Oh my god, it finally arrived
Monday, April 15th, 2019
I arrived in Italy with a visa for Residenza Elettiva ( Elective Residence) meaning I was not here for any other reason that I wanted to live here. If you come to Italy for any period longer than 90 days, which is the limit without a visa, then you must apply for a Permisso di […]
Oh my god, it finally arrived
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Revisit the “Store with no Name”
Wednesday, April 10th, 2019
About 4 years ago I wrote a blog post about the Store with no Name and have been back a couple of times since. I bought the calendar men’s magazine poster from June 1967 and had it framed although it is still in California as well as two relatively small advertising posters. All of these […]
Revisit the “Store with no Name”
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Ah finally it’s spring
Sunday, April 7th, 2019
Before moving to Italy last year I had lived in temperate areas of California for 45 years, the last 39 of those years in the San Francisco Bay area. There it seems like there are two seasons: Spring where it’s warm but not too hot and never rains and Fall when it’s colder but not […]
Ah finally it’s spring
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More adventures in Torino
Tuesday, March 5th, 2019
I’m spending a lot of time in Torino lately, every other weekend in fact. Laura has a book of 100 things to do in Torino so I went through it and marked a few of the things that interested me. So this last weekend we went to see a couple of things. The first one […]
More adventures in Torino
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