Apr 13I wish your basket is full of Easter dreams!Chocolate bunnies, outdoor tasty brunch, cakes baking, eggs hunting, eggs dyeing, the easter tree … these are just a few of the many...
May 30, 2021The seductive design of Art Deco posters"An assertively modern style that ran to symmetry rather than asymmetry, and to the rectilinear rather than the curvilinear; it responded...
Sep 30, 2020"L'Exposition Universelle de Paris, 1900"I never underestimate the power of a picture when this can make me travel back in time, through my memories. Usually, this step back in...
Aug 5, 2020Spindizzies: amazing miniature racing carsLooking at first glance those miniature cars resemble very much to a toy. But they weren’t at all! They were true pieces of art...
Jul 14, 2020Living the "Ligurian Riviera" Life“The blue of the water of one of the most beautiful seas in Italy lays the coast, made of rocks, Mediterranean scrub and pastel colours...
Jun 3, 2020Dreaming of a new "Golden Age"The Belle Époque (a.k.a "Beautiful Era" or "Golden Age") was a peaceful and economic prosperity period that started in 1871 and ended...
May 17, 2020The golden age of the Cotton ClubLet's talk about the most popular Speakeasy Club in New York City during Prohibition era It’s with "The Best" of Duke Ellington in the...
Apr 9, 2020The 1920s Speakeasy Clubs100 years ago today the Volstead Act went into effect leading to Prohibition around the USA “I am just a businessman giving the people...
Mar 7, 2020A place that stole my heart: St. MoritzSmall, cozy, and and 322 Sunny Days a Year. Saint Moritz is a jewel amidst the Upper Engadin lakes district in the southern side of the...
Feb 24, 2020If you don't fall 10 times, then you are not learning it right!There’s only 20 days to Springtime! There’s only 20 days to Springtime, though the deep blanket of snow covering the road on my way to...
Nov 1, 2019Trick or treat?The evolution of Halloween costumes through the decades The origins of the Halloween celebration go back over 2,000 years ago. Every...
Oct 18, 2019Meet the legendary "Unsinkable Sam"Let me introduce you the cat who survived 3 sinking ships! It is said that cats have nine lives. If so, there has been one very lucky in...
Sep 9, 2019Take me to the "Festival del Cinema Ritrovato"The XXXIV edition of The Cinema Ritrovato Festival confirms itself as a cult event for cinephiles and old movies lovers. If someone asked...
Jun 8, 2019The legend of the Orient ExpressOnce upon a time there where central stations manned by porters carrying multiple Louis Vuitton travel trunks to private carriage on a...
Apr 9, 2019A pretty 116 year-old sewing machineOne of the sweetest memories of my childhood, that I still have vivid on my mind, is the perfume of the original dried lavender I could...
Mar 21, 2019History for sale New York City’s iconic Chrysler Building is selling for $ 150 million One of the most recognizable Art Deco building of New York City is...
Oct 26, 2018The George Grantham Bain CollectionTaking photos is a hobby that seems to involve many people nowadays. Instagram is full of talented photographers who, thanks to their...
Sep 16, 2018A 126 years old family BusinessThe old sewing machine my grandmother passed me down I consider one of those focal points that make the difference in every home...