by Gabriella Contestabile | May 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Outside my window are empty streets but a bluer sky, masked walkers and bikers who respect the distance to keep others safe, trees and flowers in bloom, local businesses opening up for pick up and take out only, and every stop is a conversation with another human...
by Gabriella Contestabile | May 21, 2018 | Travel, Uncategorized
Venice: Master of Distraction Italian style is unmistakable. The meaningful detail; a perfect espresso placed on the bar, the slide of a well cut blazer, the fluid drape of a trouser cuff, and a whisper from your soul to your ear ‘you’ve got this.’ Your style is...
by Gabriella Contestabile | May 17, 2018 | Art
For the first edition of The Su Misura Life there is no better advisor, consultant in absentia if you will, than the venerable Leonardo Da Vinci ‘His life should remind us of the importance of instilling, both in ourselves and our children, not just received...
by Gabriella Contestabile | May 11, 2018 | Fashion
Lace and velvet….I’m thinking lace layers, shimmery velvet in silk and cotton, lightweight knits over flowered skirts, nubby knits, a frost speckled daffodil, winter into spring, the promise of summer sliding toward fall. This is the year we lost Givenchy…and saw...
by Gabriella Contestabile | May 9, 2018 | Lifestyle
“The Italians know that everything in their country is imbued with their spirit. They know that there is no need, really, to distinguish or to choose between the smile on the face of a cameriere and Donatello’s San Giorgio. They are all works of art, the great art...
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