Earlier this month we traveled to Milan, Italy where we got to check out the Furniture Fair and the off-site Zona Tortona design festival. In this first of two episodes, you’ll see some Milanese sights and sounds and get a visual tour through the installations and exhibits of Zona Tortona.
Enjoyed since 1919, this staple of Italian café culture is now available in the U.S. This low alcohol aperitif—a blend of 30 herbs, spices and fruits like sweet and bitter orange, rhubarb and gentian—is as Italian as pasta and Prada. Aperol is light and refreshing like England's Pimm's, with a stronger citrus taste. It's perfect for spring/summer cocktails and shines when mixed with soda, vodka …
The athletes are leaving Torino now that the Winter Olympics have come to a close, but left behind among the empty stadiums and the debris from the million visitors is a series of conceptual art exhibits fashioned on a staggering scale. The simply-titled Snow Show began in 2003; it is no ordinary art exhibit, however. A collaboration between visionary artists and architects, ice and snow …
