Thoughts, comments, observations, reactions, enthusiasms
During last spring’s Milan visit, Sandra Kitt and I had an afternoon at the city’s Cimitero Monumentale. This impressive urban space is one of the city’s two largest cemeteries (the other being the Cimitero Maggiore), and both were created to provide an alternative to the many small cemeteries located throughout the city. Designed by the …
Last spring’s visit to Milan was very special, for many reasons. Primarily, though, we seriously enjoy opera, and if Milan is a destination for tourists in general, within the city Teatro La Scala is the sine qua non for opera lovers. We were hardly settled into our hotel (about three New York-style “short” blocks from …
When I described Milan in the last post, I used the word “remarkable.” I did so intentionally, for I wanted to assert my opinion that no other word would work. For me, based on my own experience, I can’t think of anywhere else where the citizens’ love of grandeur and, at the same time, their …
Dear friends, Generally speaking, I am not usually writing about subjects like this. Yet. I’m not a political columnist and I’m certainly not active in our nation’s politics, but as a citizen, I try to read about what’s going on. And I find myself becoming very nervous about the actions of some of our political …
As I continue with my “digital postcards” when I travel, I am happy to share these from a recent journey to Milan (or, as the Italians say, “Milano” – a sound I like but it’s perhaps a bit pretentious for this New Yorker). And while I like to say that, yes, I fell in love …