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The Daily Cure for me is trying to smell taste touch—really experience— something, each day, that reminds me that I'm alive and, mostly, happy to be here. A small moment that should go a long way, at least in theory.Categories
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A real palazzo
The word “palazzo” is thrown around loosely here. At the end of the day, it’s used to mean “apartment building.” But there are, in Milan, palazzi which deserve the unavoidable association an English speaker makes with the word “palace.” Here … Continue reading
Posted in AROUND US, ITALY
Tagged brick, grand houses, marble, Milan, palazzi, trompe-l'oeil
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Il bagno
My first Milanese bathroom was in the old Diana Majestic Hotel in Viale Piave which has, alas, been spruced up since by Sheraton. I thought I’d died and gone to shabby-chic, single-girl heaven. The bathroom was enormous by any familiar … Continue reading
Posted in IN THE HOUSE, ITALY
Tagged bagno, bathroom, bidet, Diana Majestic, Guzman, Jock Sturges, marble, Milan, mosaic tile, towel-warmer
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