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Monthly Archives: December 2019
Sharing: “Not Waving but Drowning”
Fellow Venetophile Jane Fleming shared this poem that her poet husband composed. A melancholy thought for the year’s end, but certainly a poem worth sharing. The image is from his blog site as well. Thanks for sharing!
Posted in Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged Basilica San Marco, blogging, Cardinal Acquaviva, italian news, italy, poem, poetry, travel, venezia, Venice, writers, writing
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Sharing: Gingerbread Venice!
Check out Venice made from gingerbread! This article was sent to me by Rita in Santa Cruz, a fellow author in First Spritz Is Free. A group of architects took on the task and even added details like water flooding … Continue reading
Posted in Gondolas, Italian heritage, Venice
Tagged architecture, art, candy, gingerbread, holiday decorations, italy, travel, venezia, Venice
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Venice, My Muse: An Interview with Marco Zecchin
Marco Zecchin and I met in, I think, 2005 when we were both selling our books at the Italian American Heritage Foundation event in San Jose. We hit it off immediately and have been friends ever since, enjoying dinners together, … Continue reading
Posted in Casanova, Gondolas, Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged Basilica San Marco, Bellini, Biennale, campo, Casanova, First Spritz Is Free, gelato, Italian heritage, italy, Marco Zecchin, Miracoli, spritz, travel, venezia, Venice, Veronica Franco, Via Giuseppi Garibaldi
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Gondola Stuff: DosaSpaghetti
Are you able to gauge the right amount of spaghetti? I always have trouble, so I was happy to find this tool to measure the pasta portion. And the best thing–it’s shaped like a gondola! It sits on top of … Continue reading
Quattro Minuti con Casanova: Calle del Carbon
In the last few weeks we’ve seen so many images of Venice’s streets submerged under far too much water. As a small antidote, here is a video from a couple summers ago when I visited one of the streets where … Continue reading
Posted in Casanova, Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged calle, Calle del Carbon, Casanova, Francesco Casanova, history, History of my Life, Italian history, Italian men, Italian writers, italy, travel, venezia, Venice, Venice history, video
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