This week had some great highlights. Some of my favorite places we visited were the Armani Silos, The Triennale, the Fondazione Achille Castiglioni, and the Ballet at La Scala. It’s really amazing to see such interesting designs by different people. At Armani, the reoccurring trend seemed to be the intricate beading on many of the dresses. Castiglioni said “Function, what a beautiful form” and this remained relevant in his designs. Another great week filled with many design lessons.
On our own time, we explored the city. One night, we decided to check out the club scene and danced the night away. We ate dinner at the authentic Trattoria da Mauro and had amazing pasta. We also went to some vintage shops and scored some sweet souvenirs for friends and family (as well as some things for myself). I downloaded an app called “LOST iN”, which also does publications, but the app is much easier to use on the go.
Also just a fun little story: One of the nights at our apartment, our electricity went out. We had no idea how to get it back on. We tried all the switches that our CA had told us to try. Pamela went knocking on our neighbors’ doors but no one opened. Finally, on the floor below us, an older woman named Lorenza came up to help us. She was extremely sweet and reminded all of us of our own grandmothers. The next day we bought her a small tiramisu cake. She (and her husband) were absolutely delighted. The day after that- she made us homemade spaghetti!! It was SO good. How lucky are we to get homemade cooking from a real Italian grandma???!
What a great week – every aspect of it – simply and elegantly written with top notch photographs to illustrate.