After ten days in Umbria and Rome (about which I will write soon), I returned to New York. I have two months ahead of me during which I am only going to focus on my own work and this feels like a true gift from the gods. I wanted, and kept, my calendar very empty. But I had … [Read more...]

Since I was a girl, traveling with my mother to Rome for the first time, I'd always believed that these pines were a species of tree. It was only years later after I came to understand the Italian aesthetic that I understand that actually they are pruned like this. To preserve … [Read more...]

One of those random things I love about traveling. Ran into this odd couple at Rome airport. Hard to explain what they are really (well, I know what they are, but I prefer the mystery of others not being able to make much sense out of this weird image). Just another day on the … [Read more...]