SEEN AT THE RE-OPENING OF THE CARTIER STORE IN VENICE -

the two marie - both are foreigners - both live in Venice - both are glamorous - creative and beautiful - the American Marie Bagnasco creates larger than life jewels in semi precious stones under her own name - The French Marie Brandolini d'Adda creates hand blown goti using glass rods and murrine as well as vases and other objects under the trademark Laguna B - www.lagunab.com

TASTED AT THE RE-OPENING OF THE CARTIER STORE IN VENICE
These delicious Baicoli amusee bouche - ancient thin and crunchy Venetian biscuits - covered in ginger mousse and topped with real gold leaf - cleverly amalgamating Venice with the world of haute bijoutiere - were invented by Matteo Corvino the Venetian/Parisian Interior Decorator, Architect and absolutely the best events designer around whose decors have graced the ballrooms of Versaille - the halls of the newly rebuilt La Fenice - not to mention the many events in the Palazzi of Venice.

WAITING FOR THE WEATHER.........
to change - first it was the snow - now it's the rain - when will it be sunny again so that Pixel and Jay Peg can stay outside - allthetime???
photograph by Manfredi Bellati