VeniceblogAbout Venice, Italy.The Venetian Line- November 26, 2005 Catherine, in Venice at the moment, wrote me that she had seen an article in a local paper in the last week about a special vaporetto service that only picked up Venetians. She didn't get it all (the Italian, I...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2005/11/the_venetian_li.html Il Cornetto Marmellata all'Albicocca- November 20, 2005 For me, one of life's enduring mysteries mysteries is why it is not possible to obtain a croissaint in all of Venice without it being shot full of apricot jam. Not orange, peach, raspberry. Not 80% or 95% of the...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2005/11/il_cornetto_mar.html Mambo!- November 10, 2005 Silvana Mangano plays a lovely Venetian shopgirl whose life is inalterably re-choreographed by a bad-boy dancer, in the 1954 feature-film, Mambo, directed by Roberto Rosen and produced by Dino De Laurentiis. You can download the public domain film free and...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2005/11/mambo.html Fodor's: Take Note- November 10, 2005 Wired News has a story today about a group of artists and technologists that have cobbled together a location aware PDA-based tour of one of the less-traveled sestieri of Venice, Castello. Check it out. The system, still in an experimental...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2005/11/fodors_take_not.html Electric Giudeccaland- November 6, 2005 Other than the city itself, one of the most wonderful things about the year-and-a-half I lived in Venice without a 9-to-5 job was the time I had to explore personal passions. Precious time without a clock roaring in my ears....http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2005/11/electric_guidec.html Master Thieves at Work- November 5, 2005 In the last half century, the wells (or pozzi, as they're known) that grace the campi of the Venice have been sealed over with concrete and then, typically, crowned with a ultra-heavy cast-iron lid. So last week, police were understandably...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2005/11/master_thieves_.html Mark Your Calendars- November 3, 2005 If you happen to be in Venice on November 10th, be sure to make your way to the cemetery island of San Michele where they will be unveling a lovely new furnace in the crematorium. According to the Gazzettino, "associates,...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2005/11/mark_your_calen.html |