I heard this song from one of my favorite artists over the weekend. I’m still in shock over the Newtown massacre. I hope a change is coming soon because these shootings (and the ones that happen every freaking day) have to stop. What kind of world are we living in?
I’m not sure why Mariah is wearing a long gown, but I love this striped down version (complete with classroom instruments) of her Christmas song.
The kids are too cute.
Before David Fincher was an A-list Hollywood film director, he directed many iconic videos.
“Vogue” is one of my favorites.
Last night was Vogue’s Fashion Night Out in Rome. Once again, I went with my partner in fashion/art crime. It was cold and rainy but the streets were still packed.
We had a great night, ending with an impromptu belated birthday drink at Hotel de Russie. I really need to write a post about that bar.
Buon weekend a tutti!
After a very long summer, Il Riento is upon us. My friend Erica wrote eloquently about the return of vacationing Italians HERE.
I hope everyone had a great summer. Mine was weird. Seriously. Next year there WILL be some changes.
For example, next time I go Anguilla I will not work the entire time.
Meads Bay, Anguilla, BWI
I will not spend hot ass August in Rome. Instead I hope to rent a place near Marina di Pietrasanta.
Room with a view, Marina di Pietrasanta
I went to the Tuscan coast last weekend for my birthday. It was my first time there (pics later). It was lovely. I wish I could have stayed longer.
Not sure if this song was a hit in America, but it was huge in Europe. It will always remind of this summer.
Buon weekend a tutti!!
The weather is glorious today in Rome. It’s sunny, not too hot, and there’s a nice breeze. It’s very Caribbean-ish.
Thus, I felt the need to buy some mangoes and to play some salsa.
I listened to a lot of salsa when I was younger. My dad loved it. One of my former babysitters (when we lived in NYC) was from Puerto Rico and would play salsa all the time.
In the mid ’70s my family moved to the ‘burbs where nobody was listening to salsa. Everyone was into Led Zeppelin.
Led made it into my rotation, but I never stopped loving salsa. I don’t speak a word of Spanish.
One of my American friends asked me how I could listen to “foreign” music. I don’t even know what that freaking means.
I heard this track for the first time on, Mega 97.9, a Spanish language radio station in NYC and immediately tracked down the CD (that cover is quite bright).
“El Amor Nunca Pregunta” is one of my favorite songs. I cannot not dance when I hear it. I do sing along and it’s tragic… good thing I live alone.
Buon weekend a tutti!
I went to Cannes last week for the film festival as a guest of my friend’s boss. I cannot get this song out of my head. It plays during the trailer of the new Wes Anderson movie, “Moonrise Kingdom”, which was the opening film of the festival.
The first time I saw the trailer I was worried the movie would be too “twee”. There’s a reason Anderson is one of the most polarizing film directors working in Hollywood today. I bumped into a film critic last week who told me the movie really moved him (after the first half hour) and I’ve heard the performances are great.
My parents had several Hardy records when I was growing up, but I was trying to fit into suburban America and wasn’t checking for a singer from France. Now, like many other things my Caribbean parents liked, I get it.
Here’s the “Moonrise Kingdom” trailer.
