Venice Dreams
In fact, the whole city, especially at night, resembles a gigantic orchestra, with dimly lit music stands of palazzi, with…
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Labor and construction: Ben & José
On bricklayers and welders, ca. 1951
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Italia 2025
This year’s trip to Italy came with unique challenges. Our primary aim was to launch the renovation of the Cigliano…
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La tiranía de Cronos / The Tyranny of Time
For years I have been fascinated by our obsession with making our watches –our instruments of time– fashionable. This impulse…
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Viaggio in Sicilia / 14: 27 giugno – giovedì
Our late afternoon flight from Palermo to Naples left us plenty of time to top off the Palermo leg of…
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Viaggio in Sicilia / 13: 26 giugno – mercoledì
A long day of art, architecture and the unique blend of the Byzantine-Arabic-Norman that defines medieval Sicily. The Day began…
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Viaggio in Sicilia / 12: 12 giugno – martedì
Today was billed as our Rick Steves Palermo walking tour day and, once again, RS did not disappoint! We began…
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Viaggio in Sicilia / 11: 24 giugno – lunedì
As mentioned, we completed our RS-guided-tour of Cefalù in the morning then headed out just before noon toward Palermo. The…
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Viaggio in Sicilia / 10: 23 giugno – domenica
We left Siracusa early and, en route to Cefalù, maneuvered our way to park near Catania’s Porta Uzeda then wandered…
