La Dolce Vita
I found a great quote this weekend from artist/provocateur Terrence Koh (described by the New York Times T Magazine as "extremist" Terrence Koh. Maybe I'll list that under occupation next time I have to fill out a form). Anyway, he said:
‘‘You should go bankrupt for what you love. For art, for fashion, for everything.’’ That's an idea I can get behind! Which brings me to my intended topic:
Euro be damned, we're off to Italy! Rome has always been better than Prozac for me (and without the unpleasant sexual side effects!), ever since my mom took me there one summer as a teenager. We splashed around in fountains, sat in the Piazza Navona and sketched and ate gelato with every meal, and it's held a magical allure for me that never diminished in subsequent visits. I travelled through Italy during college on the de rigueur low-budget youth hostel backpacking tour, and visited several more times with my boyfriend, now husband, snatching up a dozen pairs of Gucci and Prada shoes at prices that justified the trip over (at least that's what we told ourselves), back when our dollar was worth something. I do plan to search out the elusive Prada outlet outside Florence this time, but don't expect to find many bargains.
Of course experiencing the joys of Italy with our kids will be a whole different trip, and we plan to spend about month split between Rome and Florence, with maybe a weekend excursion to Venice. I've booked two weeks in the Florence apartment of the lovely Isabelle, whose place in the Marais we enjoyed last time we were in Paris.
So, on the off chance that I've got any Roman readers, who just happen to have a 2-bedroom apartment sitting vacant for the month of January, by all means email me! In the meantime I'm scanning Craigslist for last minute rentals.
While there, we have plans to visit some of Rome's more eccentric attractions, including the Capuchin Crypt, decorated with the bones of 6000 monks (we are traveling with a 7-year old boy)
and the Rome Children's taxi driver school, where kids get to zip around a mini version of the city in tiny cars or Vespas, while a Roman grandma shouts instructions from a traffic control tower (really). Our other must-see is the cat sanctuary (Coco is just crazy about cats), where Roman cats are indulged with daily pasta from the gattare (cat ladies) as they loll about the ruins.
I'm planning to bring my digital camera and shoot some street style a la The Sartorialist.
And of course we'll have to see this when we have our planned treasure hunt in the Uffizi.
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