The Weekly Photo Challenge for this week is curves. Since Los Angeles is in the throes of June Gloom (white whine), I've selected a few photos to remind me of the blue skies that surround some of the more curvaceous landmarks as well a few from Rome. … [Read more...]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Signs
Mz. Riz and I collect signs from everywhere we can. Here are a few of our favs. The first three are from our hometown Los Angeles. … [Read more...]
Naples, Italy: Pizza and Street Artist
I have long purported that Naples, Italy is one of my favorite cities: chaotic, crass and crazy. I longed for Mz. Riz to understand my love of, well my motherland. My love affair with Naples began in 2002 while working on a show called “The Five Star Hotels of Italy”. Yes, I know, it’s a tough life but somebody’s got to do it. The Neapolitan hotel we profiled was Hotel San … [Read more...]
Naples, Italy Hosteria Toledo
We arrived in Naples excited to taste the difference between Roman cuisine and the southern cuisine of Naples. So we headed to Hosteria Toledo just two rights and a left from our hotel. This is a restaurant that has been around since the 1950s. The small, bustling dining room is draped with checkered tablecloths and attended by a no nonsense woman who knows her job. … [Read more...]
Weekly Photo Challenge: In the Background
Love this photo challenge. While walking through Pompeii the looming presence of Mt. Vesuvius and the destruction it wrecked looms large. … [Read more...]
