Author: matthew
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Weird but Wonderful | Enlightened
Marché Paul Bert, un des Marchés aux Puces de St Ouen, Paris
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Tuscany | Rooms with a View
Driving up the Tuscan mountain was like being on an amusement park ride…a mixture of fear and exhilaration, as I maneuvered treacherous hairpin curves and dodged speedy Italian drivers coming towards me. The road ended at the top of the mountain, in a village called Coreglia Antelminelli. I was spellbound.
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Style Moment | Pietrasanta
“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set her free.” Michelangelo (1475-1564) Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer. Lived and worked in Pietrasanta, carving his now famous sculptures, including David, from the local white statuary marble.
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My Milano
When I mention to people how much I love Milan, they usually frown and say, “But it’s so cold and industrial.” Even a travel writer recently wrote, “I only go to Milan for business,” implying that there would be no other valid reason for going there. All I can say is, they don’t know my…
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Style Moment | Eymet, France
“A picture is a poem without words.” Horace (65 BC-8 BC) Roman lyric poet
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Weird but Wonderful | A Fine Spectacle
It was lunchtime, and the outside tables at the restaurants on Fiolstraede in Copenhagen were fully occupied. A street band gave up their place to an accordion player…no one took much notice.
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The Danish Art of Hygge
Danish people are generally reserved. They’re not unfriendly, but they don’t really go out of their way to engage you. Because of this trait, it’s surprising to learn one of the most significant words, and traditions, in Denmark, is hygge.
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Style Moment | Marché Vernaison, Paris
“A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” Antoine de Saint Exupéry (1900 – 1944) French novelist (The Little Prince) and aviator
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Learn a Language | Words of the Day
In my never-ending quest to learn the languages of the countries I am traveling to, I came across Transparent Language.
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Paris | Musée Carnavalet
On the rue de Sévigné in the Marais neighborhood of Paris is the former home of Madame de Sévigné. The Hôtel Carnavalet is where she wrote a series of famous letters to her daughter, chronicling the life of 17th century Paris society. In 1880, her home and the neighboring Hôtel Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau,…
