"Het Schip", Michel de Klerk's "working class palace", is an Amsterdamse School star I first noticed them while walking around Amsterdam: odd buildings with wavy facades, ladder windows, and decorative wrought iron that looked nothing like the traditional architecture usually associated with the … [Read more...]
Estasi del Calcio: Going to a Football Game in Rome
Dauntless Dan Morey & his mettlesome Mama enjoy the ecstasy of Italian football Football in Rome: Buying Tickets in the Piazza Colonna I was standing in line at the A.S. Roma store in the Piazza Colonna, waiting to buy tickets for the upcoming Roma/Catania football game. I’d arrived early, … [Read more...]
Dining with Mother in Florence: the Good, the Bad, the Lampredotto
In which Dan Morey braves hunger and the wrath of waiters to pacify his mother I enjoy travelling with my mother, but choosing a restaurant we agree on can be difficult.In Florence, she found fault with every trattoria we passed. “Too dark.” “Too bright.” “Not enough people.” “Too many … [Read more...]
Vagabonds and Poets at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome
Dan Morey is impressed by the Baths and two college girls; a French vagabond, not so much: I stood on a hill overlooking the Baths of Caracalla (Terme di Caracalla). Though the ruins are immense, only a fraction of the original complex remains. There’s a rectangular grid of stone walls, a … [Read more...]