Note: This is a heavily revised version of an article that I originally wrote around 2001, now updated for this year’s “significant” anniversary. 25 years online seems like a milestone worth marking! I can say without hubris that I have a talent for communicating online. Which shouldn’t be surprising: I’ve been doing it for over … Continue reading 40 Years Online: Communicating on the Internet Since 1982
^ the best greengrocer in Venezia, near Campo San Barnaba – at low tide! This weekend Enrico and I were invited to Venice by my Woodstock classmate, Jeet, who’s renting a large apartment from Views on Venice, and keeping it filled with friends and family. In all my years in Italy, I’ve only been to … Continue reading High Water (Not Hell) in Venice, part 1
I was one of a lucky group of people to win a dinner offered by San-Lorenzo.com as part of its marketing initiative Il Vino Lo Portiamo Noi (“we’ll bring the wine”). So what if the dinner took place halfway across Italy in le Marche? The Symposium Quattro Stagioni is one of Italy’s top restaurants, and … Continue reading San Lorenzo Dinner at the Symposium Quattro Stagioni: Arrival
In Italian, as in any language, there are many popular sayings and metaphors using animals, based on human perceptions of those animals’ lives and habits. Cats It seems that, in Italian culture, the distinguishing feature of cats is their greed for food. Non c’e’ trippa per gatti “There’s no tripe for cats.” This is used … Continue reading Italian Animal Idioms
I’ve been trying for years to capture a fanfara (band) of the Bersaglieri, and yesterday finally had my chance. Because I was commuting back home from Milan, the only equipment I had on me was my new Canon SD800IS digital camera, which I’d never tried for video before. Now I’ve learned the hard way not … Continue reading I Bersaglieri
