Monthly Archives: September 2015

Painter of Singular Souls

Posted on September 27, 2015 by seductivevenice

“Not used to being sick, I became so desperate that I could say I was more vegetating than living,” wrote Isabella Teotochi Albrizzi not long before her death on September 27, 1836, 179 years ago today. This lethargy must have … Continue reading →

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Casanova and the Chicken Mystery–A Challenge to You

Posted on September 26, 2015 by seductivevenice

“You smell of Venice and not in a good way.” This was my favorite line, though it’s not the one that first caught my attention. My partner RJ has been making his way (rather alarmingly quickly, I might add) through … Continue reading →

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Gondola Stuff: Ven-Ice

Posted on September 20, 2015 by seductivevenice

“Say arrivederci to warm drinks!” That’s what it says on the package to Ven-Ice, my new ice cube maker that I got in Venice this summer. Also on the packaging: “What’s more romantic than gliding down a Venetian canal? How … Continue reading →

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The Sea Invisible

Posted on September 12, 2015 by seductivevenice

Ruskin said about this painting that it was “the most perfectly beautiful piece of color of all that I have seen produced by human hands, by any means, or at any period.” It is Approach to Venice, by J. M. … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Women at Dinner

Posted on September 7, 2015 by seductivevenice

In July I had the great fortune to be in Venice at the same time as a Beautiful Woman in Venice tour, led by my friend Vonda Wells. She is the person who gave me the idea to write my … Continue reading →

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