Tag Archives: canals

What’s Wrong with These Pictures?

Posted on June 4, 2018 by

This gallery contains 5 photos.

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Casanova Seduces Nine at Once

Posted on March 18, 2018 by

  What does a Suspicious  Husband taste like? That’s what I had for lunch last weekend in the museum cafe. I finally made the trip to San Francisco to see the exhibit “Casanova: The Seduction of Europe” at the Legion of … Continue reading →

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50 in One Fell Swoop

Posted on January 17, 2018 by

There I was, lying in bed reading, wincing and grimacing as the book reached its climax. I don’t want to say any more, so that you get to experience this thrill yourself! I recently read The Four Horsemen, the last … Continue reading →

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Random Journal Entry #7

Posted on October 7, 2017 by

Another in the continuing series of random writings I pull from old journals. This is kind of a weird topic, but I bet many of you have experienced the zanzare… Aug. 6 I’m being eaten alive by bugs. I spent … Continue reading →

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A Peek into the Past

Posted on October 3, 2017 by

A reader recently shared this link from the Telegraph. Check out the Venice of a hundred plus years ago. Some are black and white only, while others are hand tinted. 21 Photos of Early Venice I’m trying to make sense … Continue reading →

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BoatChaseGondolaDestructionHorror

Posted on April 13, 2017 by

From the James Bond film Moonraker. I love the silly bits at the end, like the pigeon doing a double-take, or the guy at the table deciding that a gondola driving through the Piazza San Marco is a good reason … Continue reading →

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Thomas Coryat on Canals

Posted on October 23, 2016 by

Englishman Thomas Coryat visited Venice in 1611 and described the canals: “The channels (which are called in Latin euripi or the channels, aestuaria, that is, pretty little armes of the Sea, because they ebbe and flow every sixe houres) are very … Continue reading →

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