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Jun 22, 2005 23:22

Piazza Nuovona(sp?) was shockingly nice ( Read more... )

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un_reveur June 23 2005, 10:34:20 UTC
one block away from piazza navona is some of the best food in town. the ring around it is filled with great antique shops.

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blackbirdwhite June 23 2005, 16:02:20 UTC
do tell do tell.
the street i walked down was loaded with vintage clothing stores... it was mostly the accesories that were great. i tried on plumed and feathered hats, and might return for a set of very-high boots in my size.

any chance i could pry for directions?

i'm getting more and more anxious for the arrival of july-- i DO hope we could find the restaurant of seafood you mentioned, don't think i've forgotten, that would be lovely.
its so sad its only one day!

xoxo
t.

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un_reveur June 23 2005, 16:17:21 UTC
the way i always thought of it was the bottom of Piazza Navona, but that just always happened to be so because it was opposite the direction I came from. I have the vague belief that it would be in the opposite direction of the Spanish Steps. (Granted, the Steps are so far away that such a vague direction might be grossly unreliable). There is a small vinoteca with a wine list that is two books long (one for by-the-glass, one for by-the-bottle, if i recall) and a friendly old italian man who can tell you the merits of every single member of that esteemed collection of liquid golds. That is paired with a cheese list three columns wide and packed from top to bottom of a page. He can help with those too. I think I ordered a plate with 3 cheeses (only 2 of which I liked, but so it goes when you order by a description you only vaguely understand in your broken italian, neh?), a plate of decadent tuna carpaccio (i live for uncooked tuna, you see) and a lovely first experiment into the realm of Apuglian Rosé wines. An overall rather ( ... )

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