Monthly Archives: December 2008

NYTimes Conversations

So The Tribute Co. (owners of the LA Times, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun) has gone bankrupt.  And the blogosphere is a twitter with stories of ‘the death of the newspaper‘. I then heard the scary news that the New York … Continue reading

Dailypic 12/4/08: Italy Day 4

Tuscany Vineyards © 2008 . All rights reserved.

Our last day in Tuscany started at the Vignamaggio vineyard: The wine of choice here, and everywhere in Tuscany, is Chianti Classico: The house there was built in the 1400′s and has remained pretty much untouched since: The roads in … Continue reading

Dailypics 12/3/08: Italy Day 3

Tuscany via del zano © 2008 . All rights reserved.

Day 3 started with a drive to Chianti.  Below is Via Di Zano, the road to our wonderful hotel, Villa Bordoni: We hit up an medieval castle town called San Gimignano. Some shopping: Medieval Crossroads: There were very few tourists…we … Continue reading