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Luna Park: A kick in the seat of adulthood
There it sprawls, among the leafless trees at the foot of the Castello Sforzesco: the Luna Park. In stark contrast to the arthritic bend of bare branches, stand the makeshift rides and booths, festooned with lightbulbs and neon, stars and … Continue reading
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Tagged amusement park, calcio in culo, kick in the butt, Luna park, parco sempione
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Animal nature
This weekend, we had to escape the city, our routine, and ourselves. It was time. We needed nature, animals—stuff that has nothing to do with our M-F everyday fare. And we found it, at the Fattoria Pasqué outside Varese, an … Continue reading
Fashion: the flip side
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
Posted in ITALY, WHAT TO DO, WHAT WE WEAR
Tagged fauché, market, mercato, MIlano, papiniano, vincenzo monti
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When Toys really R Us
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
The newsstand
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
Le macaron
For Suzi. Perhaps it seems odd that this is categorized “What to do in Italy.” But as of last Spring, Ladurée—that star of the French confection le macaron—is also here in Milan. And as far as I’m concerned, going to … Continue reading
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Tools
Once again, I’m in Italy, but I’m thinking of France. Or rather, I’m thinking of some things that we have in France. I’d like to lay my hands on them now, as in touching them I’m reminded of what life … Continue reading
The train for anywhere
For D.L. who dreamed of riding the rails. There are days, no matter how happy you are, when you just feel like going. Anywhere. Every plane that crosses overhead represents a possible escape and a potential surprise destination. “That person, … Continue reading
License to be happy
Part of starting a life in a new country is accepting what bureaucracy foists upon you, and in Italy, this can be a considerable load. Walking to the weekly market on Via Vincenzo Monti last Friday, I passed the neighborhood … Continue reading
Postcard #4: Missing. Remembering.
[Because there is no one to send this to me, I send it to myself: I love Italy, the gifts is has given me, the sense of family and place and belonging—though I will always and forever be a foreigner—and … Continue reading
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