I am delighted to be back in Venice, a little work, a little enjoying my friends. But getting here was on the stressful side. So I will share what I learned if you are coming from outside the European Union.…
September in Venice is always a great time as usually the weather is slightly cooler and there are fewer tourist and best of all it is Venice Glass Week. TheVeniceGlassWeek is an international festival dedicated to celebrating, supporting and promoting…
People from all over the world gathered this last week for the Venice Glass Week, a week dedicated to art of glass. With 180 events, the days have been packed full, so I had to make choices. Even so I…
I don’t usually like to post negative things about Murano but this one is such a large scandal that it warrants publishing. First let me say that no tourist was harmed. The only harm in this diabolically clever scam was…
According to me, the most beautiful city in the world is truly magical when it snows. Now I know that the snow is a nuisance to the workers, the boats and most of all to the elderly where it is…
As you can imagine, the island of Murano has its own politics. The line rather drawn between “artisians” and “production glass” which has supported the trademark, while artisians say it is too political, too expensive and they see little outcome…
Venetians lament that this holiday season doesn’t seem festive. The tree in San Marco is aglow in the twilight of the short days of the season. And the lights hang above Lista di Spagna, some parts of Strada Nuova and…
A few years ago, Cenendese, a very successful Murano Glass furnace created a modern Christmas Tree weighing about 4 tonnes, as part of an art project in Murano which involved the collaboration of several other businesses in Murano. There names…
Workers protesting outside the gates of one of Murano’s premiere glass furnaces. They have been laid off, the company’s future in question. History This is not the first crisis in Murano Antonio Salvati was a lawyer by trade from nearby…
