May 12, 2015
In the half light of evening, a white Range Rover stuffed with white flowers stands ready at the bottom of the church steps. The bride smiles relentlessly for the videographer while her hip friends hang out.
Look ma, no socks! The look is huge with formal wear. (You have to be a tall bony boy to pull it off, though.) Black is chic at weddings down South, worn with earrings shiny as chandeliers. And bow ties reign, much as they did in 2014. Delizioso.
 But 2015’s new twist are bow tie colors that will knock your socks off! (And did you notice his buttons? Leave it to gli italiani to get all whimsical with a classic Oxford shirt.)
 Then there’s paisley. And pant legs wide as HVAC pipes. Seventies all over again.
 Maxi skirts are back too. Hurrah! I’d like to wear one all day everyday in summer. Then I could worry about things more important than my cheese-white legs, veined here and there in blue, like a good Gorgonzola.
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September 9, 2014
Cari amici, where’ve you been??? I’ve missed you.
And I miss aromatic streets where sheets billow out like sails. People with olive-black eyes. Sun crawling over the cupola. Loud-mouthed merchants and tiny old ladies. Chaos at the post office. Jasmine growing wild.
I’ll be back in Sicily before too long I hope, but till then, here are a few more things I miss.
Hope you had a wonderful August, Dear Reader, and thanks for stopping by.
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June 15, 2014
I went to a wedding the other night on my church steps. I wasn’t invited, of course, but what I love about Sicilian weddings is that tourists and others can stumble through the church while the wedding is underway and hang around afterwards. Weddings here are fashion shows. (And the bride wasn’t the only one in lace.) Sicilians may be experiencing serious economic woes, but you’d never know it judging by their glad rags.
 Yellow nail polish and gold rings on 6 fingers 
 I’m sure her nails and lipstick are red too. 
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June 6, 2013
Everyone knows that Italians have a more highly honed sense of aesthetics that the rest of us.
Bella figura and all that. Toenails match belt. Glasses match watch.
But did you know Italians also match their vehicle to its parking spot?
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May 21, 2013
After Debora’s runway show, I wanted to photograph her in better lighting conditions. She arrived at my home one evening with an armload of her designer duds.
We shot outside on the street, the late sun pouring down like molten gold. She kept running back into the house to change.
The neighbors seemed curious. They hung from windows or gawped from cars.
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- Debora takes her exams in Milan next month and will then be rarin’ to go as a bona fide stilista, fashion designer.
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Black is chic at weddings down South, worn with earrings shiny as chandeliers. And bow ties reign, much as they did in 2014. Delizioso.
But 2015’s new twist are bow tie colors that will knock your socks off! (And did you notice his buttons? Leave it to gli italiani to get all whimsical with a classic Oxford shirt.)
Then there’s paisley. And pant legs wide as HVAC pipes. Seventies all over again.
Maxi skirts are back too. Hurrah! I’d like to wear one all day everyday in summer. Then I could worry about things more important than my cheese-white legs, veined here and there in blue, like a good Gorgonzola.
