Thursday, September 27, 2012

Picnic in the Calle

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photo credit: Jen The above is NOT, I repeat, NOT something any visitor to Venice should do in Piazza San Marco or any other campo or c...
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Thursday, September 20, 2012

Fellini on the Grand Canal

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Are you in Venice right now, or will you be before the 30th of September? Would you like to have a fine exhibition in a palazzo on the Gr...
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

The Big Ships Won't Go Away

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photo credit: Elisabetta Favaretti Aside from being busy with other things, I've been reluctant to put up a post about last Sunday...
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Friday, September 14, 2012

Libreria Marco Polo Celebrates 10 Years, This Evening

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The fascinating little bookstore Libreria Marco Polo, right behind the beautiful little church of San Giovanni Grisostomo, celebrated ten...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

The Flower of Chivalry

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Was it Proust that compared great cathedrals to novels? Or, more likely, his own great novel to great cathedrals? In any case, it's n...
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Saturday, September 8, 2012

Last Burst of Summer

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This weekend marks the official end of the summer season in Venice: Sunday is the last day for people to clean our their capanne , those ...
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Monday, September 3, 2012

A Little More on the Regata Storica

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It must be wonderful to watch the Regata Storica from a palazzo on the Grand Canal, and among the more engaging sights of the whole event...
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