Like Venetians While in Italy we took the kids to Ca’Macana, one of the oldest mask workshops in Venice. It was definitely a highlight of our time on the magical city built on the water. 800 years of making masks Ca’Macana uses techniques used by Venetians 800 years ago in the making of masks. A […]
Paper shop in Pisa
The Paper Shop I’m smitten at first sight when I walk into Il Papiro. I found it first in Pisa (notice what is reflected in the photo of the shop entrance) but it has a few shop locations outside of Italy as well. Paper knows no boundaries It was lovely to meet Julia, who was working […]
Collection of Italian mailboxes
I’ve been snapping my way through Italy with my camera. In fact, a slight obsession has emerged — it would seem I have a thing for mail boxes. So, here are a smattering of my favorites. Which one do you like best? Do you have a favorite mailbox of your own? Send me a picture […]
Postcards from the Vatican
Postcards a plenty Even if you don’t send mail anymore, I think it would be hard to argue that receiving a postcard with the Vatican stamp and postmark would be pretty darn cool. And so, in our travels in the history rich city of Rome, we did the typical touristy thing and bought some postcards […]