Sunday, July 31, 2005

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SAND TOWEL Punta sabbioni - Venezia : It was the second time Pixel and J.peg went to the seaside and while the more adventuress J.peg - who ...
Sunday, July 24, 2005

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He's Done it again: CONGRATULATIONS LANCE on your 7TH CONSECUTIVE VICTORY of TOUR de FRANCE and GOOD LUCK For THE FUTURE! "VIVE LE ...
Saturday, July 23, 2005

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WHEN PROSECCO COUNTRY MEETS THE HIGHLANDS Drinks - A good-bye drinks for our very distinguished miltary English (and Scottish) friends befo...
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Friday, July 22, 2005

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ASOLO Lunch - Hidden, down and up a dirt road on the hillsides of Monfumo just behind Asolo is La Sconta the Italian country farmhouse of...
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Thursday, July 21, 2005

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VENICE - DISMANTLING THE REDENTORE BRIDGE Get out your Blackberry and "Save the Date" - July 15th, 2006 - is the next Festa del Re...
Tuesday, July 05, 2005

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FOR SALE VILLA VENETA IN PROSECCO COUNTRY COL ZANIN is the name of the hill from which this VILLA VENETA takes it's name. It is situate...
Saturday, July 02, 2005

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MAKE HISTORY BY MAKING POVERTY HISTORY bono www.makepovertyhistory.org
Tuesday, June 21, 2005

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LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2005 San Trovaso - Dinner in a Garden - I felt exactly like Otello after walking around and looking at art for four d...

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Photograph courtesy of T-B A21 Collection LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2005 Isola di San Lazzaro - Always a Little Further - On one of the remote...

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LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2005 Fondazione Querini Stampalia - Homespun Tales - In this beautiful Palazzo, still viewable as a private home of ...
Monday, June 20, 2005

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photograph courtesy Manfredi Bellati LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2005 Museo Correr - *****Lucian Freud - This is the best show in Venice - it was...

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LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2005 Isola di San Giorgio - Missoni Dinner # 2 -What did they like best at the Biennale? For Michael Chow - of the ...

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LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2005 Isola di San Giorgio - Missoni dinner - aboard their house boat T i m o t e o was the place to be - forget P...

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photograph courtesy Manfredi Bellati LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2005 Arsenale and Vergini Garden - China Pavilion - The inaugural China Pavilio...

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LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2005 Arsenale - Always a Little Further - In the same room as the Vasconcelos hang the povocative posters by the New...

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LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2005 Arsenale - Always a little Further - the title of this exhibition of 49 international artists - curated by Rosa ...
Saturday, June 18, 2005

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LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2005 Peggy Guggenheim Collection - dinner on the roof terrace: at the European inauguration of the Louise T Blouin F...

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LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2005 Giardini - United States Pavilion - I wasn't very excited by this exhibition at first, but it grew on me es...
Friday, June 17, 2005

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LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2005 Giardini - British Pavilion - No we are not in London at Madame Tussauds but still in Venice. Photographed duri...

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LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2005 Giardini - lunch break - with between 7,000 and 10,000 visitors for the three press days it was pretty difficul...

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Photograph courtesy La Biennale Press Office LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2005 Giardini - Italian Pavilion: The Experience of Art - Video # 2 -At...
Thursday, June 16, 2005

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photograph courtesy La Biennale Press Office - image has been censored LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2005 Giardini - Italian Pavilion: The Experien...

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LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2005 Giardini - Italian Pavilion: The Experience of Art - though the Francis Bacon - triptych 1983 -room didn'...
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Wednesday, June 15, 2005

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LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2005 Giardini - Italian Pavilion: The Experience of Art - Power - Money - and phrases like "You make history ...

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photograph by Manfredi Bellati LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2005 Giardini - Japanese Pavilion - with all the distractions outside - at last I...

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LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2005 In the Basin of San Marco - Harush shlomo - floating installation 2005 - a specially built catamaran that cre...
Tuesday, June 14, 2005

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LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2005 Outside the Giardini - young kids were distributing these flyer cards - the actual banner hangs on the Accademi...

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LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2005 Outside the Giardini - Fabrizio Plessi's - Mare Verticale - a 44 meter high video installation - a totem ...

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LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2005 Drinks on the Grand Canal - Murano glass designer - Marie Brandolini - seen here with - royal photographer - ...
Friday, May 27, 2005

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MARRAKECH GOODBYE - to the sound of this happy Gnaouan musician I say goodbye to my friends and to Marrakech - thank you John for having me ...
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MARRAKECH And to walk all this food off - a visit to the JARDIN MAJORELLE which was created in 1924 -by the French - decorator-architect-pa...

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MARRAKECH DINNER AT DAR YACOUT - My husband - after twenty years - still remembers the breathtaking atmosphere of this restaurant as one of...
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MARRAKECH In Morocco Tea is served - before and after meals -at any hour of the day or night - and - it is impolite to leave a Moroccan home...

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MARRAKECH SHOPPING: we kept going back to the - Herboristerie Palais El Badia - one of our favorite shops - for gifts and creams - the cream...
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Thursday, May 26, 2005

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MARRAKECH BIRTHDAY PARTY AT AL FASSIA - the women from Fez - is owned and run by sixteen women - the only male employee parks the cars -in ...

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MARRAKECH DINNER AT HOME - Our lady in Marrakech - design consultant - Corrine Bensimon treated us to a delicious - REAL MOROCCAN MEAL - co...
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MARRAKECH Taking djej (chicken) to the souk to be sold - they are butchered while you wait! Yes -the food is very fresh!

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MARRAKECH - ORANGES # 3 Oranges are so delicious and abundant in Marrakech because there are groves right outside the city walls - the fruit...

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MARRAKECH - ORANGES # 2 PLACE JEMAA EL FNA - At the very top of this sprawling 'square' - just before all the souks ramify out like ...
Wednesday, May 25, 2005

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MARRAKECH - ORANGES # 1 Dessert on the roof terrace of Le Fondouk - this trendy new Moroccan cuisine restaurant - was a former merchant...

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MARRAKECH BREAKFAST - every morning - John's houseboy - Rashid - jokingly nicknamed - boytoy - because he is so cute and sweet - would ...

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MARRAKECH GOOD MORNING BIRTHDAY GIRL - we were the guests of John Derian - New York based designer - par excellence - whose Riad is right i...
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MARRAKECH At last in Marrakech - We are here to celebrate - cook book author and caterer - Susan Simon's 60th Birthday. Marrakech or RAK...
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Tuesday, May 24, 2005

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WINTER WHEAT - Morocco These fields of winter wheat - are harvested in slices - as needed - the fields are round as the bread that is mad...

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MADRID AIRPORT I don't wish this hub on anyone - it just can't deal with the traffic - you can't get a snack - despite it's ...

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URBAN CYCLIST # 2 Milan based knitwear consultant and Max Mara knitwear designer - Uberta Zambeletti - for once is adhering to traffic rules...
Saturday, May 21, 2005

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VOGALONGA - long stroke - Venezia Last Saturday - throughout Venice - you could see rowers from all over the world practicing for Sunday...
Friday, May 20, 2005

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JUDITH'S GARDEN - Venezia After a very disappointing lunch in - Osteria Anice Stellato - the day was 'saved' by having dessert...

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CYCLING? While I stopped at my favorite bar in Conegliano - La Casa del Caffe Carraro - on my way to get the train to Venice - for one of m...
Monday, May 09, 2005

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APRIL 2005 - MILAN FURNITURE FAIR Atelier Muji Pitti Living - Fuori Salone - Nicoletta Morozzi's - do it jibun de (jibun de=yourself) -...