Un viaggio a Milano

In which I give my airport city its turn I have flown into Milan three times now, and the third time I stayed. Granted, all of four days. But four days that went quite a ways toward a sense of the spirit of the city and the people who spend any kind of time there.Continue reading “Un viaggio a Milano”

A Brief History of Gouda

In which I consider a career change One of my more bizarre priorities in this pandemic-induced wilderness has been maintaining access to good cheese. Don’t roll your eyes at me, it’s a legitimate concern. (Difficult enough in non-troubled times, if you ask me.) Anyway, I did recently happen upon some quality Gouda—tangy but mild, probablyContinue reading “A Brief History of Gouda”