Tag Archives: Piazza San Marco

Glass Walls Do Not a Prison Make

Posted on January 11, 2023 by seductivevenice

Just sharing some interesting news about Venice’s latest efforts to combat the acqua alta. I saw them working around the Basilica last June but never asked what was going on. Well, this is the result! And it seems to be … Continue reading →

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Sharing: La Venessiana’s “Postcard from Venice”

Posted on December 23, 2021 by seductivevenice

I hope you already subscribe to La Venessiana’s Postcard from Venice blog. It’s delightfully full of recipes, images, holidays, history, and so many other wonderful things from Venice. Her latest issue has just come out, and it features some lovely … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year from the Past

Posted on December 31, 2020 by seductivevenice

Happy New Year, 2013! Oh wait, it’s going to be 2021! But I’m sharing with you photos from my New Year’s in Venice 2021-2013. Hope you’re finding a fun way to ring in a new year and say goodbye to … Continue reading →

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Breakfast Redux

Posted on December 12, 2020 by seductivevenice

Though I’m in danger of making you all jealous, I wanted to share the news about the new painting I recently received. Rita and Tom Bottoms, who live over the hill from me in Santa Cruz, have gifted one of … Continue reading →

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Venice, Wish You Were Here #12

Posted on August 19, 2020 by seductivevenice

A short message on this postcard: “Un caro ricordo” or “a fond memory.” I want more! Did you kiss under the Bridge of Sighs? Sip a glass of wine while looking over a canal? Eat too much gelato? Walk hand … Continue reading →

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Redefining Beauty: Giustina Rossi

Posted on May 30, 2020 by seductivevenice

Why have I waited so long to post this video? Giustina Rossi is a Venetian hero and the story from farthest in the past from my collection of Beautiful Women in Venice. I cajoled a stranger on a busy day … Continue reading →

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Venice, Wish You Were Here #7

Posted on March 4, 2020 by seductivevenice

I had Bavarian exchange students, Simon and Pascal, help me translate the writing on this card that was going to Vienna, Austria, dated 20 February 1935. Here’s what we think it says: “Love, today at noon. We arrived well and … 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 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 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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