What is it?
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.-
Join 182 other subscribers
Categories
Archives
Tag Archives: Milan
Down (halfway) under
Walking through the streets of Milan is endlessly entertaining to me. I find myself inventing errands to run, just to have a reason to step out and see, as Moll Flanders says, “what offers.” What offers is an intense variety … Continue reading
Posted in AROUND US, ITALY
Tagged Milan, MIlano, palazzi, semi-interrati, underground apartments
1 Comment
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
Small scale production
NOTE: If you’re vegetarian, and this topic offends you, I’m sorry. But it’s the best way I know to illustrate something about Italian life that I’m extremely grateful for. Small-scale food production. What I’m about to say may not be … Continue reading
Posted in ITALY, SAVORING
Tagged butcher, Italy, macelleria, Milan, MIlano, small-scale food production
1 Comment
The door within the door
As I was buzzing around town photographing citofoni, I realized there was another common feature of Milanese doors that has always fascinated me. The little door inside the big door. Many of the older palazzi have large double wooden doors, … Continue reading
Monday: Living the rhythm
Every culture has its own rhythms. We in the US have our 24/7, on the go-go. Spain has its siesta and late dinners. Italy has, well, Italy has Sunday’s decidedly off and—for better or worse—the weekly chiusura settimanale or “weekly … Continue reading
Postcard #3: Arco Della Pace
[Most postcards that you find at the tobacconists are old, dusty, sepia things that depict the city’s monuments from a distance. They are cool, funky artifacts and they definitely capture that stately remove that—over time—becomes invisibility. I wanted to make … Continue reading
Posted in ITALY, POSTCARDS
Tagged arco della pace, Milan, MIlano, parco sempione, peace arch
2 Comments
Milan color story #1
Ochres and terracottas. These colors seduce my heart in the first days of Autumn. Perhaps because of the bittersweet interplay between their inherent warmth and the weakening power of the sun. (We cling to warmth wherever we can find it, … Continue reading
p.s. Easy rider rentals
As mentioned in my previous post, bicycles are available throughout Milan for easy rental. I’d said they were free. And while this is completely and utterly in error, it is true that they are priced very reasonably. Please see the … Continue reading
Easy riders, easy does it, Milanese style
One of my greatest joys in adult life is doing what I did as a ten year old—ride a bike. And I do it every day. It’s the preferred mode of transportation around here, as far as I can see. … Continue reading
Posted in ITALY, WHAT TO DO
Tagged biciclette, bicycle, Detto Pietro, Doniselli, Milan, MIlano
3 Comments
In praise of the “grembiule”
It’s mid-September, and it’s been back-to-school for the past week. As in every country in the world, where children go back to school in the Fall, here too the air seems to change with the shift in our collective energy. … Continue reading
Posted in ITALY, WHAT WE WEAR
Tagged back-to-school, elementary school, grembiule, Italy, Milan, school, uniform
Leave a comment
The Daily Cure 