Jetset Wisdom: MIlan

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Showing posts with label MIlan. Show all posts

Nine days in February..

The view of the alps was

breathtaking into Milan on
Wednesday morning -
where is my real camera;
although I must say,
iPHONE was a lot better than niente!!

Who says February cannot be a great month, even if we are

starting to be weary over the winter weather! Not the typical start of a month for me, but given our dreadful course of weather these past couple of months, I've bucked up, and
enjoyed, ok,
really savored new adventures:
Hot Vinyasa class at
www.yogaforthepeople.com
sushi at Nana Sushi,

coolest Negroni and antipasti
on the Navigli in Milano,
enjoying lunch at the Anema e Cozze in the warm Italian sun
watching the gorgeous passenger/aka Fendi model on
Men's Fashion Week Milan on FTV

Marco Aneli's exhibit was the world premier of his project done in New York - quite provoking! Look at these faces!!!!

Favorite window on Via Casale in the Navigli district - YOU'RE MY FAVORITE WORK OF ART.

Car waiting for me in the lobby? Thank you Melia!!!!

However,MILAN 48HR does just as good to get around for 48 hours - try it!!

Love this illustration of the Grotto Beach Resort ...
I know that I keep saying my word for 2011 is STILL.
This grotto photo, I took with my IPHONE to me says STILL.

The rest of the 9 days, still - maybe not so much

NYC view and my new friends: Jax and Yasmiin!!

Home for one day, before I leave for Buenos Aires for pretty much the rest of the month! BRAVA!!! Tango, hopefully long lunches and late dinners with friends, visits to the new Hotel Fierro that the Rosbergs are involved with (Fierro Hotel) Tango lessons at Borges Cultural (TANGO Lessons) and lots of Malbec and Manzo!
Oh and one bottle of Uxmal Sauvignon Blanc!!!

A pantry in Rural Virginia with an International Grocery List

Truth be known, it's a deliciously bad habit: arriving at a new destination, even an old destination, and craving to get into the sync or the drum of the local gourmet food shopper. That's it; shopping with the locals, be it a small neighborhood market on Saturdays in Paris' Algerian area, a big grocery chain store in Milano, or walking down 3 blocks to my favorite Jardin grocery, Pão de Açúcar (sweet bread)....It is what it is. Awesome.

All I know, is that the growing pantry in my farmhouse in Rural Virginia is probably, well, I hate to say it....quite enviable. Case in point, I had family visiting from Canada last week; the one and only potential foodie was kidding..."oh wow... let me see...bold coffee beans from (of course) Brazil, French (salted) butter from Brittany, earthy olive oil from an agriturismo in Umbria,Italy, clean strong mustard from Paris (no, not Grey Poupon...Aroma.), anchovies from Argentina, paprika from Madrid, etc. etc. -I would love to have this in my kitchen, as would my Mom" she confides with a grin. I said," but as long as you take on TRAVEL with a vengeance, you can!!!! "

But that's my gift. That's what we GET out of flying all night long, with 200+ people for 9+ hours. We get to grocery shop. And then bring it on home and cook with our prized harvest. Sadly, every single 'stewardess' does not cook, but when we do - we can raise the bar on any menu! With our declining US $$, It definitely beats buying a pair of sexy sandals for 135Euro. I'm not saying that doesn't ever happen, but this soaking up the local is right up there with taking photos of sunsets from the rooftop of Hotel Unique in Sampa, Brasil, after a Caiparoshka with Lychee, as your 'take home, or take away'..
A home version, case in point, would be this photo of the groceries from my last MIlano trip, with the Kitchen Kitty Lacy - definitely more excited than I (maybe she knew I'd be home cooking for a few days). I was very sad, this was my last trip to Milano for a while.....and I had just received my frequent shopper card at Esselunga!! Che peccato!

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