Venetian travel fantasies
Today’s #OneGoodThing was seeing this gorgeous photo of Venice on Facebook. This stunning view was captured by our friend Davide Venier, owner of La Mela Verde, the best gelato shop […]
The perfect way to see Venice
A gondola ride in Venice is an absolute must, allowing you to experience the city in an unparalleled way… slowly, from a low vantage point, gliding along the narrow canals […]
Looking out from the Guggenheim
I walked into a room in the Peggy Guggenheim Museum, saw this wall lined with beautiful blue glass against the irons with the Grand Canal as backdrop, and my fingers […]
Our Venetian Respite
Here you see Mama sitting with two of her Venetian friends in our apartment’s living room. The doorway to the left led to Mama’s bedroom, and to the right led […]
View from the Rialto
The Rialto Bridge offers some of the best views of Venice. This photo, taken from the middle of the iconic bridge, looks toward the apartment where we stayed during our […]
Rialto Bridge
The Rialto Bridge is one of four bridges that cross Venice’s Grand Canal. This beautiful stone arch bridge is the oldest of the four. For me, this iconic bridge is […]
Traffic on the Grand Canal
This photo was taken during my first ride on a vaporetto (waterbus). Though these waterbuses are typically very crowded, I managed to get a front seat of the outside section […]
My favorite perch
I took this photo from the corner windowseat in our Venetian apartment on the Grand Canal. I spent a lot of time perched on the cushion there, not really reading […]
Across the Grand Canal
This is where we lived in Venice for the month, shown from across the Grand Canal. We lived in the ground floor apartment of the red building in the middle of the photo to the right. We are standing along the Grand Canal between the outdoor fish/fruit/veg market and the […]
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