Category Archives: ITALY

Spring Cleaning #5: Monkeying around

Posted on March 25, 2011 by The Daily Cure

A small one-week feature on what happens when we clean our houses. What bubbles to the surface. What reveals itself to be true. What our junk says about our current state and next steps. What the season does to us. … Continue reading →

Posted in IN THE HOUSE, ITALY | Tagged Bruno Munari, Nella Nebbia di Milano, play, rubber monkey, Triennale di Milano, Zizì | 4 Comments

Spring Cleaning #4: Haircuts for everyone

Posted on March 24, 2011 by The Daily Cure

Posted in AROUND US, ITALY | Tagged "Young Sycamore", Miliano, platani, pruning, spring cleaning, sycamores, William Carlos Williams | 5 Comments

Spring Cleaning #3: The change of season

Posted on March 23, 2011 by The Daily Cure

Posted in ITALY, THEY SAY | 9 Comments

Spring Cleaning #2: Dusty dreams

Posted on March 22, 2011 by The Daily Cure

Posted in IN THE HOUSE, ITALY | Tagged arrondissements de Paris, dreams, map of Paris, spring cleaning | 7 Comments

Spring Cleaning #1: The game

Posted on March 21, 2011 by The Daily Cure

Posted in IN THE HOUSE, ITALY | Tagged André Breton, Beaudelaire, Freud, Hegel, jeu de marseille, spring cleaning | 7 Comments

Happiness is foraging for dinner

Posted on March 18, 2011 by The Daily Cure

I admit to being a bit blue this week. Hence the lack of a post to the “The Daily {French-Italian} Cure” on Wednesday. Somewhere between the earthquake, the fuming nuclear plants, the continual rain and maybe the shifted axis of … Continue reading →

Posted in IN SEASON, ITALY | Tagged happiness, market, via Vincenzo Monti | 7 Comments

Unified, sort of

Posted on March 17, 2011 by The Daily Cure

Today marks the 150th anniversary of Italian unification. To me who continually experiences Italy as an ancient place (I thought America was the spring chicken), this all feels very odd. But history is a mysterious and continually turning worm. And … Continue reading →

Posted in AROUND US, ITALY | 7 Comments

To top it off…

Posted on March 14, 2011 by The Daily Cure

As I mentioned several posts ago, my ritual of return to Italy involves, almost invariably, a cappuccino as soon as possible after passing the Mont Blanc tunnel. This last trip (Saturday) was no exception, and the cappuccino in question did … Continue reading →

Posted in ITALY, SAVORING | Tagged cappuccino, cream, milk foam | 7 Comments

Il foro del Monte Bianco/Le tunnel du Mont Blanc

Posted on March 7, 2011 by The Daily Cure

As I’ve mentioned before, the transition for me from Italy to France and back again is a magical experience. There is nothing to compare to that complete shift from one culture to the next, with that quiet voyage in the … Continue reading →

Posted in ITALY, TRANSITIONS | 2 Comments

Postcard #10: Helvetia

Posted on March 4, 2011 by The Daily Cure

[Took a 1/2-day trip to Lugano today. Arrived early. The lake was haunting in tones of gray, white and black despite the warmness of the still-winter sun. Astonishing contrast between the old-world look of the lake front and the ubiquitous … Continue reading →

Posted in ITALY, POSTCARDS | 5 Comments