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Tag Archives: gondola
Dear Venice, Wish You Were Here (#1)
I’m starting a new series for you today! I’ve run out of Gondola Stuff to show you, so instead I’ll occasionally post selections from my postcard collection. It all started when a friend gave me about 20 Venice postcards that … Continue reading
Posted in Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged air mail, gondola, gondolier, Italian history, italy, photos, postcard, Rialto Bridge, stamps, travel, travel writing, Venetian boats, venezia, Venice, Venice history, writing
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“Venice, My Muse:” An Interview with Judith Harris
A mutual friend and Venetophile introduced me to Judith Harris a couple years ago, and I had the pleasure of including her essay on Venice in my book First Spritz Is Free. Judith’s voluminous knowledge of Venetian history enlivens her … Continue reading
Posted in Casanova, Gondolas, Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged Bellini, Biennale, blogging, books, campo, canals, Carnevale, Casanova, gondola, Grand Canal, Italian history, italy, Judith Harris, La Fenice, palazzo, Palazzo Pisani, Peggy Guggenheim, San Michele, travel, venezia, Venice, writing
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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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Light and Shadow Dancing
The many ways that water lives in the city–this is captured in JoAnn Locktov’s new paean to Venice: Dream of Venice in Black and White. Puddles, fog, snow, rain, canals–of course, waves, reflections, clouds, splashes, mist on stones, droplets in … Continue reading
Posted in Venice
Tagged acqua alta, books, Dream of Venice, forcola, gondola, gondolier, italy, JoAnn Locktov, Marisa Convento, no grandi navi, photography, photos, sotoportego, travel, travel writing, venezia, Venice, writers
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Gondola Stuff: Salt ‘n Pepper
As part of the continuing series of gondola stuff I own, here’s one of my most interesting pieces–a salt and pepper shaker shaped like a traditional gondola with a felze. The felze comes apart into two pieces–the two shakers–that … Continue reading
Posted in Gondolas, Venice
Tagged antiques, collectibles, felze, gondola, Italian history, italy, travel, venezia, Venice
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Gondola Is a Color
My talented friend Laura, who has traveled to Venice with me on multiple occasions, sent me her latest artwork: Apparently “gondola” is a color. And it floats. That is one really long oar.
Puzzling Puzzler
With my recent travel, and meeting Marco, and writing about the new Casanova museum, I haven’t updated you on the puzzle in a long time! Paloma in Spain guessed the location last time I posted a photo, but she didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Venice
Tagged canal, gondola, italy, photos, puzzle, restaurant, venezia, Venice
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