…is what our flight from Italy descended into this afternoon, arriving into London City airport from Brindisi, and after ten days of constant summer heat and sun with barely a cloud in my memory I have been looking forward to an autumnal rainy chill here (as I settle in for five days to prepare for ..
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…which seems to be a very tranquil town during the day, surprised me last night when the very designy chic bars and lounges spilled out on the the ancient whitewashed pedestrian streets, and the whole town (crying babies, rambunctious kids, cool teens, strolling couples, shuffling elderly) turned out to fill the Piazza San Oronzo and ..
…is a pleasure the way all Italian markets are, where you are given an instant taste of the precise season, climate, weather, landscape, culture, economy, history, habits, and personalities of the region, and this morning it was mushrooms, mushrooms, mushrooms – all gorgeous varieties – being cleaned and prepared by expert knife-wielding hands at my ..
…the Italian town I have been curious about and yet to visit was conveniently on my way from Aix-en-Provence to Brindisi, so after a long windy scenic train ride along the French Riviera with front row seats to the late August bikini-clad bathing French masses, I arrived in this pretty but rough around the edges port ..
…my next stop this afternoon as I gradually make my way by train south from meetings in the Netherlands to a long awaited pilgrimage to Italy’s mysterious heel of Puglia (before continuing on to autumn obligations for projects and talks in Istanbul, London, Den Haag, Reno, Philadelphia, Princeton, New York, Budapest, Sofia, Lodz) – and ..
…took me from Amsterdam to Paris Gare du Nord in a speedy comfy fancy wified Thalys ride, then to a quaint modest pokey regional car out of Gare de L’Est to this hilly wooded region of Eastern France where I’ll be quietly retreating, doing yoga, reading, and che..
…from my a friend’s colorful apartment in MVDRV’s ship-like Silodam sitting over the water on concrete piers – is what I am lucky enough to be enjoying tonight as the sun goes down on a long invigorating day that started with yoga at one of my favorite studios anywhere, an endless afternoon bike ride all ..
…was sad to say this morning at 10:15am as we took off from Fiumicino, USA bound for a couple of weeks before returning to bounce around Europe for projects, talks, research, and even a little recreation for most of the rest of..
…was my last minute destination of choice this morning to escape the city for a day, biking to Termini and hopping on a train to take me to the ancient and current Roman beach resort town, and yes there are picturesque beaches, and yes there are Roman ruins, but most enchanting is the historic hill ..
…along the stunning coastline of the Italian Riviera in Levanto just north of Cinque Terre is made possible thanks to the re-routing of the train line inland, which made it’s previous path through a series of cool grotto-like cavernous tunnels available for dedicated paths for people moving on foot or t..
…is the Ligurian beach town where my friend, and before that her her mother, grew up spending summers in a cute yellow house on the main street of town which her grandparents bought decades ago, and here is what we like about this place: almost all of the buildings have elaborate hand-painted trompe-l’oeil architectural details ..
…is the most idyllic and purely conceived of hilltop Lazian towns which we have made a Sunday pilgrimage to, around Monti Cimini and dominated by the great pentagonal Renaissance genius of Villa Farnese (where upon entry into its hollow cylindrical central courtyard we were drawn by sounds of Mozart into the first great painted room ..
…is the medieval hill town we have traveled an hour north of Rome to visit this morning – having been on the top of my list of obscure places to visit in Italy for years – which was the supposed home of the Holy Prepuce (foreskin of Jesus) and later condemned and vacated in the ..
…is a welcome way to return to Italy this afternoon and the promise of a coming summer, making our approach to Fiumicino from the south in a straight line over the coastline of private be..
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…on an appropriately rainy Pacific Northwest evening – where I will be engaged in a series of events, activities, talks, discussions and workshops related to the PSU ‘Open Engagement’ conference – che..
…are chasing each other around Minneapolis front yards reminding me of similar scenes from my childhood here – as I watch them publicly frolicking this afternoon, daring the earnest midwestern gardeners whose precious early spring plantings they are surely soon to..
…through the layers of spring LA basin haze – viewed from my window airplane seat on my way out, after just two days of dipping back into my old life in this town seems peculiar – and I’m wondering if my re-entry into a rambling space this vast can really feel like co..
…is the best part of having to stop at SFO on my way from MFR to BUR this ..
…of southern Oregon – a relaxed, rough, rustic, hippie, wild, primitive, queer, and anything-goes kind of circumstance which is feeling like the most welcome and opposite sort of environment from Rome these days – is a brief 24 hour first stop on my speed..
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