On January 19th, 2011, KNIFE SHARPENING ON VIA LEONINA…

  Rome

a specialized knife sharpening moped with a spinning stone where the seat should be

…in Monti (my new favorite neighborhood of Rome – with the most personal little clothing stores in town – which I was seeking out today since it seems that I have been wearing a weeks worth of clothes for the past five months – including Super, where I purchased my first pair of corduroys in years – always had Catholic elementary school associations for me – and Paraphernalia, where I finally found a huge cozy wool cardigan sweater in which I will ride out the rest of winter) is what I witnessed today – where a man pulled up on an old tricked-out moped customized, with a spinning stone where the seat should be, to provide this particular service to bars and trattorie.