Monthly Archives: December 2021

Sharing: Making Limoncello

My friend Carol shared this video with me for how to make limoncello. But oh, the video offers so much more than that! If you want to brighten your day, click “play” and enjoy your time with Pasquale. I’d suggest … Continue reading

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Sharing: La Venessiana’s “Postcard from Venice”

I hope you already subscribe to La Venessiana’s Postcard from Venice blog. It’s delightfully full of recipes, images, holidays, history, and so many other wonderful things from Venice. Her latest issue has just come out, and it features some lovely … Continue reading

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Dear Venice, Wish You Were Here #17

“Come out in our gondola this evening!” Yes yes yes yes yes please! How I wish I were there with K. R. Elliott to take up this offer. Alas, I am decades too late. This card is marked “Aug. 20” … Continue reading

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Venetian Emoji #10

This Venetian emoji comes from Vince Gratzer, a fellow Venetophile who was inspired to check out the mailboxes of Venice and see what they have to teach us. He calls this “The Eyes Have It.” What emotion or expression is … Continue reading

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A Study

Spotted these guys lounging in the tiny calle adjacent to an antique store, just off Campo San Barnaba.

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