Do you see that building across the Piazza? The one with the dark rectangular window openings? That is a picture of the Locanda/the Albergo di Verrazzano…a Locanda is a place where one can stay overnight and where one can eat. […]
“Do Unto Others…” (For more, See Below)
Nice things can happen. At least here they can. If I repeat myself, then so be it: The little town in which I live seems to resemble an adult Italian version of Sesame Street. Three Stories of nice […]
Slow As You Go
The little town in which I live is celebrating the “Slow Food” movement (Cittaslow”) this weekend. The movement began in 1986 as a protest against McDonalds opening a unit near the Spanish Steps in Rome. Today, there are chapters in […]
Looking For A Good Deal
We have a walkway underneath the porticos in our little town’s piazza. Several days a month it gets filled up with pedestrians: Locals, Tourists, X-pats and more. It’s not the Champs Elysee, it’s more like a river of […]
A = B+C (…if A =’s 2, and B =’s 3, then C must Equal Minus 1. Right?
Mr. Stevens, my algebra teacher in the 7th grade, heard Davey Sargent laughing in the back of the classroom. He put down his chalk and told us there was too much laughter in the room and in the world. He […]