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Tag Archives: travel writing
Venice, Wish You Were Here #5
Okay, more mysteries here! The postcard shows a huge nighttime festival on the Grand Canel, with numerous boats and lighted platforms. It reads “The Floating Fiesta on the Canal Grande,” but is this the Regata Storica? Festa della Salute? Redentore? … Continue reading
Posted in Gondolas, Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged festa, festivals, gondola, history, italy, photos, postcard, travel, travel writing, Troyes, Venetian boats, venezia, Venice, Venice history, writing
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Redefining Beauty: Giustina Renier Michiel
How does one go about translating Shakespeare into other languages? His language is so particular to its time and place, and he coined so many new phrases and has such an immense vocabulary. Yet Giustina Renier Michiel was arguably the … Continue reading
Posted in A Beautiful Woman in Venice, Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged books, casino, feminism, Giustina Rossi, history, Italian history, Italian women, Italian writers, italy, Literary salons, Shakespeare, translation, travel, travel writing, Venetophiles, venezia, Venice, Venice history, video, women writers, women's history, writing
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Venice, My Muse: An Interview with Anna Söderblom
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
Posted in Casanova, Venice
Tagged Casanova, Caterina Dolfin Tron, cicchetti, gelato, Italian women, italy, palace, palazzo, Palazzo Dario, spritz, travel, travel writing, venezia, Venice, women writers, women's history, women's travel
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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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Un Piccolo Poema: “Ca’ d’Oro”
I want to live in the Ca’ d’Oro. I deserve such beauty. Each morning I’d rise to be framed by gothic arabesques and marble, columns of rose, melon, and cerulean blue. I’d gaze down upon green waters as gondoliers … Continue reading
Posted in Venice, Writing
Tagged Ca' d'Oro, gondolier, gothic architecture, italy, John Ruskin, mosaic, poem, poetry, travel, travel writing, venezia, Venice
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Venice in the Mail
It’s so rare we get mail any more, unless it’s an Amazon package! So when I received an oversized envelope from an unknown person, I didn’t know what to expect. But it’s so lovely to get a surprise! I opened … Continue reading
Posted in Gondolas, Italian heritage, Venice
Tagged Andrea di Robilant, Andrea Memmo, art, Ca' Memmo, Giustiniana Wynne, italy, Karen Cogan, painters, painting, travel, travel writing, Venetian architecture, venezia, Venice, women artists, women's travel, writing
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Radio Spritz
Exciting news–I’ve been interviewed for the radio show “Eye on Travel” with Peter Greenberg! He somehow learned about my book First Spritz Is Free: Confessions of Venice Addicts and decided to interview me. (Thanks, Laura Morelli, for helping to connect us!) The show will … Continue reading
Posted in Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged books, Eye on Travel, Italian writers, italy, literature, memoir, Peter Greenberg, travel, travel writing, venezia, Venice, women writers, writing
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Culture Salon
My publisher, Giovanni DiStefano at Supernova Edizioni in Venice, attended the Salone della Cultura in Milan, this past weekend, January 19-20, 2019. And guess what–those are my books on his table, for everyone to see! Here’s a view of the hall, … Continue reading
Posted in A Beautiful Woman in Venice, Casanova, Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged Andrea Perego, art, authors, books, Casanova, Italian language, Italian writers, italy, literature, Milan, publishing, Supernova Edizioni, travel, travel writing, venezia, Venice, Venice history, writers, writing
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Venice, My Muse: An Interview with Andrea Perego
This month you’ll meet another person fascinated with both Venice and Casanova. Andrea Perego is a Berlin-based Italo-Australian journalist and writer. He lived in Sydney where he worked as a broadcaster journalist for SBS Radio, and in Venice, where he earned … Continue reading
Posted in Casanova, Gondolas, Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged Andrea Perego, authors, Bellini, books, Ca' Pesaro, Ca'Rezzonico, calle, campo, canals, Casanova, Caterina Cornaro, festivals, gelato, Giorgione, Grand Canal, history, Italian history, Italian men, italy, literature, modem, photography, photos, Piazza San Marco, Pietro Bembo, Rosalba Carriera, spritz, Supernova Edizioni, travel, travel writing, Venetian architecture, venezia, Venice, Venice archives, Venice history, websites, writing, wrk
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Quattro Minuti con Casanova: Teatro Sant’Angelo
I haven’t posted a Quattro Minuti episode in a while, so here’s a new one to start your new year! The last two posts featured other theaters that Casanova was connected to: Teatro Goldoni and Teatro Benedetto. In today’s video, … Continue reading
Posted in Casanova, Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged authors, books, Carlo Goldoni, Casanova, history, Italian history, Italian men, Italian writers, italy, Luisa Bergalli, Quattro Minuti, research, sant'Angelo, theater history, theaters, travel, travel writing, Venetian architecture, venezia, Venice, Venice history, video, writing
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