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Weird but Wonderful | Trendsetter Teeth
Sign in Chiavari, Italy
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Book | A History of the World in 100 Objects
One needs only to look at the objects of daily life to understand the civilization from which they came. From the most rudimentary carved stone tools to the credit card, these objects mark the progression of human intelligence through the ages. In his book based on a BBC series, Director of the British Museum, Neil…
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Style Moment | Favale di Malvaro, Italy
“Travel does what good novelists also do to the life of everyday, placing it like a picture in a frame or a gem in its setting, so that the intrinsic qualities are made more clear. Travel does this with the very stuff that everyday life is made of, giving to it the sharp contour and…
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Eye on Design | Italy | Cassette delle Lettere
Let’s face it, in Italy everything is charming…even something as utilitarian and ordinary as a mailbox.
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GUEST POST | Norway | Oil tanker hotel | Cecilie Moestue
Norwegian travel blogger, Cecilie Moestue, like me, loves to find hotels that are unique, and even, in some cases, unconventional. Her post about an oil tanker hotel in Norway is a great example.
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Eye on Design | Rome | Piero Guidi
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.
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Weird but Wonderful | Face off
A couple of dogs guarding their turf in the Trastevere neighborhood of Rome, Italy.
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Style Moment | A house in Liguria, Italy
“We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end.” Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American poet
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Eye on Design | Chiavari | In Living Color
The French painter, Claude Monet, once said,“Color is my day long-obsession, joy and torment.” I found myself both overjoyed and overwhelmed by the riot of color and the scents and flavors of the market in Chiavari, Italy.
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Weird but Wonderful | Hurry up or Wait
Sign on door of train, Chiavari to Rapallo, Italy
