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Balancing Textilphilia in DC

Tanti Auguri di buon anno!  (I figure this is a perfectly acceptable greeting until Chinese New Year…) Enjoyed a family vacation to DC over the holidays, and I’m pleased to report that everyone had a good time.  With two teenagers, things could have been…. different? We rented an apartment not far from Ben’s Chili Bowl, [...]

Lighting up a Soul

Saturday night, I went to a party at Giardini di Sole‘s Boston showroom. The party celebrated all kinds of Italian craftmanship: ceramics from Puglia, olive oil from Lazio, and Germano Gioielli designer, Micaela Alfonsi.  Micaela is visiting from Frascati, where she creates beautiful sculptures that can also be called jewelry.  This was an eye opening [...]