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photograph by manfredi bellati LIGURIA As Labor Day approaches, which "officially" marks the end of the holidays. Pixel and Jay p...

photograph by manfredi bellati CISON DI VALMARINO - Treviso Artigianato Vivo. When Monica Buscone and Giacomo Martucci Ventura decided to...

CISON di VALMARINO - Treviso Artigianato Vivo. Mid August brings us to the 26th annual village fair, Artigianato Vivo , in Cison , where ar...

SAINT PAUL DE VENCE Fondation Maeght. The fortified village of Saint Paul de Vence is home to yet another artistic treat: the remarkable Fo...

SAINT PAUL DE VENCE La Colombe d'Or. You certainly don't come to eat at La Colombe d'Or for the food, but for the celebrity sp...

photograph by manfredi bellati SAINT PAUL DE VENCE La Colombe d'Or. "Provence has a treasure; it's La Colombe d'Or . It ha...

NICE - Cote d'Azur Marche a la Brocante. Anne Neree specializes in antique fabrics and among her treasures I found these exquisite whi...

NICE - Cote d'Azur Marche a la Brocante. This funny little "mutt" is very happy to follow his master every Monday to the flea...

Postcard from Venice: HAPPY SUMMER HOLIDAYS XOX from Pixel and Jay peg

VENEZIA Punta Sabbioni - Sand art. Ollek Masarik is from Czechoslovakia and he spends his summers going up and down the coasts of Italy, F...

photograph courtesy Missoni Press LOVE BEADS Margherita Missoni, president of orphanage Africa Italia , is the advocate of the Love Beads ,...

Photograph by Manfredi Bellati VIVA L'ITALIA Jay Peg is still enjoying basking in the glory of Italy's fourth victory in the socc...

VENEZIA Basilica di San Marco. Let me leave you with this "magical" special effect, in which I am trying to transmit to you too, ...

VENEZIA Basilica di San Marco. It was appropriate that writer John Berendt should be present at the concert directed by Lorin Maazel , in ...

VENEZIA Palazzo Ducale. Besides all the Venetian and Milanese socialites present at the Lorin Maazel concert which will benefit the restor...

VENEZIA Palazzo Ducale. After the magical Bruckner concert conducted by Lorin Maazel dinner was served in the Ducal Palace, the proceeds ...

VENEZIA Basilica di San Marco. Lorin Maazel is arriving at the Basilica di San Marco to conduct the neo Symphonica Toscanini, an offshoo...

CAPRI Time to go home. I'm very sad on the aliscafo going from Capri to Naples to catch my plane. In the background is Bay of Naples...

CAPRI The intellectuals have houses in Anacapri, which can be reached by car and is situated on the highest part of the island. While you ...

photograph by Susanne Thun CAPRI Local products # 3 - lemons. Agapanthus and lemon trees line the Thun 's private "bowling alle...

CAPRI The paparazzi. There are four paparazzi agencies on Island. The photographers roam the Piazzetta , the restaurants and the discos cha...

CAPRI A charming hotel. Since the mid 1800's the Esposito family have owned and have been running the Hotel Gatto Bianco or white ca...

CAPRI After a pizza you must get an ice cream from this typical kiosk, right in the center of Capri on the Via Vittorio Emanuele, near to th...

CAPRI The Best Pizza in Capri can be found at Ristorante Da Gemma . The oven photographed above dates back to 1300 and it's the oldest ...

CAPRI Lunch at Peter and Mariella # 3. Peter Van Schalkwyk is very British and after many years of living and working in Italy, as an art ...

CAPRI Lunch at Peter and Mariella # 2. Peter and Mariella Van Schalkwyk live six months of the year in Capri and six months of the year i...

CAPRI Lunch at Peter and Mariella # 1. "This sophisticated, romantic island has a long tradition of parties, special occasions and din...

CAPRI Shopping for local products#2 At the Profumeria Della Monica, just off the Piazzetta you can get these divine glitzy, bling bling ba...

CAPRI Shopping for local products #1 Since Roman times, Capri has been famous for it's handmade sandals. It was the emperor Tiberio w...

CAPRI Here is the heart of Capri , La Piazzetta , the little square, it is the place where you come to see and be seen. Since the '50...

CAPRI On Susanne Thun 's zebra skin ottoman, from L'Oro dei Farlocchi in Milan, is part of her straw hat collection. Susanne explai...

photograph by Susanne Thun CAPRI. Here is Jackie , Susanne Thun's shadow and faithful Parson Jack Russell Terrier. She is just as be...

photograph by Susanne Thun CAPRI Here I am at last on the Blue Island, as it is also known, and I can't stop looking at the view from t...

NAPOLI With an hour and a half delay, I have just landed in Naples and as I'm in a rush, I have just enough time to jump in a cab and g...

VENEZIA - Peggy Guggenheim Collection Bisazza's 50th Anniversary. In the true spirit of international stars, Marcel Wanders was the la...

VENEZIA - Peggy Guggenheim Collection Bisazza's 50th Anniversary. At the Bisazza dinner, on the roof terrace of the Peggy Guggenheim C...

VENEZIA - Peggy Guggenheim Collection. Bisazza's 50th Anniversary. Rossella Bisazza hosted the Bisazza, makers of high quality mosa...

photograph courtesy Dr. Jack & Mr. Russell JACK RUSSELL TERRIER MEETING- Italy 11th June - Save the Date. Jack Russell Terriers, are my...

VENICE Piazza San Marco - Torre Dell' Orologio. More than 30.000 people gathered in St Mark's Square to view the Torre dell'Oro...

VENICE MUSEO CORRER - Torre del Orologio. At the dinner, prior to the unveiling of the restored Clock Tower, in the Museo Correr , what wer...

VENICE Museo Correr - Torre dell' Orologio. After ten years, the Clock Tower in Piazza San Marco was restored, by the Brandolin Dotto...

LONDON Selfridges. Save the Date! Should you be planning a trip to London, here, courtesy of Selfridges , is The English Social Calendar f...

LONDON The Victoria and Albert Museum - The Biba Ball. Murray Blewett , is head of the design studio at Vivienne Westwood , he poses with h...

LONDON The Victoria and Albert Museum - The Biba Ball. Society jeweler, Theo Fennell and his wife Louise, donated a beautiful diamond cr...

LONDON The Victoria and Albert Museum - The Biba Ball. Molly Parkin and Jan De Villeneuve are old friends of Barbara Hulanicki , the crea...

LONDON The Victoria and Albert Museum - The Biba Ball. Marie and Eddie Jordan of Formula one/Grand Prix fame are great philanthropists. T...

LONDON Sac Freres. Quintessentially English, Sac Freres, just off Bond Street, is a really new hand bag/luggage boutique. Situated in a f...

LONDON An elegant dinner party in Chelsea. While we were in London our host and hostess, Sebastian and Elisabeth Roberts gave a black tie,...

LONDON The Wolseley Cafe and Restaurant. On entering The Wolseley , r ight on Piccadilly and next to The Ritz Hotel , one gets the impressi...

photograph by Rob Hawkins - courtesy The Rockwell LONDON The Rockwell. The Rockwell , is London's latest, four star, 'boutique...