Abruzzo People

Abruzzo-girl

While spending some time in the verdant and semi-unknown Abruzzo region of Italy I met a few people and photographed them.Here are my photographic portraits along with a little about the Abruzzo people I met, all of whom add to the character of this area of Italy which is worthy of further … [Read more...]

Mikamai, WordPress, Drupal, Ruby on Rails

Mikamai - unconventional everything

As a result of this blogging lark I get to see some interesting places, like Casamonti in Tuscany, and to meet some interesting people too.  My visit to Ray Lamothe and Anna Rita Diegoli's enchanting Casamonti business led me towards Mikamai, where I made an appointment to have a chat about a few … [Read more...]

Ferrari Chairman Montezemolo Helps Americans

Luca Cordero di Montezemolo

Thanks to Gianluca, one of my tourism master students, I heard a charming story of Italian chivalry.  The star of this story was a certain Luca Cordera di Montezemolo, who, when not acting as an impromptu taxi driver, runs Italian sports car maker, Ferrari.A brief hunt around the Italian … [Read more...]

Meeting Gaetano Fiore

Recent Work by Gaetano Fiore

Over on my, erm, rather neglected site devoted to raising awareness of contemporary Italian artists and their wonderful works, Italy is in, I wrote about Italian artist Gaetano Fiore, after having been introduced to his work by friend and SEO expert, Sean Carlos of Antezeta.Well, writing about … [Read more...]

Presentation of Gianpietro Carlesso’s work with Music by Moby

OK, here is the new YouTube video presentation, complete with accompanying music by Moby!I think the soundtrack works quite well, and I hope Gianpietro, Moby, and you, my kind readers agree; says he, a little nervously. See what you think:Big thanks to Moby -PS Moby's new website is … [Read more...]