Category Archives: ITALY

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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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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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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My Primo love

Posted on October 22, 2012 by The Daily Cure

The list of adult books I would read over and over (and over) again is not long. It includes Iris Murdoch’s The Sea, The Sea. Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse. And The Worst Intentions by Alessandro Piperno. But the most … Continue reading →

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Eggplant parmesan

Posted on October 18, 2012 by The Daily Cure

I told you my posts would be briefer these days, out of necessity. And so they will. Ironic, then, that the topic of today’s post is a dish that isn’t quite so quick to whip up. But so yummy…and every … Continue reading →

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Beautiful, bilingual, macaronic mash-up

Posted on October 17, 2012 by The Daily Cure

What I overheard last weekend coming from my daughters’ bedroom: It’s the kind of thing the older one says, with facility, howling with laughter. An alliterative, language-loving mixture of her two mother tongues. Something I could never hope to concoct, … Continue reading →

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Milan color story #7: Metro-palette

Posted on October 16, 2012 by The Daily Cure

I was scheduled to meet a friend last week at the Lanza Metro. We hadn’t seen each other in months and were long overdue for a cappuccino. I was early. So I parked myself above the steps leading out of … Continue reading →

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“The Random-at-Best Non-Remedy”

Posted on October 15, 2012 by The Daily Cure

I’m back. Again. It’s getting silly, isn’t it? I say I’m coming back, I stick around for a while, then I disappear again. What’s up with that? Well, I’ll tell you, my friends. In a nutshell, the problem is Time, … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on gender and two watering cans

Posted on August 17, 2012 by The Daily Cure

I’ve been searching assiduously for an old watering can. The galvanized kind. The kind that’s already lasted forever and still has life in it. New at the gardening store here, they are 60 euros. That’s a pretty strong case to … Continue reading →

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