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Wonderful day with Charlie, Paolo and Pietro Francesco in Calcata and Anguillara on Lake Brocciano

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Wonderful day with Charlie, Paolo and Pietro Francesco in Calcata and Anguillara on Lake Brocciano

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My so-called Italian haircut.  As my birthday gift to my wife, I went today to La Barberia Di Riccardo in Testaccio for my first Italian haircut. Riccardo asked me how I wanted it cut. I said shorter, not realizing one shortness fits all. Can’t argue that I didn’t get my money’s worth – electric razor, hand scissors, single edged blade trim all leading to big balls of hair on the floor. Love it or hate it – … more →

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Two galleries, both profiled in the New York Times’ story 36 Hours in Galleria Lorcan O’Neill (the first photo) and Dorothy Circus Gallery (the second photo and all of the photos below it). Story to follow on separate blog.

This gallery contains 10 photos.

Two galleries, both profiled in the New York Times’ story 36 Hours in Galleria Lorcan O’Neill (the first photo) and Dorothy Circus Gallery (the second photo and all of the photos below it). Story to follow on separate blog.

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The unnamed street shop where today for 2€ I had my sweater mended in one hour by two charming women. I gave them a 1€ tip because I realized that in Palo Alto that would be the cost of parking (ok, a bit of an exaggeration, but you get the point).

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Posters in Testaccio, near MACRO.

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Celebrating my 59th birthday at Felice with Becky, on her last night in Rome. Lovely dinner of puntarelle, carcoifi alla Romana, pasta cacio e pepe, braciola. Prosecco to start, amaro to finish, Syrah in between. Alex the Cuban-Italian-American adding a vest to the experience. Life doesn’t get any better. 

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From my review of Supplizio on TripAdvisor: Desperate for a lunch of something other than pizza or panini, we happened across Supplizio. What a surprising delight of new tastes. The owner patiently introduced us to three different varieties of suppli – a traditional with sausage, a potato with mozzarella, and a desert pecorino with cinnamon and sugar, each with it’s own beautiful taste. The ambience was very friendly, casual. The price very, very reasonable. We’ll … more →

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Great fun today working out with Roberto Viscuso and Andrea Tomatis. Hour and a half of drills. Healthy exhaustion. Big thanks to Daniele Desiderio for making the connection.