My Cooking Class in Venice
My generous and thoughtful brother-in-law, Johnny G, treated me to a one-on-one class in Venetian Vegan Cooking with Venetian native Gioia Tiozzo ( accademiadicucinaitaliana.com ). Gioia is a food psychologist – that is, she specializes in food-related behavior and how the mind can mess with your appetite and appetites. The cooking classes are a side hustle and a curious one given her thoughts on tourists. She told me Venetians have always hated (her word) tourists -- partl
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Venice, Anyone?
The answer was si. To review, I'd booked an apartment for the entire month of January and invited friends and family to join me there. Allow me to introduce the cast of characters who said yes. They came in three waves. First wave: my sister Rosie and brother-in-law Jon, niece Victoria and her pal Kendra Second wave: sister Sheila and her sisters-in-law Cara and Chrissy (my sisters-in-law once removed or something along those lines) Third and last wave: Hammam, one of the dea
Feb 2012 min read
The Canality of Life
On New Year’s Day, I moved into the apartment in Campo San Maurizio, a somewhat quiet square nicely situated between Piazza San Marco and the Accademia bridge. Pictures of the flat will follow in a subsequent post, but here's the view of the quiet Campo from my window. My first night in the apartment, I was a little spooked. I’m accustomed to a doorman downstairs in New York and to a reception desk downstairs in Venice. This building has a security system that’s digitized.
Jan 94 min read
Venice for the New Year
I’ve rented an apartment in Venice for the month of January. My sister Rosie had turned to me last January as we walked into our hotel here and said, “You should rent an apartment in Venice for a month next year.” My first thought was, “ You rent an apartment in Venice for a month next year." But silently I was warming to the idea within minutes, and by the next morning I’d resolved to rent an apartment in Venice for a month the following winter. So now it's the following wi
Jan 64 min read
Jubilation!
Indulgence and Indulgences in Rome You may already know that 2025 is a Jubilee year in the Catholic Church -- a holy year focused on...
Jul 15, 20257 min read
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