Tom Watson: My Dirty Life & Times (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Arno River scull, originally uploaded by Tom Watson. Humanism clangs against the cold armor of authoritarianism in Salman Rushdie's short and golden-eyed The Enchantress of Florence, which I devoured last week in my tiny Air France coach cocoon 38,000 feet...
DailyFun4u (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Florence, Italy As Frank Slack stood over the Arno river, the combination of the setting sun and clouds rolling in produced this magnificent yellow and gray sky. Huntsville, Alabama Wes Thomas was lucky enough to witness these low, fast-moving clouds one night over Jones Valley. To produce the blurred effect, he set the camera to a 30-second exposure. New York, New York While walking...
Europe A La Carte Blog (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
... storeys above ground and runs one kilometre from Palazzo Vecchio to the Palazzo Pitti, cross the Arno River across the Ponte Vecchio (yes the famous bridge with all the shops). It was closed to tourists until the 70s, but this passageway was built in 1565! The Uffuzi often have a number of different gallery displays in here, but it is notoriously difficult to get a booking – you must...
PRWeb - Daily News Feed (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Florence, ItalyEquity Estates’ first European residence is a jewel in the heart of Florence, Italy. A stunning two-bedroom penthouse with breathtaking views of the Arno River and the famous Ponte Vecchio, the residence is ideally located just steps from the Uffizi, Medici Chapels and Michelangelo’s David statue. Nearby the property is an array of fabulous restaurants as well as shopping...
The Untrusted (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
In 1333, the Arno River flooded, causing massive damage to the city of Florence. The Newport Rising took place in 1839. Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming became the first woman to be elected governor of an American state in 1924. In 1966, the Arno again flooded, killing 113 and leaving 30,000 homeless. Born today: Chris Difford (1954) and Lena Zavaroni (1963-1999). It is the feast...
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The moment happened in late March, in Santa Croce on the Arno River, near Pisa. At the end of a moderate day in the saddle, the Cervelo Test Team, feeling confident and on form, put five guys on the front of a large pack of sprinters, hopeful that Thor Hushovd could finish off the stage and send a message heading into Milano-Sanremo. Their move went unchallenged, but the pack split into...
