Alex Britti
Again, it could only happen in Italy: a pop/blues singer pens a love song to his parents.
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Italian House Numbers
House numbers in Milan and many other cities are usually standard and boring, like this:Â 
. But sometimes you find interesting and unusual ones, so I’ve decided to collect them.
Italian Fountains
Not every Italian town is famously picturesque, but, even in those that are not, the attentive observer can find a wealth of beautiful detail and decoration. (I’ve already mentioned the doorknockers.) So here’s a collection of heads on fountains from all over Italy (not necessarily dull ones).
^ These three are all in Chiavenna
^ Varenna. “Forbidden to wash and make dirty.”
^ This poor chap in Lecco has a right to feel that his dignity has been wounded!
San Pellegrino: The Remains of the Grand Hotel
A relic of the heyday of San Pellegrino, the Grand Hotel was (quite literally) a watering place for the wealthy, in the early 1900s when health spas with natural mineral springs were all the rage. The hotel is an Art Nouveau treasure, built in 1905, but now sadly going to ruin, its fixtures gradually being auctioned off (as shown in the sign above).
If I had a few million euros, I’d buy this poor old hulk and restore it.
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Index of Videos
My videos through 2007, listed in their original order, newest first. Click a title to visit the related page, or use the YouTube link to watch the video.
- Beginning with I: The Trailer
- Landour Snow, Dec 10, 2007 — Watch on YouTube
- Woodstock Arts Evening, Dec 8, 2007 — Watch on YouTube
- Woodstock School Jazz Band, Dec 3, 2007 — Watch on YouTube
- Woodstock School Christmas Chapel Concert Dec 2, 2007
- Landour Wedding Party, Dec 1, 2007 — Watch on YouTube
- “Taming of the Shrew” Wedding Dance, Nov 16, 2007
- Hummingbirds in New Mexico – Aug, 2007 — Watch on YouTube
- Roasting Green Chiles – Aug 17, 2007 — Watch on YouTube
- Tin Tin Su and Our Lady of Drosophila – Jul 15, 2007 — Watch on YouTube
- Song: Amo Tutte le Signore – Jul 15, 2007 — Watch on YouTube
- Fanfara dei Bersaglieri – Jul 3, 2007 — Watch on YouTube
- Getting Girls Into Science Early – Jun 3, 2007 — Watch on YouTube
- ‘E Cal’arroste — Watch on YouTube
- Il Castello di Vezio – Apr 28, 2007 — Watch on YouTube
- Il Muro di Sormano – Jan 31, 2007 — Watch on YouTube
- Windy Sunday on Lake Como – Oct 9, 2006 — Watch on YouTube
- The Italian Correspondent (part of the Node 666 video collaboration – fiction!) Sep, 2006 – notable as the only time, so far, that I have appeared in front of the camera! – YouTube
- Parc Guell – Aug 16, 2006
- Casa Batlló – May 21, 2006 — Watch on YouTube
- The Streets of Barcelona – May 1, 2006 — Watch on YouTube
- Good Friday, Jesus Christ Superstar – Apr 25, 2006
- Post-Funeral Jazz and Barbecue – Apr 12, 2006 — Watch on YouTube
- Funeral Recessional – Apr 1, 2006 — Watch on YouTube
- Graveside Remarks – Apr 11, 2006
- Funeral Processional – Apr 1, 2006 — Watch on YouTube
- The Giving Tree – Apr 1, 2006 — Watch on YouTube
- Dad’s Eulogy for Rosie – Apr 1, 2006
- What I Said at Rosie’s Funeral – Apr 1, 2006
- Mantova – Mar 6, 2006 — Watch on YouTube
- Domo Arigato – Feb 18, 2006 (filmed Jan 7, 2006) — Watch on YouTube
- Video Comment on Current Events – Feb 12, 2006 — Watch on YouTube
- Video Postcard from Lecco – Feb 11, 2006
- Heavy Snowfall in Lecco Jan 27, 2006 — Watch on YouTube
- In the Kitchen at Spankyville – Jan 3, 2006 — Watch on YouTube
- You Can Leave Your Cat On – Dec 30, 2005
- Flying Over the Swiss Alps – Dec 26, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- Wind-Up Soul — Watch on YouTube
- Woodstock Reminiscences on Video — Watch on YouTube
- Christmas in Lecco – Dec 24, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- Italian Christmas Carols – Dec 4, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- La Transumanza – Nov 19, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- Video Postcard from Villa Monastero – Oct 16, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- Sunday Sing-Along – Oct 2, 2005
- Corteo Manzoniano 2005 – Oct 1, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- House Tortoise – Aug 15, 2005
- Mehndi Hand Painting – Aug 14, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- Transportation in Jaipur – Aug 9, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- English Words in Hindi Script – Aug 9, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- Teej Festival – Aug 8, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- How to Tie a Turban – Aug 8, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- Jantr Mantr – Aug 7, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- Handprinting Cloth Demonstration – Aug 6, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- Elephant Ride to Amber Fort, Jaipur – Aug 6, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- Inside Amber Fort – Aug 6, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- How to Weave a Handloom Carpet – Aug 6, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- Evening Songs at the Samode Haveli – Aug 5, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- Learn the Indian National Anthem – Aug 3 , 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- Cicadas – Aug 2, 2005
- Tibetan Prayer Wheels – Aug 1, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- Mussoorie Monsoon Melody – Jul 30, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- Tenzing’s Monkey Tales – July 29, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- Old Delhi Station – July 28, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- Old Delhi at Night – July 27, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- Video Postcard from Bellagio – Jul, 2005
- Italia Marching Show Bands – Jul 3, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- I Love a Parade – Jul 2, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- Transport Surprises – Jun 25, 2005 — Watch video 1 on YouTube · Watch video 2 on YouTube
- MBA Graduation Ceremony – Jun 10, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- And She Was – Jun 7, 2005
- A Close Shave – Jun 3, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- Lecco Kayaker – Jun, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- Milan Central Station – May 24, 2005
- Kids on Scooters – May 11, 2005
- Java – Apr 16, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- The Great Escape – Apr 16, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- The Hundred Years’ War – Mar 10, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- What Am I Doing Here? – Mar 10, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- Commuting Kids – Feb or Mar, 2005
- La Bottega del Maiale – Feb 25, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- Spankyville, Subtitled – Feb 13, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- Welcome to Spankyville – Feb 13, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- Winter Wonderland – Jan 22, 2005
- Bright Lights, Big City – Jan 10, 2005 — Watch on YouTube
- Jewelry Repair – Nov 3, 2004
- Jantr Mantr Delhi – Nov 2, 2004
- Delhi Bartender – Nov 2, 2004
- Delhi Dancers – Nov 2, 2004
- Making Rumali Roti – Oct 30, 2004 — Watch on YouTube
- Air Tabla – Oct 30, 2004
- Sitar Concert with Sanjeeb Sircar – Oct 30, 2004 — Watch on YouTube
- Making Jalebis – Oct 30, 2004
- Making Naan – Oct 29, 2004
- Campfire — Watch on YouTube
- Dancing Queen
- Presentation and Tea for Dick Wechter – Oct 29, 2004
- Midlands with Festive Lights – Oct 28, 2007
- Seen from an Indian Train – Oct 28, 2004 — Watch on YouTube
- Corteo Manzoniano: The Grim Sweepers – Oct 10, 2004
- Corteo Manzoniano: Parade! – Oct 10, 2004
- Corteo Manzoniano: La Peste – Oct 10, 2004
- Corteo Manzoniano: Procession – Oct 10, 2004
- Corteo Manzoniano: The Kidnapping of Lucia – Oct 10, 2004
- Corteo Manzoniano: Tradimento! – Oct 10, 2004
- Moving In – Sep 27, 2004
- Moving Out – Sep 27, 2004 — Watch on YouTube
- Volunteers – Sep 25, 2004 — Watch on YouTube
- Blues Brothers Come to Lecco – Sep 18, 2004 — Watch on YouTube
- Moving the Chandelier – Sep 24, 2004
- Funiculi, Funicula – Aug 22, 2004
- Ristorante il Capriolo – Sep 6, 2004
- Summer Storm Over Lake Como – Aug 20, 2004
- Ross & Hamish – Aug 14, 2004
- The Ferry Arrives – Aug 14, 2004
- Ferry Loading and Departure – Aug 14, 2004
- Introducing the Turtles – Aug 3, 2004
- Summer Fun, Italian Style – July 27, 2004
- On the Road to Siena – July 27, 2004
- Italian Gospel – July 20, 2004 — Watch on YouTube
- “A Sua Immagine” – July 19, 2004
- Wind-Up Soul – Jul, 2003 — Watch on YouTube
