drupagliassotti @ October 9, 2011 # No Comment Yet
Watercolor artist Terry Spehar-Fahey has rendered “the evil doctor” for 2012 art show, which will be based on our Imagining Venice trip … if you don’t recognize the doctor, well, come visit me someday….!
drupagliassotti @ May 22, 2011 # No Comment Yet
Tucked at the end of a corridor on the way to the campanile in San Giorgio Maggiore towers this rusty metal angel, exiled, one imagines, from the top of the church overlooking the Canale della Giudecca to this dismal, enclosed spot. He is, perhaps, guarding the case of golden crowns that stands next to him, [...]
drupagliassotti @ June 6, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Day 19 (Sunday): New photos at the album. Still on the hunt for a peaceful place to relax in Osaka, I decided to head down to the Osaka Bay, where I figured I’d catch the maritime museum and then find a place to rest beside the ocean or in the nearby bird sanctuary. This time [...]
drupagliassotti @ June 5, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Day 18 (Saturday): Taking it easy in Osaka is a challenge! This is a go-go city that seems designed to keep visitors on their feet at all times … at least, unless they’re willing to pay for a drink or meal in exchange for the privilege of sitting down. More photos added to the Osaka [...]
drupagliassotti @ June 4, 2010 # 2 Comments
Takarazuka Revue and fugu — what more can you ask for from a day in Osaka? Some new photos in the Osaka album, but none from the play — no photos are allowed during the performance, of course. I’ve linked below to a few YouTube videos, however…. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the [...]
drupagliassotti @ June 3, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Day 16 (Thursday): New photos in the Osaka album. Today the students and Akiko took off and I was on my own in Japan for the first time. A challenge! I dropped off my bag at the Super hotel and took off for the subway, only getting a little lost before finding my way to [...]
drupagliassotti @ June 1, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Day 14 (Tuesday): More photos added to Miyajima here, and a new album for Hiroshima here. We took the morning ferry back to Miyajima and rode the cablecar gondola, somewhat confusingly called a “Ropeway,” up Mt. Misen. It’s a two-cablecar ride, and those students afraid of heights were closing their eyes and listening to their [...]
drupagliassotti @ May 31, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Day 13 (Monday): Miyajima album here. One of the “three most scenic spots of Japan,” Miyajima’s Itsukushima Shinto Shrine is a World Cultural Heritage site and the Mt. Misen Primeval Forest a national treasure. (The other three spots, according to 1643 Confucian scholar Shunsai Hayashi, are Matsushima and Amanohashidate, just in case you were wondering.) [...]
drupagliassotti @ May 30, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Day 12 (Sunday): New photos added to the Kyoto album here. As is only fitting for a Sunday, today was the Day of Temples and Shrines. And, oddly, maiko — that is, geishas-in-training. We started out visiting Sanjyusangendo (Buddhist), an immense long hall famed for its 1,001 gold-painted statues of Kannon. I had flashbacks to [...]
drupagliassotti @ May 29, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Day 11 (Saturday): More new photos added here. I’ve often said I’ll try anything once, but when it came down to trying yakitori chicken ovaries for dinner, I decided that some things I’ll only try once with considerably more alcohol in me than I had. So, no chicken ovaries for dinner, and we also chose [...]