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BEST COFFEE IN ROME-again

TAZZA D’ORO I once watched an episode of Roseanne, in which Roseanne (Mrs. Conner) went into the bedroom that her daughters, Darlene and Becky, shared to tell them goodnight. Ignoring Becky, she sat on Darlene’s bed, looked at her intensely and said something like: “You know you are my very favorite child and I love [...]

¶ Posted 17 September 2009 † Susan Manlin Katzman § COFFEE § DESSERTS § RECIPES § TRAVEL ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: COFFEE, granita, Italy, Rome

BEST COFFEE IN ROME

SANT’EUSTACHIO IL CAFFÈ Many places in Rome make good coffee, but Sant’Eustachio (in the Piazza Sant’Eustachio near the Pantheon) wins local accolades for being best of the best. Here is the quintessential Italian coffee bar/ shop that does everything right including purchasing beans from a variety of free-trade growers, roasting the beans over a [...]

¶ Posted 16 September 2009 † Susan Manlin Katzman § COFFEE § TRAVEL ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: COFFEE, Italy, Rome

PICASSO/SANGRIA/SPAIN

In his early years Picasso painted birds and flowers and sweet little landscapes (truly—you can see them at the Picasso Museum in Barcelona www.musupicasso.bcn.cat),then he started frequenting Els Quatre Gats (The Four Cats), a tavern/café in Barcelona, and his painting changed. Could be the influence of other artists who made the bar a bohemian enclave [...]