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December 30, 2005
days in milan
last night, karen, andreas and i went to birrificio di lambrate which is just around the corner from my apartment. it was around eleven when we got there, and the place was packed. i really identified with the clientele there: youngish, twenty-something crowd, they look like designers. or overgrown skaters. it was a cool place to hang out and have drinks with friends.
today, after a late start, karen, andreas and i went to explore the naviglie grande area of milano. pentako and ulrich came along too. it was really sunny outside, but really cold. the melted snow puddles on the sidewalks had begun to crystallise again.
we went into a couple of bookshops, that had beautiful art books, as well as more up-to-date design books. as i looked over the antique books, i thought of anton, who'd definitely love these books.
we met up with david and eva, and went to forma. forma is a photography institute, located not far from the naviglie grande.
they were having an exhibit on martin schoeller, who did these close-up facial portraits of celebrities and people. the bigger exhibition was Storie di sguardi, which "consists of a broad overview of 150 years of photographic inventions and creations, which explore the different glances through a series of key images." shame that all the accompanying text in the exhibit was all in italian.
anyway, it was a nice day out with friends today. robert was still sick so he stayed home alone. right now i am waiting for dinner to be ready. i am SO hungry. karen and andreas are preparing a german dinner, since they brought me fresh maultasschen (sp?) from germany.
my upstairs neighbor is playing the piano and it is nice to listen to her/him play. the other week they were playing the piano and the guitar, which was also enjoyable to hear. i hope they don't become irritating in the future though.
Posted by Yasmina at December 30, 2005 08:06 PM
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