Do we like shopping? Hells no. But we are beginning to like it.
Proper cocktail hour in a pretend speakeasy up high. Boston proper.
Cocktails and Retail?
October 15, 2025
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A Side Trip to Rosazza
July 9, 2022
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Just up the road (the windy windy road) about 12 or 15 km from the Villa Emma is Rosazza, a beautiful little Italian town in the mountains, exuding a simple rustic life.
The Fiat 500 (nero of course)
We went for fun. Here is what we saw.
Dead people by a river in small dead people compartments.
Then one of the very old Austrian towers (with eagles even).
The town is magical and midieval. Photographic evidence is sparse.
You have to walk the narrow maze of streets without a plan or a map.
Roofs are slate (or maybe that is granite).
Chimney engineering is, um, interesting.
As you can see from the clock, it is time for a Negroni. So cross the foot bridge.
And here you are Auto Bahn.
Cin cin!
Walk to the Top in Bergen, and Slide Down
December 1, 2021
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The funicular is being renovated, so a walk to the top was in order. The walk was easy and beautiful. It proceeds in stages, zooming out as you gain in elevation.
If you start with cake, you must hike to the top.
icicle
Listen to the drips.
proof
Then the slide down.
Then a visit to No Stress for a Negroni before heading out on the metro.
Fin.
The National (Anthem)
December 6, 2017
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Yeah sorry about the title, but we saw The National perform at the brand spanking new Anthem performance space in Washington DC. Great show. Here are some pictures. Make sure to watch the Fake Empire video!
Before
After
Science! Rain! (in reverse order)
April 23, 2017
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It started here, in the wisteria.
Caution: Wisteria leads to SCIENCE
Or maybe it was the wine. Who knows. Anyway, science happened.
So watch out for that.
Next up was poster making, a problem caused by many science classes and perpetrated on anxious moms the day before the science project is due.
Why does the computer scientist need a lab coat? Nobody knows.
Thanks to Troopers for making this a few years back.
The March for Science was in DC. It rained. Speakers still have no idea how to use a mic. Talks are boring.
Muppets do science well for puppets.
A poster (gasp) of a muppet pretending to do science. Meta.
There were some good signs.
Fortunately some actual musicians saved the day.
Then it was time to line up for the “march.”
The let most anybody in here, even computer security gurus.
Stop and go
Nobody thought to make the lights green, and the nerds all stopped.
Rain causes cocktails according to our one experiment.
Raining OUTside which is fine when INside
Have a Negroni in the name of science.
Finally, as a cure for science, try Trump. He’s just fucking stupid enough to try to bully it out.
Exactly
Yes indeedy.
