Rome

People of the World

People of the World

14 November 2013 ♦
STORIES
This is Bob Beveridge, in his secondhand violin / collectible shop in Falkland, Scotland. He is playing the prized guitar that was given to him by Roseanne Cash, when she and her famous father traced their roots back to this small village in the Kingdom of Fife. At the risk…
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The World in a Little Blue Book

The World in a Little Blue Book

27 December 2012 ♦
STORIES
My passport is full.  Each of the stamps on those little blue pages represents an encounter, an adventure, an education, an accomplishment, a story.  I had to go to the passport office to have new pages inserted, and as I sat there waiting, I flipped through, and remembered.  These are…
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Eye on Design | Rome | Piero Guidi

Eye on Design | Rome | Piero Guidi

24 April 2012 ♦
EYE ON DESIGN
Fantastical acrobats, trapeze artists, clowns, and animals dance across handbags, shoes, belts, luggage, and even clothing in an explosion of color. Joyous and whimsical, it’s Piero Guidi’s “Magic Circus” collection. (more…)
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Rome | Nothing But the Truth

Rome | Nothing But the Truth

7 September 2011 ♦
STORIES
La Bocca della Verità, or Mouth of Truth, was made famous in the 1953 movie, “Roman Holiday,” when Gregory Peck scared Audrey Hepburn by pretending his hand had been bitten off.  The famous face is still there, and the scene is re-enacted over and over and over and over again……
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Roman Holiday

Roman Holiday

5 September 2011 ♦
STORIES
The city of Rome is a living, breathing, open-air museum, and I have been its patron for the past few days. (more…)
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