tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post551227347884569934..comments2024-03-28T07:52:07.647-04:00Comments on venezia blog: Dining Al Fresco: Five More Views of Trattoria alle VignoleSteven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-49874281048148541922015-05-31T11:46:06.634-04:002015-05-31T11:46:06.634-04:00The hole in the wall is a good idea, Anon, but I&#...The hole in the wall is a good idea, Anon, but I'd reached a point at which even being in the same room with that wall seemed intolerable, much less getting within drilling distance. La Signora's architect told me, when I ran into one afternoon in the street, that the apartment was rented for a few days to some (unfortunate) Swedes for the opening of the Biennale, but since that time (early May), it has been completely shuttered each time I have passed it. Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-65295352418826920442015-05-22T16:02:10.439-04:002015-05-22T16:02:10.439-04:00Back to the miasmic apartment, I think I would hav...Back to the miasmic apartment, I think I would have been very tempted to drill a tiny hole into the false wall. And I wonder if anyone has subsequently signed up for the lease? Should you warn them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-87082578733271043342015-05-21T11:15:01.345-04:002015-05-21T11:15:01.345-04:00I don't mean to keep you in suspense but I'...I don't mean to keep you in suspense but I've been waiting to complete the last unpleasant step in the whole mess: trying to get our money back... I can tell you I have no additional information about what was behind the false wall, and I'm sure neither the landlord nor her lawyer are going to offer any information about that; as far as they are concerned (or will admit) everything in the apartment is perfect. But by next week I hope to be able to write of how things end up. Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-48455499440769076642015-05-21T11:08:49.267-04:002015-05-21T11:08:49.267-04:00Nope, Bert, it's two against one. That's d...Nope, Bert, it's two against one. That's definitely San Giorgio Maggiore. I was able to blow up the original image on Lightroom to confirm it and it bears little resemblance to the campanile of S Francesco della Vigne--among many other things, the roof of S Francesco is brown, not green. Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-26048595232054999922015-05-21T11:02:42.379-04:002015-05-21T11:02:42.379-04:00Thanks, Beta, you're right, that is the campan...Thanks, Beta, you're right, that is the campanile of San Giorgio Maggiore. That's the problem with rushing to add captions...Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-58787973356394244462015-05-20T19:36:39.566-04:002015-05-20T19:36:39.566-04:00You're both wrong; that's the campanile of...You're both wrong; that's the campanile of the church of San Francesco dell Vigna in the distance.Berthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04432970663201300004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-72928542100074861542015-05-19T10:31:08.663-04:002015-05-19T10:31:08.663-04:00This trattoria sounds very pleasant, but please pu...This trattoria sounds very pleasant, but please put us out of our suspense. <br /><br />What was revealed finally about the doomed apartment?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-50600939469069397102015-05-18T11:32:06.957-04:002015-05-18T11:32:06.957-04:00"The view of the trattoria's landing dock..."The view of the trattoria's landing dock; the church of San Pietro di Castello and the campanile of San Giorgio Maggiore in the distance"betahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00021788227005334973noreply@blogger.com