Artist Paola Pivi created these globe lamps made up of 80 individual miniature Vitra furniture designs. Once the lamps are illuminated, the tiny furniture creates some unique and interesting shadows on the wall. The lamps are currently on display at the Museo del Novecento in Milan. Molto Bene…
-via Design Boom
Using video projections and lighting effects, pyromaniac artists Thyra Hilden from Denmark and Pio Diaz from Argentina recently created “Coliseum on Fire”. It’s part of “City on Fire”, an installation series of important landmarks around the world ‘burning’ uncontrollably.
Sometimes I’m so proud of my roots. Naples, the wild Italian city known for it’s passionate locals, stunning architecture, and organized crime syndicate the Camorra, has started a program sponsored by the European Union called “Esco-Dentro”, or Exit-Inside. It helps put ex-cons back to legitimate work throughout the city. The guys (there are hardly any women in the program) can be assigned several types of jobs, including sanitation, street cleaning, and most interestingly, tour guides!
Si, on your next trip to Naples, look out for the guys wearing bright yellow vests, screaming loudly, and waving their arms furiously – they’re not dangerous – those are tour guides to help you find your way. What better group to give tourists the inside scoop on a city than the guys who know how it truly works?
The spokesman for the program, Pietro Ioia, is also a proud member. He touts it as a huge success and is worried about the EU funding drying up at the end of the year. He says, “I have 700 people waiting in line outside my office who don’t want to go back to crime and we need to give them an answer. Because if they get a job, that means 700 less in the hands of Camorra, and that would be outstanding”. Keep it up Signore Ioia…(unfortunately, a few weeks after he was interviewed for the article on Global Post, an older crime finally caught up with him and he was sent back to prison. Mamma Mia.)
-Via Global Post
A few nights ago, I found divine inspiration from the Cocktail Gods and started experimenting on a new drink. It was late, and I wanted something dark, sweet, and exotic…something that would call to mind an Italian piazza late at night – after rummaging through my bar-cupboard, I stumbled upon the holy grail…limoncello! I suddenly realized that I had a half-finished ice coffee from Roasting Plant in the fridge. Then I remembered that there was a flask of Van Gogh Double Expresso Vodka in the freezer. The sea parted, the angels sang…it was heavenly, and devilish at the same time.
Here it is – the MIDNIGHT LUXE MARTINI. Enjoy…
1. SHAKE these up in a cocktail shaker filled with ice
-4 shots of Van Gogh Double Expresso Vodka
-2 shots of Limoncello
-Fill the rest of the shaker with your favorite iced coffee
2. POUR into a martini glass
3. SCOOP some of your favorite vanilla yogurt onto the side of the glass.
4. GARNISH with a piece of a Twix bar. As you drink the martini, feel free to dip the Twix bar into the glass…soak up some of the drink, and get some of that delicious yogurt on there too. Mmmm…
5. DRINK…and make your night a bit more luxe…
