Posted in Friends, Photo of the Week, Photos, Travels on November 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This week’s photo is from Madrid. Not that I went but my brother did and as on most of his travels he took his walrus Valle. Here he is contemplating the view from the hotel.
Valle has been to many places and this photo reminds me of how Amelie’s dad’s garden gnome went to all those [...]
Posted in Art, Friends, Photo of the Week, Photos, Travels on August 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I spent the last week of my holiday in Britain with a good friend. We had both been invited to the wedding of a common friend and we reasoned that driving around the countryside for a week would be the perfect prelude to a fairytale wedding in Cambridge. So we went for the big country [...]
Posted in Friends, Happy Moments, Photo of the Week, Photos, Travels on June 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
This week I spent in Rome at my best friend’s home. So many good laughs and talks. We even went to a wedding and here we are looking quite happy:
We also got to hear Cecilia Bartoli in concert with Lang Lang and a whole lot of other nice things.
/anna
Posted in Friends, Photo of the Week, Photos, Travels on May 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I arrived here yesterday and I have a whole week in front of me full of good stuff. Like ice cream and Cecilia Bartoli.
/anna
Posted in Friends, Items and Places I Like, Photos, Travels on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You could of course buy wonderful handcrafted ceramics and lacquerware in Japan – and at exorbitant prices. But you could also find small pearls in the many everyday, old fashioned shops in areas such as Asakusa. I found this wonderful little green jar at a shop by the fish market.
Being at it I bought two [...]
Posted in Concerts, Friends, Music, Opera, Photo of the Week, Photos, Travels on December 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Going through my photos I happened on this one featuring me and my best friend, Francisco, fighting over a Cecilia Bartoli record after her concert in Rome this September.
Francisco thought it was his, and it looks like I’m going to lose. So much firmer hand action on his side, dammit!
/anna
Posted in Day-to-day, Friends, Literature on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have written about The Pancake Club earlier and today I got a wonderful comment from Ken Albala who directs my attention to his book Pancake: A Global History.
It seems to be a total must for any pancake lover (such as myself). As soon as I have it in my greasy (from the pancakes) [...]
Posted in Art, Friends, Literature, Photos, Travels on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last week I went to Rome to see my great friends Giulio and Francisco. On Saturday we ventured outside the city on a trip to Bomarzo near Viterbo and about 70 km North of Rome.
Francisco had read a marvellous novel about Bomarzo and its prince Vicino Orsini (1513-1584, there seems to be some confusion [...]
Posted in Day-to-day, Family, Friends, Photos, Television, The Seasons on May 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
To celebrate my birthday and that I have finished my studies I had a garden party on Saturday with friends and family. The sun was shining, the pancakes were baking and everyone was happy. So we had a glass (or some) of pink spumante, cake and my dad was baking pancakes all afternoon. I got [...]
Posted in Friends, Items and Places I Like on February 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I got this cute wall picture from an Italian school in the 50’s for Christmas bought on my favourite outdoor market for old books and prints on the Largo Fontanella Borghese in Rome by good old friend Rughino.
Now it’s on my wall.
The Italian kids were supposed to learn the letter A which is why I [...]
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