Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Milano: Entertaining - Rosita's Birthday Party

Milan: Entertaining - Rosita’s birthday party. Rosita Missoni celebrated her seventy-seventh birthday with an intimate birthday party in the Missoni Milan apartment. The birthday cake was made with two big number seven shaped cakes made with berries and fresh fruit, complete with seventy-seven candles, the border was held together by lots of tiny cannoncini, placed up-side down and filled with

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Design and Grappa - The Nonino Collection

Design and grappa – The Nonino Collection UE Grape Distillate Cru Monovitigno Picolit. Collected by the likes of Marcello Mastroianni, Claudio Abbado and V.S. Naipaul, is the Nonino UE Grape Distillate Cru Monovitigno Picolit which each year comes in a limited edition, in a specially designed decanter. This years grappa is stored in a bottle designed by Luca Cendali and crafted in hand-blown

Monday, November 17, 2008

Milan – Design: wallpapers and fabrics The Arjumand Collection.The dolls house. Once upon a time there was a little girl called Idarica Gazzoni who liked to draw houses down to the last detail, complete with floor plans and furniture. Today, Idarica presented her collection of wallpapers and fabrics called Arjumand inspired by the Indian-Muslim Empress of the Mughal Dynasty in a specially

Monday, November 10, 2008

Venice Rental: Wintertime – Credit Crunch special offer.

Why not? Go to Venice in the wintertime and escape all the summer tourists. Wrap up warm and enjoy the cold and grey foggy days in one of the most beautiful and romantic cities of the world. Wonder through the calle, go to the museums, enjoy delicious food and live Venice like a Venetian.The Location. The studio apartment accommodates two people and is situated in the very central San Polo

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Venice: Peggy Guggenheim Collection - Carlo Cardazzo, A New Vision for Art

Portrait of Cardazzo by Roberto Crippa 1952 - oil on canvasVenice: Peggy Guggenheim Collection - Carlo Cardazzo, A New Vision for Art exhibition. In this 60th anniversary year of Peggy Guggenheim’s collection in Venice, her museum is hosting an exhibition dedicated to a major figure in the Italian and the international art world of the mid 20th century: Carlo Cardazzo, A New Vision for Art,

Royal Treats - dog biscuits and toy crown

“Royal” doggie treats. Pixel and Jay Peg were given a bag of delicious healthy dog Treats for Nobel Hounds, made from fine, natural and organic ingredients. The biscuits came from Buckingham Palace. Note: the label depicts a photograph of The Duke of York, later King George V and a pug wrapped up in a blanket and headscarf, circa 1895.Also available online from The Royal Collection shop is the

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Milano: Levi's Hirst at 10 Corso Como

Seen at 10 Corso Como at The Damien Hirst x Levi’s Collection. Fashion anchor woman, Jo Squillo, Levi’s general manager, Marco Gaiani, singer and showgirl, Jennipher Rodriquez, Articolo 31’s Jad and Oscar and Kris R. of Kris and Kris. Art collectors and denim connoisseurs have a new object of desire; a limited edition capsule collection of ultra-rare Levi's jeans and T-shirts turned into unique