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A letter from Minnesota
I hope you’ll forgive me for breaking Celi’s “rule” about keeping current with one’s blog photos. It’s winter in Minnesota, which is blindingly white at best, boring and bare at worst. But it’s making me happy to see these photos from last summer and the summer before that, so let’s just enjoy the greenery for…
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La Triennale and the Castle Cats
Today we walked around the moat and through the grounds of the Sforza Castle and visited a great design gallery called La Triennale. We went to see an exhibition about Aldo Coppola – an artist – an Italian hairdresser but more than that of course – an icon himself – he created fashions, hair and looks.…
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Walking the feet in Milan
With just under sixteen thousand footsteps we saw a lot of Milan. I took many photographs but only a few passed the final cut. But these few describe my day beautifully, I think. I took some of Il Duomo which sits in the very centre of Milan but I was unsuccessful, the area was surrounded…
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The Milan SMILE
Smiles come in all languages. A face has a language of its own independent of its words. My Italian is not so good anymore and it was never so good in the first place so I have replaced words with lots of nods and pointings and smiles and eyebrows and more nods with smiles. Smiles work…
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So, you’re going to Italy …
Hello, everyone. Celi asked me for some helpful tips for her upcoming holiday and I was very happy to oblige. I’ve since learned from a very reliable little bird that MILAN is the destination for our friend. With that tweet in mind, I’ve included not just travel details for Italy but also some transportation info specific to Milan, as…
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The New London
Kings Cross. I know! That was not the image you were expecting right? Me either! When we think of Kings Cross we think of bricks, and dark and the huddled masses. But it is changing. There is so much building going on, fusing the old with the new, creating more pedestrian space, good spacious apartments…
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