Sunday, June 29, 2014

A Taste of the Festa di San Pietro di Castello, A Taste of Times Past

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Some of my fondest memories of childhood are of the church festivals at which my grandmother and her sister used to cook the pasta and sa...
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Friday, June 27, 2014

3 Views of Festa di San Pietro di Castello (or San Piero de Casteo), This Evening

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please click on this and the other images to enlarge There were plenty of tables set up for diners on land, near the grills where th...
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

On Looking for a Quiet Place to Eat in Venice, Barbarians, Gates, and the Big Beat

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"Everybody dance now!": The visual distance of the above party boat belies its unfortunate auditory proximity Another day, a...
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Saturday, June 21, 2014

Saturday in the Park with a Bunch of Georges, Today

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Stephen Sondheim's famous musical was, like the painting that inspired it ( A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jattee ), se...
Thursday, June 19, 2014

La Festa del Redentore May be Dead (This Year), Long Live La Festa del Redentore!

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Would the cancellation of the official, pyrotechnical Festa del Redentore return the event to Venetians? The headline on yesterday's...
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Saturday, June 14, 2014

Procession of Sant'Antonio, Last Night

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St Anthony of Padova was famous during his short life (he died at age 35) as a preacher, and since his canonization as the go-to spiritua...
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Thursday, June 12, 2014

A Life-changing Event

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Our friend's larger heavier sanpierota tows home our own boat yesterday evening, with Sandro (barely visible behind the 9.9 hp engine...
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