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Venice, My Muse: An Interview with Marco Zecchin

Posted on December 9, 2019 by seductivevenice

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 →

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Venice, My Muse: An Interview with Candace Magner

Posted on November 11, 2019 by seductivevenice

Candace Magner is a lyric singer, baroque guitarist, and musicologist. She created the website BarbaraStrozzi.com to collect all the known information, and has now finished publishing The Complete Works of Barbara Strozzi along with co-editor Dr. Richard Kolb through her … Continue reading →

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Venice, My Muse: An Interview with Katia Waegemans

Posted on October 14, 2019 by seductivevenice

Like so many other “Venice, My Muse” interviewees, I met Katia because she is a Venetophile who I invited to contribute to First Spritz Is Free. She runs an excellent blog, The Venice Insider, with many great tips and insights … Continue reading →

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Venice, My Muse: An Interview with Roger Feuerman

Posted on September 9, 2019 by seductivevenice

“Signorina Kathleen, It is I, Casanova, from here in the 18thcentury. And not First Spritz Is Free contributor Roger Feuerman. He claims he is too exhausted from laboring to finish his Venetian young adult fiction novel and penning a new … Continue reading →

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Venice, My Muse: An Interview with Piero Bellini

Posted on August 12, 2019 by seductivevenice

I was very fortunate to meet Piero Bellini many years ago when the artist Tony Green said that Piero could help me find an apartment for the summer. Since then, we’ve shared drinks in the Ghetto, live jazz music, a … Continue reading →

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Venice, My Muse: An Interview with Anna Söderblom

Posted on July 8, 2019 by seductivevenice

Venice draws people to her from all over the world and for such varied reasons. When I was in Venice last week, I met Anna Söderblom, the subject of this month’s “Venice, My Muse” interview, which I bring to you … Continue reading →

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Venice, My Muse: An Interview with Liz from DreamDiscoverItalia

Posted on June 17, 2019 by seductivevenice

WordPress brought us together… I met Elizabeth Salthouse when she reached out to me after reading my blog here on WordPress. In fact, we met up in Venice, checked out some Casanova sites together, had a spritz, and hit it … Continue reading →

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Venice, My Muse: An Interview with Scott Stavrou

Posted on April 8, 2019 by seductivevenice

I was introduced to Scott by another Venetophile, shortly after he published his novel Losing Venice. Luckily for me, he also agreed to write a chapter for First Spritz Is Free: Confessions of Venice Addicts. Though Scott used to live … Continue reading →

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Venice, My Muse: An Interview with Karen Cogan

Posted on March 11, 2019 by seductivevenice

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 →

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Venice, My Muse: An Interview with Rita Bottoms

Posted on February 11, 2019 by seductivevenice

Venice brought us together. Rita and I met through my blog and developed an online friendship until we met in person last year to attend the Casanova exhibition together last year in San Francisco. Since we live only about 45 … Continue reading →

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