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Category Archives: Casanova
Casanova the Turtle
Okay, followers of my blog will know that I’m often battling stereotypes of Giacomo Casanova as a ladykiller, get-’em-into-bed, notch-in-the-bedpost kind of lover. He liked women with brains, he liked the seduction, he liked to get to know women and … Continue reading
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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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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In Casanova’s Footsteps: Rome–Monte Cavallo
I’ve mostly told you about Casanova’s troubles due to Barbaruccia’s love affair. But that’s certainly not the only thing Casanova did in Rome in 1744-45. In fact, he met the Pope! He tells us that he went to Monte Cavallo, … Continue reading
Posted in Casanova, Italian heritage, Writing
Tagged Casanova, history, History of my Life, Italian history, Italian men, italy, Monte Cavallo, Pope Benedict XIV, Quirinal, Roman history, Rome
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Casanova’s Less Known Brother
Last year when I visited the Casanovist (and my friend) Marco Leeflang, he showed me the many artworks in his home, most of them by his father. But on the mantel in one room sat this drawing by Giovanni Casanova, … Continue reading
Posted in Casanova, Italian heritage, Venice
Tagged art, artist, Casanova, Francesco Casanova, Giovanni Casanova, history, Italian history, italy, Marco Leeflang, painting, Raphael Mengs, travel, venezia, Venice, Venice history
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What Does Casanova Read?
“I discovered that a man shut up in solitude and deprived of any possibility of occupying himself, alone in an almost dark place, where he does not and cannot see anything except, once a day, the person who brings him … Continue reading
Posted in Casanova, Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged Agreda, books, History of my Life, Italian history, Italian men, italy, nuns, Sister Marie de Jesus, Spain, The Leads prison, travel, venezia, Venice, Venice history, writing
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In Casanova’s Footsteps: Rome–San Carlo al Corso
Sometimes we can read lengthy tales about what Casanova did in a particular location. Sometimes not. When he was in Rome in 1744, Casanova states that “as I was coming out of church after mass at San Carlo al Corso, … Continue reading
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Tagged Casanova, history, History of my Life, Italian history, italy, Roman history, Rome, San Carlo al Corso, travel
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