Every morning we have a 1-2 kilometer walk to the venue in central Edinburgh. Usually I get up in the morning and have a cup of tea with the free breakfast that comes with the room while Eli sleeps in. Teens need more sleep than adults. I also use that time to call friends and…
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Edinburgh: Fringe and International Festivals
Monday 7 August 2023 Today we went to a fringe show but in the evening went to the Edinburgh International Festival proper and saw a jazz concert. The day started off with a one person show by a woman who suffered from ADHD. The show was amazing and frighteningly educational. She was talking about the…
Edinburgh Fringe Festival Day #3
Sunday 6 August 2023, Edinburgh This was the third day of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival that I am attending with my son Elijah. It was one of the most magnificent days of my life and definitely the most satisfying theatrical experience. I really miss Sarah being here she would have loved it as well. Today…
Piccolo Corpo: an intimate film of epic proportions
There is an amazing film that is so powerful that watching it is one of those events you can’t get out of your mind hours or days after seeing it. The film, Piccolo Corpo (Little Body) by debut director Laura Samani is an almost virtuoso display of the all too human struggle of women in…
Bologna Cinema Ritrovato Film Festival
I was in Sardinia with Claudia, Mackenson and Christina, to escape the heat. It was only a matter of time until I had to go home. It was almost arbitrary when I would come back. First because in Bologna it will be in the mid-thirties (celsius) for the next 2 months, as far as I…
The Unesco City of Music
I choose to live in Bologna for, among other things, its cultural life. Especially music. And I was not prepared for 3 of the best orchestras I don’t think you’ll ever hear of. I’ve already been to a mediocre performance of Ariadne auf Naxos with an unprofessional soprano who spoke more than she could sing,…
Meal II Osteria Francescana: The best meal of my entire life
This post is updated with extra photos courtesy of Brian Ng. With a title like that it is hard to imagine how one can pull off a meal like that. Well, in order to do that a chef must transcend their genre and hit something universal and that is exactly what Osteria Francescana did. First, it…
Sicilia: first impression, first measurement
Our trip to Sicily was an amazing adventure, I will try and give some of the highlights of our trip, out of sequential order. I already related my finest trattoria experience and here is my initial impressions of Sicily. I was never in Sicily before so I was prepared for anything … so I thought.…
Meal I: A parade of fish in Sicily
I have a lot of catching up to do in this blog. So look for some updates on music, film, wine, art and food. Here is the first of 4 entries of the 4 best meals I had ever had in my life. This one in a worker’s neighborhood in Sicily. One of the main…
Reboot: Return of the blog. The Double Life
My Blog is back so I can keep friends and others informed of La Dolce Vita. This first post is a post about some thoughts I have had since I arrived back in Europe now almost a month and a half ago. I left with a strange yet familiar feeling of having come home from…