Category: Italy

Harp Guitar Working Vacation: Genoa Part 1

Jun 16, 2015

Genoa, Days 1-3 After our not-altogether-uncomfortable flight from L.A. to Paris and amazingly...

Jun 12, 2015

OK, I’m back and ready to begin the journal of my “working vacation” or “How I Spent My Summer...

May 22, 2012

And so our second Genoese Feast with a Side Dish of Milan comes to a close. (Last episode here) I...

May 17, 2012

I was fortunate to be able to visit many of the luthier friends I had met on our last...

May 14, 2012

After our 3-day Milan trip, Friday was a morning to sleep in, then spend a leisurely afternoon,...

May 11, 2012

On our final day in Milan, Giulia and Hiroki were free and kindly offered to drive us around. I...

May 8, 2012

NOTE: My friend Giorgio Ferraris passed away in 2020. After leaving the museum collections at...

May 3, 2012

Since I haven’t shown you any instruments for a while, I’m going to throw a whole bunch at you...

May 1, 2012

OK, we’re packing a lot in on this second day in Milan: first Duomo, then more general sightseeing...

Apr 29, 2012

After lunch overlooking Duomo, we strolled a bit – actually, a lot – around the central city, as...