Journal
Longer notes from the road, from Mexico and northern Italy.
Some trips don't fit in an email. Here I take my time with them: the weeks themselves, the people who opened their doors to us, and the small things that made each place worth the journey.
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Five Days at the Table in Turin
Turin’s food festival is back, and most of the meals aren’t in restaurants. They’re in the city’s palaces and museums.
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The Venice That Makes Things
For six days this month Venice Fashion Week becomes something bigger, and the city opens the workshops visitors usually walk right past.
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Milan, the Second Time Around
They had been to Milan once and didn't love it. So they came back and let me show them mine. A week from my first season working in northern Italy.
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Ten Februaries in Mexico City
I've spent the first week of February in Mexico City for ten years now. Here's how I put that week together, and why we'll be living at Xoma for it.
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The Night Venice Keeps for Itself
Once a year the Venetians take to the water with dinner on board and wait for the fireworks. We spent the Redentore weekend out there with them.
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