Our friend Elisa invited us to join her at the cinema today to see an old American musical: “Singing in the Rain” with Gene Kelley, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O’Connor. This is one of my favorite classic films, and I had to force myself not to sing along. Mama and I are fascinated with how…
After a very busy week of seeing friends and exploring Venice, Mama and I were exhausted and needed rest. Today was our recovery day. Thankfully, we’d already picked up a few groceries. So without leaving our apartment, we enjoyed this lovely, little spread of fresh tomatoes with mozzarella di bufala and Bellinis for lunch. It…
This evening Mama and I joined friends for drinks at a cool roof terrace bar near Ca D’Oro — and it even had an elevator! This is not common in such an old city, so it is cause for celebration. It was fun to be high up, and look out over Venice. And it was…
Mama and I were treated to a lovely lunch at the home of our friend Shaul today. What a special feeling to be welcomed into an Italian home like family! We first met Shaul about eight years ago, when he was giving a talk at the University of California, Santa Cruz, titled “Women, Jews, and…
Mama and I explored our neighborhood of Castello a bit more this evening. Our new friend Jonny, who runs a restaurant next to our apartment, recently pointed out to us all of the best shops for fruit and vegetables, fresh bread, wine and more. In California, we tend to purchase all of these items from…
Mama and I took a Vaporetto to Rialto and hunted down the Venice Municipality Public Relations Office today to pick up their “Accessible Venice” kit. It’s part of a project called “Venezia citta per tutti” and it includes 13 colorful area maps and one large comprehensive map with points of interest accessible to those with…
Venice is divided into six sestiere, or neighborhoods, and Mama and I are staying in Castello. We’re just one bridge and two corners away from our apartment five years ago, which is awesome because we can frequent some of our old favorite spots. When I popped out to pick up our laundry tonight, I also…
It’s more fun to take the bus in Venice, because it’s actually a boat (called the Vaporetto). Since they’re used by locals and tourists, it can be very crowded (and therefore not always so fun, or even safe for those with mobility issues). But today we got on our first Vaporetto of this trip, and…
Mama and I had errands to run today, and we got to figure out how to accomplish them the Venetian way. It was a fun game to plot our path, based on the least number of bridges/stairs and what we needed to carry. We dropped off our laundry first — reuniting with our previous landlady…
Tonight featured our first Italian Aperol Spritz and Bellini of the trip, new friends, and plenty of pasta! Mama and I got together with Noeleta, a fellow Californian we met in the Zurich airport on the way to Venice. It was so lovely to see her again and to meet her Italian family. The sunset…
Venice is experiencing an unusual September heat wave — it’s muggy and sticky, and seems to only cool down for a couple hours around 5 a.m. This sort of weather is exactly why we don’t come to Venice in the summer. Mama and I were massively grateful when our landlord showed up at our apartment…
It was another hot and humid day in Venice. Mama and I tried to cool down with a cup of gelato. We chose a peach/apricot flavor, which was very creamy and refreshing. Paisley also enjoyed licking our cups when we finished. We walked a little farther from home today and still didn’t get lost! We…
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