Landscaping for Privacy: May 30 in Eve Beglarian’s a book of days
OK, let’s drive, let’s tour the hydrangeas And the lawns. What could be more suggestive Than a grassy mattress? —Linda Norton
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Trolling the Heilbrunn Timeline: A Goldsmith in His Shop
On returning from Italy, I decided it was high time I supplemented my scant knowledge of medieval and Renaissance art, so I gathered up a few books* on the subject. After reading said books, it occurred to me that a Renaissance art vacation extender might be available at the Metropolitan Museum, so I looked up […]
When in Rome: Final Days, Part 2 of 2
I can only say, about our last days in Rome, that we certainly did not go out with a whimper. The opposite of anything we planned, it seems, in retrospect, that we’d been building up to this apotheosis from the moment we arrived.
When in Rome: Final Days, Part 1 of 2
We settled on a new strategy for our final two days in Rome. We were again “based” in Trastevere. This time our plan was to explore only more-or-less immediate neighborhoods in an effort to minimize time spent in the logistics of finding our way around. The strategy worked better than we had any right to […]
When in Umbria: Spoleto, Part 2
The Umbria portion of our travels ended with a final full day in Spoleto. Our first days in Spoleto had coincided with the Rocca Albornoziana closing days, though there was plenty to see looking out over its ramparts.
Prufrock's Dilemma 