My first impression of Rome was the noise. Although honking is illegal (can you even imagine?!), this feels like a car city. Such a contrast to the stillness of Venice—I did feel a bit of whiplash. The New Yorker in me is somehow afraid to jaywalk all of a sudden because the driving energy feels extra chaotic.
Read MoreAn unsuspecting lagoon that became the richest city in the world for hundreds of years, the playground for Casanova, and home to the most important art event in the world, La Biennale—Venice is a jewel slowly crumbling back into the sea it sprang from.
Read MoreTravel went smoothly from New York to Milan—all the planes, trains, and automobiles were on time and easy enough to figure out. I found myself at Erin & Mark’s in the late afternoon, oddly feeling like I was just in a new neighborhood in NYC.
Read MoreI may have talked to you this week or it might’ve been a few months or even years—either way, sending a warm “Ciao!” from snowy Brooklyn. I’ll be heading to Italy in a few hours on a (mostly) solo adventure filled with a lot of looking & tasting. You’re welcome to follow along via this newsletter, which I aim to send every day or so(ish) since I don’t use social media these days.
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