Archive for the 'Slice of Life' Category



Door to Autumn

Warm, warm, warm, then BOOM just like that it’s FREEZING in Bologna. Well, freezing like freezing to a California girl, not like freezing to a Boston or New York gal. Which means now I keep my jacket on when I’m walking outside and I get to wear scarves again and I don’t keep my [...]

My Mr. Handsome

We did a slow, circular waltz about the massive Piazza, taking quick curious glances at one another, he with his newspaper, me with my camera, both keeping a partial eye on what the other was doing.
After several minutes of this we finally, inevitably, collided and he peered at me over his spectacles and we bid [...]

The Pragmatism of Stiletto Heels

Allows wearer to stylishly mince around large, odiferous dog remains on European sidewalks with maximum elevation and minimal contact with said sidewalk.
As it is often unavoidable to do a foot plant into a horrid pile at one point or another in one’s lifetime, for the bright lady (or gent) wearer of the stiletto, having but [...]