you saved ALL our past issues? :-O
Dear VeniceWorders….
weeks ago we had announced our Summer contest, closing on August 1. I received several entries and in my last newsletter dated August 20 i wrote:
VENICEWORD SUMMER CONTEST - Many loyal subscribers have told us over the years that they save their Buongiorno Venezia newsletters for future reference. We were curious: who among you has saved the most? Carl Gable has saved 65 past issues of Buongiorno Venezia. Thank you for your affection and congratulations. We wait for you in Venice!
Now i just read a note from G. E. telling me:
I did a quick count and came up with 223. I’m sure that I have
inadvertently deleted some, but I’ve always wanted to save them “in case” I needed to refer to one. I’ve been to Venice once, in 2001 with my future husband. My first save issue is from VeniceWord desk, Nov. 13,2000.
if this is true (we need to chek the copies), i am going to build kind of a monument to this lady. she saved nearly all our issues! we confirm our prize to Gary, and this would oblige us to give a second prize, but it’s fantastic :-)
September 17th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
This is from my blog, Rosalba. I posted a link to your newsletter over there:)
Ciao,
Cat
September 10, 2007 - Monday
Ennio Morricone in Piazza San Marco
Tonight, unexpectedly, I had the wonderful opportunity to see Ennio Morricone’s concert in Piazza San Marco. We don’t know exactly who said it, either Napoleon or Alfred de Musset, but one of them called it “The drawing room of Europe” or “The World’s Most Beautiful Drawing Room” (Maybe de Musset said the first, and Napoleon the second.) In any event, that is what it looked like tonight: The world’s most beautiful drawing room.
Almost the entire Piazza was packed. In typical Venetian confusion, nobody could figure out how to enter, and everyone wandered all over the place. But once we finally got settled, it was magical.
There were Murano glass chandeliers over the stage. Every window in the Piazza has a light in the form of a candle. People were hushed and polite. Venice was hushed and polite. It seemed the entire town was there — I am curious as to what the actual number of people was because there wasn’t an empty seat and the seats stretched all the way back to the Clock.
The sound was spectacular. And it was even surround-sound… when suddenly some brass came from behind.
The orchestra was brilliant. And the voices… There were about 80-90 human voices, half female, half male, and then half again: soprano/alto, tenor/baritone. You forget how many wonderful film scores Morricone is responsible for — more than 400.
Tonight the weather in Venice is perfect. Cool. Clear. Peaceful. It was a concert for peace. Tomorrow (well, actually, today as I write this) is September 11th, and there will be another concert in the evening. The Casino organized this event. I have been talking a lot with the Casino lately. We have a new young director, Carlo Pagan, whom I just adore. 40% of the income of Venice comes from the Casino… I think I mentioned this before. And everyone is a tad cynical and says, yeah, right, sure. But, really, I went around over there recently, and they are putting it back into the city. Carlo is working his butt off; he really loves Venice; he is Venetian. He put the Maria Callas exhibit that was at the Casino into the Post Office at Rialto, so you can stop over there and check that out.
The concert ended with “In Earth as it is in Heaven” from “The Mission” and that is exactly what it seemed like: in earth as it is in heaven.
xoxo
Cat
October 17th, 2007 at 10:59 pm
So have you died or what? It’s been two months since anything new’s been posted here!
k
October 25th, 2007 at 8:16 pm
Creating a new vaporetto line for residents makes no sense at all! Why not just improve the current system by adding a few boats an increasing their frequency? I hate to say this, but t’s beginning to sound as if the Venetians are biting the hand that feeds them.
November 7th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
Has this blog closed now?
December 20th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
hehehe…. they tried to kill me softly… but i’m still here