My first encounter with Alberto Di Fabio is at a house warming party in a beautiful apartment overlooking the ancient chariot-racing venue of Circo Massimo. People are talking, lounging on couches, and sipping wine. I look over and see that two people have decided to turn the living room into a dance floor. One of […]
A couple enjoys a casual Saturday stroll. A child wearing cumbrous rollberblades clatters over the sanpietrini as his mother calls out to him. I catch sight of Andrea and stand up from my seat on an ancient stone where I’d been watching the slow current of people moving through Piazza di S. Lorenzo in Lucina. […]
Passing through an arch in the old stone Roman wall near St. Peters Square, I found myself on a picturesque street whose nostalgic ambiance would follow me all the way to the wrought iron and glass facade of Bukowski’s Bar. The first thing I noticed upon entering the cafe was a large bookcase covering one […]