January 2012
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invisible circus (rome at night)
Have you always listened to the tick tock fever pitch of your heart when walking in the Roman alleyways? Have eyes followed you around every corner?
I want to go down this alley with you. I want to see where we end up. Sooner or later we’ll part, for we all do, but let’s turn and twist awhile, let’s follow the invisible circus’ insistent rhythms. The Strong Man, the...
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a solitary espresso on capri
The solitary espresso in Capri, sitting at the tiny, empty cafe in silent awe of a small funeral procession rounding the corner before me and stopping
beneath the 15th century church only several feet from me in the small piazza. That moment stretched on into a dream state. I felt completely a tourista, a witness, some mute observer.
The hearse stopped it’s movement and the mourners got...
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Dispatch from the Grand Flora, Rome, Italy. (If...
This morning we landed in Rome. It’s been a whirlwind ever since. (March 2010)
It’s past midnight and I’m sipping Carpene Malvolti prosecco bellinis from the chic little wine bar Gran Caffe Roma on Via V. Veneto & eating complimentary Peyrano chocolates from the hotel. We drove from the airport to the hotel, spying the coliseum and the baths of caracalla which I captured...
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48 hours from the eternal city
I am always in search of an adventure.
Downloading/uploading Rome 2010/2012
So I’m flying to Rome for the 7th time in 12 years on Friday & 2010 is the year I will be finally, completely ‘plugged in’. I bought my $60 international iPhone plan so I don’t return home with a $1,000 bill updating on facebook, “I’m in the coliseum” or tweeting, “I’m walking in the footsteps of Caesar” or talking to someone back...
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softness & moonlight
Very hot bubble bath with a good book (hardcover Secrets Of Rome) & exceedingly chilled Italian champagne. The taste of fruit is still in my mouth. Annihilated after a hot day in the Italian sun walking through grand palazzos and the ruins of the past. The air chokes me. I hide in the room, a tiny, lovely oasis. He reads about Caesar, I read about the ancients & a 1960s murder on Via...
