Tag: Rome
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People of the World
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 of missing my bus back…
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The World in a Little Blue Book
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 some of my favorite photos…
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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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Weird but Wonderful | Peaceful Protest
“We are against war and tourist menu.” Restaurant in Trastevere, Rome
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Eye on Design | Rome | Bike Gallery
I’ve been to a lot of art galleries, but I’ve never seen one quite like this one in Rome.
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Style Moment | Blue urn, Rome
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Italian Renaissance artist, architect, mathematician, writer
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Rome | Nothing But the Truth
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
The city of Rome is a living, breathing, open-air museum, and I have been its patron for the past few days.
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Style Moment | Chiesa del Santissimo Sacramento, Rome
“Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the city of yearning.” Giotto di Bondone (1266-1337) Italian painter and architect
