Friday, June 21, 2013

"Real isn't how you are made; it's a thing that happens to you."
- the skin horse



Thursday, June 20, 2013

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Still in love with Venice.




Monday, June 17, 2013

Summer is finally here, and with it picnics in Perrefitte.



Saturday, June 15, 2013

Venetian Baroque is in peril. The history of its birth – the emerging of the first public opera houses, the invention of sonata, cantata, concerto – has been told worldwide but remains largely unspoken at home.

Sublime publishes my piece on how Artistic Director Olivier Lexa helps Venice reclaim authenticity through the Monteverdi Vivaldi Festival. 

To read the article:

The Journey Back to Baroque

 

Bridge of Sighs



Olivier Lexa, Artistic Director Monteverdi Vivaldi Festival and Founder of the Venetian Centre for Baroque Music. (photo credits: Matteo Da Fina).

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

 the world goes by



Monday, June 10, 2013

Ah, Venice.

Let me count the ways...


Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Did someone say baguette and pinot gris ?


Monday, June 3, 2013

We've been to a party in Alsace, France, where there was...


copious light


no-nonsense entertaining


slow food

 

indulgent color


wine enough for Bacchus.

Vive la France!

Saturday, June 1, 2013

America a Venezia