Me holding my bike aloft in front of the Collosseum during a Critical Mass ride

This just in, thanks to Rob.

Down by the river this morning, a faint sweet whiff of aerosol spray paint alerted me that the Great Artist had been in action. Two pieces on the embankment. In the first, see below, a new twist on an old theme:

Graffiti of a dog apparently enjoying sex with a woman

To one side, in Italian, obviously: Il cane è il migliore amico della donna. The d...

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Down to the river last night for the third annual [Tevereterno]http://tevereterno.it/tevereterno.html binge to mark the solstice. Maybe I’m getting jaded, but last night was actually a bit disappointing, I’m afraid. There was a passel of marimba, xylophone, vibraphone type players doing a minimali...

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Man with large afro hiding in smoke bush

On a glorious Sunday, what could be nicer than visiting some gardens? Alas, they don’t quite know how to organize these things in Italy. No scones, no home-made jam, no plants for sale (which is just as well as I have nowhere to put them). But they do have guides, and regimentation. Parties enter...

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I’m strolling with The Squeeze in front of the restaurants and bars that line the edge of Piazza del Campo. Though I say so as shouldn’t, my ’fro is looking particularly good, the result of that soft Siena water. In front of us steps a nattily dressed older gent wearing a red beret. He holds up a si...

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