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Sensory Overload
My Contessa was on the hunt for something special. We walked into the heart of the city and up a small side-street near the Pantheon. I could smell it coming from 500 yards: scented candles....
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A Dog Song
From the artist who brought you the four-paw-portrait above (for full portrait, see the “about” page), A Dog Song: Chow.
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On The Road
Road trip beginning today. Stay tuned. Back next week with plenty of “Nose-Out-Of-The-Window” details… Chow!
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The Drive at Five
Never get into a car when the sun is near the western horizon. Overhead: OK. Set: absolutely. But to drive at rush hour is madness. First of all, there is no possibility for a breeze across the...
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Fairies and Ferrys
There are ferries and there are fairies. Large, rolling ships and tiny, twittering creatures. So, it becomes clear when speaking about either that whomever is speaking, explains. “Ferry,” said the...
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Pix
I love cameras. Especially the new, digital ones. If i don’t look good the first time, it can all be erased, just like kicking up a little grass over the morning do, so to speak. The Contessa, Count...
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La Reserv—ation
Boat travel in any breeze greater that 5 knots should be prohibited—worldwide. If the vessel lists, I insist: NO PASSAGE. While I enjoy licking up most things that end up on the floor, keeping time...
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Delices de France
I am freshly fluffed and feeling fine. We made an excursion to the open market in Nice today. The smells were exquisite: artisan cheeses, provencal sausages, crisp white wines, multitudinous flowers...
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Going to Grasse
Side trip from the beaches of the Cote D’Azur to Grasse today. Why leave the poolside, I ask…until we arrived at the perfumerie.The inside was nearly scentless. Odd for the site of such haute odor,...
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On The Road, Again
Alas, we quit the palace yesterday. La Reserve disappeared from sight through the rear window of the Big Black Car, my angst at leaving born out as drool down the fine leather back seat. We drove the...
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The I-SMELL
OK. Loving the beach here on the lake. It’s enough to chase the ball, really. But most of the humans, even the tiny types, are plugged into a small device that sings to them. That’s all perfectly...
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Paradise, Lost
Beautiful and clear today on Lake Como, but the radio on the bar by the pool suggested clouds for the rest of the week. Thunder, lightening, rain. Time to head for home. We used the rest of the...
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Election 2009
The Roman exodus that began August 1 is yet in full swing. The streets are oddly quiet; the heat is turned to high and, up on the Pincio, the vendors of small squeaky playthings have even closed up...
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English
I like words. Latin is great. Audio, video, disco is one of my favorite sayings.: “I see, I hear, I danced in the 70′s….” Italian makes anything sound appealing: Se masticare una cosa io ti uccidero...
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Ciao, Ciao, Chanel.
Chanel has died. Not the fashion (even though it’s not Italian, it seems eternal) nor the designer, herself (Coco is long gone)—but the dog. Chanel apparently was the oldest living dog at 21 years of...
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BYOB
Dogs are ubiquitous in the bars and cafes of Italy. Who do you think cleans the floor? It keeps labor costs down and subsidizes the feeding of urban canines. Brilliant, no? But bunnies in...
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Gathering Nuts
The squirrels are out in full force up in the Pincio. There’s nary a nut to be found now. They’re all squirreled away, if you will. I sit and watch the dizzying creatures, mostly. Chasing them is...
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Rats
The fossilized skull of a rat the size of a car has been found in Uruguay. It’s about 4 million years old and weighed about a ton, so big, in fact, that it probably spent most of it’s life submerged...
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AH-Choo
I hate sneezing. First of all, I don’t understand it. It goes totally against all standards of wild behavior, after all. Dogs who gave away their positions on the Savannah way back when simply...
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The Two Sexes
An Indiana University study has demonstrated that when men listen, they only do it with the left side of their brain (where speech is located). Woman apparently listen with both halves. I suppose that...
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