Author Archives: The Daily Cure

Some advice from the ladies

Posted on November 8, 2012 by The Daily Cure

This has nothing to do with Italy or France. It’s just a musing of mine on this post-election morning. Today, as happens on many days, I looked in the mirror only to realize that I’m one day older. This aging … Continue reading →

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La Cartoleria

Posted on November 7, 2012 by The Daily Cure

I have always loved paper, and most things made of paper. I love all weights and textures of the wood-pulp wonder. I love different configurations of rules, margins, grids and holes. I love binders and boxes and envelopes. I love … Continue reading →

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Postcard #18: All funning aside

Posted on November 6, 2012 by The Daily Cure
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The voting results are in!

Posted on November 6, 2012 by The Daily Cure

I know. I know. We’re likely to see days of legal battles before we know who the next president of the United States is likely to be, but The Daily Cure/Harry’s Bar straw pole has reached a pretty definitive conclusion. … Continue reading →

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Transitions/Color Story #8: A baguette travels to Italy

Posted on November 5, 2012 by The Daily Cure

This wasn’t initially written as a poem (I’m not a poet) but it really wanted to look like one, so I obliged. Every time we say we’re going to travel light. And every time it’s like moving a circus complete … Continue reading →

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Cocktails and presidential polls

Posted on November 3, 2012 by The Daily Cure

The Daily Cure is usually closed on Saturday, but this morning’s local paper, L’Yonne Republicaine, had a little article too good to pass up. Apparently, Harry’s New York Bar in Paris (5 Rue Daunue, or as the window announces to … Continue reading →

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The Street #3: A walk in Burgundy

Posted on November 2, 2012 by The Daily Cure

Yesterday in Burgundy, it was, in a word, wet. If jack-o-lanterns had been out grinning the night before, there was no sign of them. Gray skies, puddles, the first skeletal branches, and lingering green pressed in on all sides. It … Continue reading →

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Calendar: 30 days hath November

Posted on November 1, 2012 by The Daily Cure

I was recently asked to design a calendar for a client. Within 48 hours, in which I submitted my estimate, the request was withdrawn, but not before I’d had time to research all the beautiful and ingenious calendars there are … Continue reading →

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Postcard #17: Never forget.

Posted on October 30, 2012 by The Daily Cure

First thing this morning, almost, I went downtown to the Picasso exhibit at the Palazzo Reale. Even though it doesn’t include “Guernica,” the show starts with a massive projection of the piece in the amazing Sala delle Cariatidi, the Caryatid … Continue reading →

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On winter, chimneys and Arthur H.

Posted on October 29, 2012 by The Daily Cure

“Now in Season” is usually reserved for edibles, but just this once, I’m asking my category to widen its horizons. Fireplaces aren’t widespread in Milan, but the earthy smell of rising smoke fills my imagination if not my nostrils. The … Continue reading →

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