, and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
What is this woman doing? And why would she allow this photo on her blog? Keep reading to find out. We left New York on Thursday at 1:00 in the afternoon, sailed off the anchor, and out of the harbor. Delightful. We had a terrific sail from New York to the Chesapeake. EW yearned for winds and...
It's getting colder & colder here -- hope things warm as you move south!!
Commented Oct 20, 2010 on EW at the helm as we enter the Cape Cod Canal. I call that a successful night passage. at Harts At Sea
EW at the helm as we enter the Cape Cod Canal. I call that a successful night passage.
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We tuned into MSNBC for the entertainment value, and stayed there, although we skipped to ABC and NBC during the "commercial breaks". We liked the spirited give & take among the personalities, always hoping it would devolve into open argument. All the melodrama dissolved when the results were announced at 11 pm, and the real stars of the evening emerged: Winner Obama and loser McCain.
Commented Nov 7, 2008 on An Election Party! at At The End Of The Day
An Election Party!
Last night's historic election to me also defined new ways to get election coverage and share results with friends in virtual election parties that we didn't even plan to set up. New media was as much of the party as tradtional network television. Broadcast networks proved that, for breaking ne...
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