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Fallingwater – The Magic of Architecture

My fascination with architecture began by watching my Dad turn a bunch of lines on a paper into a living breathing home.  Yes, buildings live and breathe and become a part of their surroundings as their surroundings envelop them.  It was an art form whose […]

Italy, Travel Blog

Naples – A City of Contrasts

There’s an old Italian saying, “vedi Napoli e poi muori” (see Naples and die).  Optimists, who generally see the beauty in life, would say that idiom has its genesis in the fact that people are awestruck by the beauty of Naples.  After seeing something so […]

Italy, Travel Blog

Day Trip to Capri

As a rabid movie fan, Capri has always been the romantic isle of Hollywood magic for me.  Just think about September Affair, It Started in Naples or Contempt.  My vivid imagination thinks about Sophia Loren walking the hills of Capri with dozens of drooling men […]