Author Archives: The Daily Cure

Fashion: the flip side

Posted on February 8, 2011 by The Daily Cure

Thank goodness the world of clothes is utterly bi-polar, if not schizophrenic. Where there is high fashion, there is low. Where there are designers, there are people who brilliantly mimic them. While there are the boutiques of Via Monte Napoleone, … Continue reading →

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Confession #2: Prison and flight

Posted on February 7, 2011 by The Daily Cure

On February 1, an article about Nabokov and his scientific work on butterflies appeared in the New York Times. “Nabokov inherited his passion for butterflies from his parents,” it said. “When his father was imprisoned by the Russian authorities for … Continue reading →

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Closed/week in review

Posted on February 5, 2011 by The Daily Cure

  Monday “Valentino: The last emperor” On the documentary film about his life’s work including the trailer. (Read this.)   Tuesday “Radicchio rosso di Treviso tardivo” On the beautiful and tasty red-striped member of the chicory family. (Read this.)   … Continue reading →

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When Toys really R Us

Posted on February 4, 2011 by The Daily Cure

If you’re like me, you’re sick to death of the proliferation of cheap stuff. And you’re even sicker of the way you get sucked into participating in the consumption of it, even when you’re philosophically and morally opposed to it. … Continue reading →

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Postcard #9: A world apart

Posted on February 3, 2011 by The Daily Cure

Imagine, if you will, one of those accordian-folded postcards with multiple images of the same place. This one is for you: [Brainchild of designer Carla Sozzani—sister of Vogue/Italia’s editor, Franca—10 Corso Como never fails to inspire me. It was worth … Continue reading →

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The newsstand

Posted on February 2, 2011 by The Daily Cure

Era una notte buia e tempestosa. Although this might as well be the continual, extra bold headline at the top of all our newspapers all the time, it is in fact that famous line—translated into Italian—from Snoopy’s novel in the … Continue reading →

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Radicchio rosso di Treviso tardivo

Posted on February 1, 2011 by The Daily Cure

Radicchio rosso di Treviso tardivo. a daunting polysyllabic mouthful referring to one of winter’s finer offerings: a variety of radicchio cultivated late in the growing season, November to February, depending on the weather. Perfectly crisp, pleasingly bitter and slightly sweet … Continue reading →

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“I love beauty. Eez not my fault.”

Posted on January 31, 2011 by The Daily Cure

Funny. Elegant. Bitchy. Genius. And totally over the top. That’s Valentino as seen in Valentino The Last Emperor. A great documentary about the career and life—virtually one and the same—of designer Valentino Garavani. A truly touching story about a lifelong … Continue reading →

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Closed/Week in review

Posted on January 29, 2011 by The Daily Cure

  Monday “Il bagno” On Milanese bathrooms and why they qualify as a Daily Cure. (Read this.)   Tuesday “Introduction to Confessions” On a new category regarding the flip-side or the dark underbelly of being an ex-patriot. (Read this.)   … Continue reading →

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Past-present perfume

Posted on January 28, 2011 by The Daily Cure

How do you categorize a post that belongs to the world of today, yesterday, scent, memory and the obliteration of geographical borders and time zones? What title do you give a subject that is big enough to fill your imagination … Continue reading →

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