STYLE MOMENTS | Piselli vines, Italy | 18 May 2012
“There is no better designer than nature.”
Alexander McQueen (1969-2010) British fashion designer
DON’T MISS | Italy | Portofino | Ristorante Puny | 16 May 2012
Check out this view…and that’s not even the best part of this restaurant. The fresh seafood and homemade pasta are out of this world.
SOUNDBITES | Up in the Clouds | 13 May 2012
Watching the clouds move across the mountains on a rainy day in Liguria, Italy.
Music: “Brucia la Terra” (“Speak Softly Love”), sung live, at my side
STORIES | Unexpected Visitors | 11 May 2012
High in the mountains of Liguria, above the Italian Riviera towns of Genoa and Portofino, is a tiny village, approximate population, five hundred. Even further into the clouds, is a suburb of the tiny village, approximate population, twenty-five.
WEIRD BUT WONDERFUL | Trendsetter Teeth | 9 May 2012
Sign in Chiavari, Italy
DON’T MISS | Book | A History of the World in 100 Objects | 2 May 2012
One needs only to look at the objects of daily life to understand the civilization from which they came. From the most rudimentary carved stone tools to the credit card, these objects mark the progression of human intelligence through the ages. In his book based on a BBC series, Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, illustrates the story of human development through 100 objects…and, as Henry Ford once said, “Every object tells a story.”
STYLE MOMENTS | Favale di Malvaro, Italy | 30 April 2012
“Travel does what good novelists also do to the life of everyday, placing it like a picture in a frame or a gem in its setting, so that the intrinsic qualities are made more clear. Travel does this with the very stuff that everyday life is made of, giving to it the sharp contour and meaning of art.”
Freya Stark (1893- 1993) British explorer and travel writer. Spent her childhood, and the last years of her life, in Italy.
EYE ON DESIGN | Cassette delle Lettere | 28 April 2012
Let’s face it, in Italy everything is charming…even something as utilitarian and ordinary as a mailbox.
DON’T MISS | Blog to Blog | Norway | 26 April 2012
One of the best parts about writing a travel blog is that it inevitably puts you in contact with other travel bloggers all over the world. The other day I received an e-mail from blogger, Cecilie Moestue, from Norway. She was googling information on Hotel Number Sixteen in London, and found ObjectsBlog.
EYE ON DESIGN | Rome | Piero Guidi | 24 April 2012
Fantastical acrobats, trapeze artists, clowns, and animals dance across handbags, shoes, belts, luggage, and even clothing in an explosion of color.
Joyous and whimsical, it’s Piero Guidi’s “Magic Circus” collection.