I'm off to spend the day in Jersey today.
Mobile Blogging from here.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Milano
After meeting up with Angela at the exhibition yesterday, we wandered over to the Brera district and found a nice outdoor place for aperativi. A friend of hers from Parsons who is also in town, and who's name escapes me, joined us. After the obligitory small plates and negroni, we wandered around and dropped in on a party being held in a clothing shop. There was a DJ and they were handing out champagne and some odd bites of food. This picture is from the party. Afterwards we wandered a bit more and discovered a small alleyway with several restaurants. We picked the one that seemed to be the busiest and ate grilled octopus followed by risotto Milanese followed by a whole seabass. The food was frankly dissapointing compared to other meals I've had in Italy but they finished us off with two rounds of cold mirto which was a welcome surprise. I had fun with Angela yesterday but I'm really looking forward to spending some time on my own for the next few days. Milan is a big city and I haven't seen much of it yet. Not sure where I'll go today, but it's grey and drizzly so maybe I'll try to check out Il Cenacolo.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Italia
I'm off to Italy this afternoon, it's an overnight flight so I'll arrive tomorrow morning in Milano. I've got a friend who's in the fashion industry who was invited to show her new line by Vogue magazine (it's fashion week there), so I'll be attending the opening party for that tomorrow night! Should be fun and exciting (hope i have something fashionable to wear!) Then I'll spend a couple days bumming around Milan and eating risotto, then a couple days in Venice to check out the Biannale and the amazing wines from the veneto, then up to Scotland for a family wedding, a day or two in London to visit friends and then back home - a whirlwind trip, yes but a much needed one.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
This Year
Everything changed this year and it's not over yet; everything is still in flux. I'm hanging on and trying to ride the wave to the shore. I only hope that when i get there it's not too rocky, and with any luck there'll be a cabana with someone serving tropical drinks.
I'm not going to blog about my love life anymore - it was kind of a stupid idea to ever do so. I started this blog last year as a kind of travel journal and I'm going to try and get it back on that track.
Stay tuned.
I'm not going to blog about my love life anymore - it was kind of a stupid idea to ever do so. I started this blog last year as a kind of travel journal and I'm going to try and get it back on that track.
Stay tuned.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Has it been a week? Really?
This week really flew by. The show last weekend was way better than I thought it would be; lots of fun and great to see all those people again. Howie's wedding was a blast too, especially seeing friends from the old North-Shore days. One of the bridesmaids was someone I had previously met a few months ago at a party, we were seated next to each other at the wedding and wound up talking a bit. There is a strange dynamic with us... i can't tell if it's good or not but she felt it too, so we're going out this weekend; should be interesting.