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Copyright: Gianni Berengo Gardin
It’s grey in Milan, today. Threatening to rain. But this is a Milan I love—black, white and gray. It’s a city to be photographed monochromatically—desaturated, elemental, reduced to geometry and emotion. And so, for the umpteenth time, Gianni Berengo Gardin … Continue reading
Confession #5: The way it is today
I’ve been in Italy 13 years this Spring. My dog, whom we got shortly after I got here, is 13 years old. Hobbling. I’m 13 years older than the love-struck young thing who leapt across an ocean. I’ve been 13 … Continue reading
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Closed/Week in review
Monday “Keeping time, beautifully” In which we appreciate an Italian watch we can’t own, and download a time-keeping screensaver that we can. (Read this.) Tuesday “Hit the road, Jacques” In which a “mille borne” on French national route 958 reminds … Continue reading
Posted in WEEK IN REVIEW
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It’s your (un)lucky day
OK. I meant to post this yesterday, but I got overwhelmed with “things” and, quite frankly, forgot. What a lousy blogger, when I can’t even say things on the days they are relevant, right? Wrong! Because today, I lived through … Continue reading
A postscript to my last post
A comment left in response to the last post questioned the connection between the color magenta and Paul Rand. This connection is clearly a leap of my own (messy attic that it is) brain. For some reason, the color magenta … Continue reading
Write Man Ray’s life story
In my post this morning, I mentioned as an afterthought the interactive online competition to create the imaginary biography of Man Ray. After investigating further, I happened upon this page of the competition which illustrates more precisely how it works. … Continue reading
Tagged competition, lugano, man ray
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Lugano color story #1: Black and cream
Today, a story from the archives. Rewind to that March day-trip to Lugano. Under undecided skies, the lakeside city (or is it a town?) of Lugano revealed its true duo-toned heart to me. After having taken several photographs, I realized … Continue reading
Posted in AROUND US, COLOR, OUT & ABOUT
Tagged black and cream, color, lugano, man ray, quail eggs
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Hit the road, Jacques
OK. I’m back in Italy, but yesterday a package I ordered a few days ago arrived from Amazon.fr: the French card game, Mille Bornes. The immediate effect of its arrival was that my memories zoomed back in time both one … Continue reading
Keeping time, beautifully
Let it be said straight-away: I could not afford one of these watches (once manufactured for the Royal Italian Navy) but I think they are things of beauty. The name? Officine Panerai. The company is now headquartered in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, … Continue reading
Posted in ITALY, WHAT WE WEAR
Tagged officine panerai, orologio, panerai, screensaver, watch
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Closed/Week in review
Monday “Transitions: Follow the yellow brick road” In which we are greeted in France with a great, yellow carpet. (Read this.) Tuesday, Part 1 “One potato” In which we celebrate the uncommon goodness of the common French, red potato. (Read … Continue reading
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