Venice in the Movies/9 – The Designated Victim
After the feast of the Madonna della Salute (St. Mary of Health), we b-movies lovers can’t help recalling the memorable final scene of The Designated Victim by Maurizio Lucidi (formerly assistant director of Pasolini’s The […]
St. Martin’s Day
Despite the fog, these are the days of the so-called “St. Martin summer”, that very brief period when autumn gets milder which in the United States is called Indian summer, in Germany Altweibersommer and so […]
Museto, nerveti, spiensa…in other words: not only fish!
What do we mean when we speak of «Venetian cuisine»? We all know the classic seafood recipes found on the menus of restaurants throughout the city. What visitors often ignore is that Venice in the […]