…is the Italian Fascist architect (1903 – 1963) who designed the Via Marmolata post office I passed on my evening walk through Testaccio (which is becoming my favorite part of town), and who was also responsible for the great Casa Malparte in Capri which I had the pleasure of visiting on an adventure in my ..
Archives : October-2010
…is a mystical presence on the Roman skyline as seen from my window tonight. (Wikip..
…an account of his hastily planned 1786-87 trip south to escape his humdrum daily obligations in Germany and luxuriate in the Italian culture he had been dreaming about – is what I had the pleasure of reading while making a much speedier trip south yesterday, flying from Schiphol to Fiumicino in about 2 hours, where ..
…is being created in the North Sea to extend the Port of Rotterdam, and today I had a tour of the mind-blowing vastness of this operation – not to be completed until 2030 – where I was also able to view a blind for bird-watching in this industrial landscape, and dress in an exciting fluorescent ..
…this evening at the wonderful Stroom – described as “an independent foundation established in 1989 as is a centre for art and architecture with a wide range of activities, starting from the visual arts, architecture, urban planning and design the program focuses on the urban environment.” – features exhibition spaces, public programming, commissioned civic projects, ..
…is the coolest thing in town for me today, which I have come across on a few occasions during past visits and again today as I staggered around town for the afternoon in a contented dreamy daze after a new record of six straight hours of deep sleep on the flight – over to..
…was a stunning culinary, pastoral, heartland experience created by Anne Trumble of Emerging Terrain that featured beautiful 20’x80′ images by local artists covering the silos visible from the freeway, an endless gorgeously set table with hand made pottery and wood platters, some of the best squash of I have ever tasted, and perfect autumnal prairie ..
…7pm this evening as the Fall 2010 Vanguard Speaker at the Joclyn Art Museum Witherspoon Concert Hall in Omaha (where eleven years ago I stayed a night with my aunt & uncle as I drove across country to move to LA from NYC with a small truck full of all of my worldly possessions), and ..
…are Parisian delights – the way everyone is welcome to create their own solitary or social seating arrangement in the parks – and especially coming across them first thing in the morning, as I did today in Jardin du Luxembourg, where you see the evidence of yesterday evenings occupation – and even though I’m all ..
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