venezia blog

The first time I noticed the life-size tank and giant pair of hands on the side of Canale Scomenzera, on the busy fondamenta at the weste...

Palazzo Pisani-Moretta was lit up red last night for some kind of private festivity All was quiet at the land entrance to Ca' Barb...

The thing about the Festa della Santa Maria della Salute is that no matter how tall the candle you buy it's unlikely to have a chance...

Almost as important as the vendors of candles at this festa are those of balloons; no Venetian child goes home without one. The cro...

We've been here in Cortina D'Ampezzo since Thursday with almost no internet connection--which is rather nice--so please excuse ...

At my son's small Waldorf pre-school (or asilo steineriana, as it is called here) the Festa di San Martino is a nocturnal one and la...

photo credit: Joe Lay As I post this we are actually right in the middle of a storm, so the title is wishful thinking at this point. T...