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Tag Archives: Free Gondola Ride
Venice, My Muse: An Interview with Karen Cogan
As you may remember from a recent post, Karen Cogan is a fellow Venice addict who recently sent me a painting she made of Ca’ Memmo. Clearly, she loves this city, so this month she shares with you her responses … Continue reading
Posted in Gondolas, Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged campo, canals, Casanova, Free Gondola Ride, gelato, Gondolas, Hotel Danieli, interviews, italy, painters, painting, San Rocco, Scuola Grande di San Rocco, seductive venice, spritz, tintoretto, travel, venezia, Venice, Venice film festival, Vivaldi
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Why Should Someone Read …
…my books? You can find out the answer to this and other questions in an interview recently posted by the Italian American Press, an online resource listing dozens of books about Italian American topics. They include fiction, history, biography, memoir, … Continue reading
Posted in A Beautiful Woman in Venice, Casanova, Gondolas, Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged books, Casanova, Free Gondola Ride, Gondolas, gondolier, history, interviews, Italian history, Italian men, Italian women, Italian writers, italy, literature, travel, travel writing, venezia, Venice, Venice history, writers, writing
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Time for an Update!
Lots of fun things to tell you about, so today you get an entry full of updates: First Spritz Is Free is making its way around the world! Besides being free to download on Smashwords and Book Funnel, you can … Continue reading
Posted in A Beautiful Woman in Venice, Casanova, Gondolas, Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged authors, books, charity, festivals, First Spritz Is Free, Free Gondola Ride, Italian history, Italian men, Italian women, italy, Little Italy, Marco Zecchin, murano, no grandi navi, san jose, Sarra Copia Sulam, Save Venice, seductive venice, venezia, Venice, Venice in Peril
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“The Fayrest That Ever I Saw”
“…Certaine little boates, which they call Gondolas the fayrest that ever I saw in any place,” wrote Thomas Coryat of his travels in Venice in 1611. I’ve posted excerpts from Thomas Coryat’s diaries, his descriptions of Venetian gondoliers and canals. … Continue reading
Posted in Gondolas, Venice
Tagged Carpaccio, felze, ferro, Free Gondola Ride, Gabriel Bella, gondola, Gondolas, gondolier, Grand Canal, history, Italian history, italy, Museo Correr, Querini-Stampalia, Rialto Bridge, Thomas Coryat, travel, venezia, Venice, Venice history
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Random Journal Entry #10
As part of my continuing series sharing old journal entries, here is one more from 1996. Yes, these photos were all taken with film (remember that stuff?) and scanned in, so the quality is quite quaint, isn’t it? Aug. 13 … Continue reading
Posted in Gondolas, Venice, Writing
Tagged Ca' d'Oro, Free Gondola Ride, gelato, gondolier, Grand Canal, italy, Santa Sofia, SS Apostoli, traghetto, travel, venezia, Venice
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Venice, My Muse: An Interview with Greg Mohr
Gondola Greg, as he’s widely known, reached out to me years ago when I published my first book Free Gondola Ride. He’s the president of the Gondola Society of America and also runs an American gondola company with multiple locations … Continue reading
Posted in Gondolas, Venice, Writing
Tagged bacino orseolo, Casanova, cicchetti, courtesans, Free Gondola Ride, gelato, gondola, Gondola Society of America, Gondolas, gondolier, interviews, Italian history, italy, palace, palazzo, Palazzo Labia, rowing, spritz, Tramontin, travel, venezia, Venice, vogalonga
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A Title in Question
“First Female Gondolier in Venice” Who holds that title? Why is this question important (or not?) What does it signify? Why are we asking? The question became pertinent again this summer when RadioLab aired its story “The Gondolier” about Alex … Continue reading
