Saturday morning.

via @cabmate.

Monday morning.

via redrola.tumblr.com

Rainy Monday mornings are a very visceral experience.

NYC skyline, Easter 1956.

New York Ciy, Easter 1956.

via paper-dragon.com.

“Huge crosses, formed by lighted windows, blaze above New York’s skyline as part of an Easter display in Manhattan’s financial district. This scene, photographed from the roof of the Municipal Building, features 150-foot-high crosses in the City Services Co., City Bank Farmers Trust Co., and the Forty Wall Street Corp. buildings.” – Oxnard Press-Courier, March 31, 1956.

Souvenirs.

Photo @garbageny.

A poignant photograph, nº2.

The Statue of Liberty and the Twin Towers at sunset, photographed by Jake Rajs.

via Jake Rajs.

A poignant photograph.

Photo taken on September 1, 2001.

via Flickr.

Italian Spaghetti Chairs.

Spaghetti Outdoor Lounge Chair. Made in Italy. Designed in the 1970s.

Summer afternoons in my Nonna's and Nonno's backyard encapsulated in one object.

I'd like to be here...

Casa Finisterra by Steven Harris Architects. Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 2014.

... sipping my morning coffee.

Hot, sunny New York.

Source: unknown.

It was hot and humid today,and the sunlight was exactly this color. Funny enough, it's precisely on this kind of summer day when the Big Apple gives me the warm nostalgic fuzzies.

I love butterflies...

Source: unknown.

I just saw my first butterfly of the season delicately fluttering around my garden today.

February oasis.

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Wish I was here.

Rolex two-tone President bracelet.

Al Pacino, photographed by Harvey Wang. Palisades, NY, 1984.

I'm going to go out on a limb and venture to guess that Pacino is wearing what looks like a Rolex Day-Date with a two-tone President bracelet... Either way, I think it's a pretty iconic look (for a pretty iconic guy).

Monday morning schlep.

Gillian Anderson in The North Face Nuptse jacket, 1998.

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How I greeted the week. Wash, rinse, repeat.

Layered gold necklaces.

Anjelica Huston and Jack Nicholson, circa 1973.

I love what Anjelica Huston is wearing in this photo, from her effortless eye makeup to the black silk dress that conforms to her lithe frame. But I most especially love the detail of her casually layered gold necklaces because they look like something she never takes off and are just a part of her, no matter what she is wearing.

Monday morning cuppa.

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If someone asked me to sum up daily, routine life in NYC in a picture, this is one I would personally choose: a cup of coffee at a local diner.

Buon anno 2021 with Sophia Loren.

Sophia Loren, circa early 1960s.

Happy New Year! And a Sophia Loren glamour shot for good luck.

Holiday game night with Carte Napoletane.

Spanish-suited cards of the Napoletane deck, which is widely used across central and southern Italy.

The Negroni: my favorite cocktail and symbol of the Italian aperitif.

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I'm preparing to celebrate the end of the year with a relaxing and enjoyable night at home...

The origin of this iconic drink is said to date back to Florence in 1919, when Count Camillo Negroni asked the bartender Fosco Scarselli at the iconic Caffè Giocosa, to strengthen his favorite drink, the Americano, with a shot of gin in place of the usual soda water.

Ingredients
1 ounce (30 ml) gin
1 ounce (30 ml) Campari
1 ounce (30 ml) red, semi-sweet Vermouth (aka Vermouth Rosso)
Ice
Slice of orange or a sliver of orange peel for garnish

Preparation
1. Fill a low tumbler with ice until it is ¾ full.
2. Add the gin, Campari, and Vermouth to the tumbler.
3. Stir until combined and well-chilled.
4. Garnish with a slice of orange (as it is served in Italy), or with a sliver of orange peel (as it is served outside of Italy).

Gloria 'n cielo e pace 'n terra!

The Mystical Nativity or Adoration in the Forest, painted by Fra Filippo Lippi, c.1459.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... And the Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth... For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 1:1,14, 3:16)

Christmas Eve, 2020.

The Neapolitan Baroque Crèche and Christmas tree at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!