Joel | October 27, 2009
Who inhabits the spaces we’ve lived in when we move on? Do they too scent the winter kitchen by tossing orange peels into the old iron stove? Have they looked with curiosity upon the egg shaped depression left in the window sill where we hammered open so many walnuts?
I am always nostalgic about such [...]
Joel | October 23, 2009
A moon and a sun inhabit our home. One is called Italy, the other called China. Which is which, you may ask? They take turns playing moon and sun, balancing momentum and gravity, constantly in need of the other’s orbit.
When I first mentioned to my Italian mother that I was thinking of [...]
Joel | October 16, 2009
Sangiovese REMix, by me, featuring Felsina, published on CheapOair Blog:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=151791423980/
Joel | October 12, 2009
Fonterutoli Chianti Classico 2006, DOCG
Rewind: 13th century. The popular legend goes like this:
Florence and Siena resolved to reconcile years of disagreement about the border(s) of Chianti Classico with a rather novel idea: the border would be determined by a horse race: two riders - one from Florence, one from Siena - [...]
