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Angela K Nickerson's Blog
November 26, 2009
- So often we only read about the trials and tribulations of air travel at this time of year, and I want to share with you a letter I've written to Sun Country Airlines with some cheery news this Thanksgiving. Dear Sun Country Airlines, It has been many years since my husband and I last flew your airline. We left Minnesota nearly a decade ago, but this year we decided to spend the ...
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November 25, 2009
- In the last few decades, airports have styled themselves as great places for art exhibits. After all, thousands of travelers pass through airports. They are often a captive audience. And airports are large civic places begging for both beautification and intellectual stimulation. I mean, how much CNN can one person watch, right?To read more about Art in Airports and to see what I found ...
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November 20, 2009
- Medieval and Renaissance Venetians often built exterior staircases on their homes to save precious living space. But the architects of the Scala Contarini del Bovolo -- or staircase of the snail shell -- took the art of floor-to-floor mobility to a new artistic level. Peter Contarini added the staircase and series of loggias to his palazzo near the end of the 1400’s. The staircase and ...
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November 17, 2009
- I have to be honest. My family doesn't share this recipe with just anyone. But we're friends, right? So, once again I am sharing the recipe for my family's pumpkin pie -- the best and easiest recipe in the world. I blogged about baking at my grandmother's house last year about this time. This was one of the first recipes I learned to make, and I make pumpkin pie all fall and winter. ...
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November 13, 2009
- You all know how much I love brides, and on this last trip to Venice, I watched a particularly gorgeous wedding party having their photos taken in Piazza San Marco. They were happily chatting in both English and Japanese. The mother of the bride's kimono was absolutely gorgeous. And look how delighted they all seem to be!To see more photos of the wedding party, check out my home ...
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November 11, 2009
- While the history of the Bellini is as clear as a glass of Prosecco, that of the Spritz is much like that of Venice -- colorful and mysterious. Cocktails much like the Spritz are common in parts of Austria, so most agree that the Spritz owes its origins to the Austro-Hungarian influence on Venice. And to those 18th century Austrian occupiers, we can all say, “Grazie!”To read more about ...
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November 10, 2009
- There are two cocktails which are irrevocably identified with Venice: the Spritz and the Bellini. The Bellini was born in Venice’s most famous watering hole: Harry’s Bar. Owner and barkeep, Giuseppe Cipriani, created his bubbly celebration-in-a-glass in the 1930s. When he reopened his bar after World War II, he resurrected the cocktail and christened it “the Bellini” in honor of Giovanni ...
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November 6, 2009
- In 1630-31, the plague devastated Venice. One third of the population -- 95,000 people -- died during the outbreak. In October, 1630 as the plague had Venice on her knees, the Doge and the Senate vowed to make a holy processional each Saturday for fifteen weeks. And he also promised to dedicate a church to the Virgin Mary as a plea for her help. Soon thereafter the plague outbreak ...
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November 4, 2009
- Leonardo: The Vitruvian Man Between Art and Science October 10, 2009 - January 10, 2010 Wandering the calles and campos of Venice where a good photograph lurks around every corner, I sometimes have trouble dragging myself inside. But on my last trip to Venice, I made a special point to visit the Gallerie dell’Accademia -- or Academy. Why? Because Leonardo da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man” ...
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November 2, 2009
- The varnished, wooden boat with curtained windows pulls up to the dock, and the handsome driver offers me his hand as I step into the boat. “Buon giorno, Signora,” he says, “Please...” and he gestures toward the boat’s empty seats. Sitting in the back with the wind blowing through my hair, I feel like a starlet being whisked away to my secluded Venetian hideaway as the sun sets behind ...
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October 31, 2009
- Happy Halloween! It's a day of ghosts and goblins... and Michelangelo? Yep. Michelangelo! Read on... and maybe get some costuming inspiration? The Opening of The Sistine Chapel "Finally, on October 31, 1512, the chapel’s doors were opened and Romans flocked to see the wonders therein. Michelangelo’s work created an immediate sensation in the city and beyond. In covering the ...
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October 30, 2009
- Here in the centre stand the glass. Light Is the lion that comes down to drink. There And in that state, the glass is a pool. Ruddy are his eyes and ruddy are his claws When light comes down to wet his frothy jaws. -- Wallace Stevens, "The Glass of Water" The pride of lions -- stone and otherwise -- in Venice numbers in the thousands. For centuries the king of the beasts has served ...
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October 28, 2009
- Every day throngs of tourists scramble to the Rialto, Venice's second most photographed bridge (after the Bridge of Sighs). But in their mad photographic dash, most of those tourists miss the best photo -- and culinary -- opportunity in Venice's San Polo area. There, just along the Canal Grande Venice's markets buzz as the restaurateurs and home cooks alike jostle for the best seafood, ...
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October 26, 2009
- What a fall for art in the US! I've previously blogged about finding Michelangelo in New York and Ft. Worth as well as Caravaggio in Chicago. Well, now add Minneapolis to your list of cities to visit this fall. Personally, I love Minneapolis -- the sculpture garden, the Minnesota Orchestra, the downtown Dayton's (now Macy's) -- Minneapolis is a fabulous city. And this fall there's one more ...
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October 25, 2009
- Today marks St. Crispin’s Day -- a commemoration of two saints, actually: Crispin and Crispinian. According to tradition both men were shoemakers who were martyred at Soissons at the end of the 3rd century. But I don’t generally think of shoes or shoemakers on this day... I think of one of my favorite high school teachers. In the pantheon of teachers who shaped me into the woman I am ...
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