petipaw
@petipaw.bsky.social
Venezia / Los Angeles. I read books.
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@petipaw.bsky.social
· Aug 17
Presenting my new site, Reading Venice. Like it says on the tin, it’s about Venice and its books
readingvenice.weebly.com
readingvenice.weebly.com
Reading Venice
Fiction and non-fiction books about Venice or set in Venice -- historical novels, crime novels, classics, essays, history, architecture, travelogues etc.
readingvenice.weebly.com
For reasons beyond my understanding, #Weebly deleted the site about #books and #Venice I had been working on for over a year. Their “support” team is unresponsive. I’m a little crushed. #ReadingVenice
An appropriately eerie, foggy #Venice hosts the #VeniceNoir festival as of today – the Trial of Casanova panel was brilliant, both fun and thought provoking
#Venezia #ReadingVenice
#Venezia #ReadingVenice
November 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
An appropriately eerie, foggy #Venice hosts the #VeniceNoir festival as of today – the Trial of Casanova panel was brilliant, both fun and thought provoking
#Venezia #ReadingVenice
#Venezia #ReadingVenice
I found some #quince at the farmers’ market so I made dulce de membrillo, a treat that reminds me of my grandparents’ native Uruguay…
#dulcedemembrillo
#dulcedemembrillo
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I found some #quince at the farmers’ market so I made dulce de membrillo, a treat that reminds me of my grandparents’ native Uruguay…
#dulcedemembrillo
#dulcedemembrillo
Churches in #Italy often feature tiny #thriftstores. At a church in #Venice I just got a used checkered button-down shirt (100% cotton, Made in England) as a replacement for a beloved plaid shirt that a friend gave me 30 years ago, when I was a teenager, and that’s now literally threadbare
November 8, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Churches in #Italy often feature tiny #thriftstores. At a church in #Venice I just got a used checkered button-down shirt (100% cotton, Made in England) as a replacement for a beloved plaid shirt that a friend gave me 30 years ago, when I was a teenager, and that’s now literally threadbare
I’ve been taking #vogaveneta (Venetian-style #rowing, standing up) lessons for over a year now and it’s not getting any easier…
#Venice #Venezia
#Venice #Venezia
November 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I’ve been taking #vogaveneta (Venetian-style #rowing, standing up) lessons for over a year now and it’s not getting any easier…
#Venice #Venezia
#Venice #Venezia
So comforting, delicious and nutritious – my #stracciatella #soup with #rainbowchard (instead of the classic spinach, which I couldn’t find at the farmers’ market), dried tomatoes and a couple of beaten eggs
#vegetarian
#vegetarian
November 5, 2025 at 8:49 AM
So comforting, delicious and nutritious – my #stracciatella #soup with #rainbowchard (instead of the classic spinach, which I couldn’t find at the farmers’ market), dried tomatoes and a couple of beaten eggs
#vegetarian
#vegetarian
My #JosephConrad spree continues with Typhoon
November 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
My #JosephConrad spree continues with Typhoon
A wonderful exhibition about writer #MarioRigoniStern highlights his WW2 experiences, his friendship with Primo Levi and his lifelong passion for nature, especially his native mountains around Asiago.
At the Palazzo Bomben in #Treviso
At the Palazzo Bomben in #Treviso
November 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A wonderful exhibition about writer #MarioRigoniStern highlights his WW2 experiences, his friendship with Primo Levi and his lifelong passion for nature, especially his native mountains around Asiago.
At the Palazzo Bomben in #Treviso
At the Palazzo Bomben in #Treviso
I love it that the EMERGENCY EXIT sign is reflected in this #selportrait of Edvard #Munch, now on display at the Candiani Center in #Venice-Mestre
October 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I love it that the EMERGENCY EXIT sign is reflected in this #selportrait of Edvard #Munch, now on display at the Candiani Center in #Venice-Mestre
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A new Scottish tartan memorializing the (mainly) female victims of the Witchcraft Act has been officially registered, created by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi, founders of the Witches of Scotland campaign #WomensArt
via Smithsonian Magazine
via Smithsonian Magazine
October 27, 2025 at 4:41 AM
A new Scottish tartan memorializing the (mainly) female victims of the Witchcraft Act has been officially registered, created by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi, founders of the Witches of Scotland campaign #WomensArt
via Smithsonian Magazine
via Smithsonian Magazine
October 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
So simple yet so scrumptious – 2 fried eggs from my #farmersmarket supplier, whose sign, complete with pics, advertises “free and happy hens”
October 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
So simple yet so scrumptious – 2 fried eggs from my #farmersmarket supplier, whose sign, complete with pics, advertises “free and happy hens”
In awe of the master, as always – #JosephConrad. I’d never read his short story collection Within the Tides but it seemed apt to read it on a boat, even if it’s just a vaporetto…
#Booksky 📚
#Booksky 📚
October 20, 2025 at 6:56 AM
In awe of the master, as always – #JosephConrad. I’d never read his short story collection Within the Tides but it seemed apt to read it on a boat, even if it’s just a vaporetto…
#Booksky 📚
#Booksky 📚
Many #Venice bars & #wine shops are currently displaying signs advertising the arrival of the #torbolino – a new wine, very fruity and sweet, available only for a few weeks in the fall.
October 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Many #Venice bars & #wine shops are currently displaying signs advertising the arrival of the #torbolino – a new wine, very fruity and sweet, available only for a few weeks in the fall.
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On Saturday October 18th, I’m asking you to attend the No King’s March in your local communities. We have witnessed the increasing authoritarianism and its policies in our country. We dissent.
October 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
On Saturday October 18th, I’m asking you to attend the No King’s March in your local communities. We have witnessed the increasing authoritarianism and its policies in our country. We dissent.
The road to Carpaccio!
@naguibmechawar.bsky.social
@naguibmechawar.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The road to Carpaccio!
@naguibmechawar.bsky.social
@naguibmechawar.bsky.social
Reading A Drop of the Hard Stuff by #LawrenceBlock makes me miss NYC, but that may be because I always miss NYC
#Booksky 📚
#Booksky 📚
October 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Reading A Drop of the Hard Stuff by #LawrenceBlock makes me miss NYC, but that may be because I always miss NYC
#Booksky 📚
#Booksky 📚
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When you live in #Venice, admitting you’ve only read a couple of #DonnaLeon crime novels may be even more embarrassing than reading one in public… I’m trying to fill the gaps in my #CommissarioBrunetti education with Death in a Strange Country
#ReadingVenice #Booksky 📚
#ReadingVenice #Booksky 📚
October 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
When you live in #Venice, admitting you’ve only read a couple of #DonnaLeon crime novels may be even more embarrassing than reading one in public… I’m trying to fill the gaps in my #CommissarioBrunetti education with Death in a Strange Country
#ReadingVenice #Booksky 📚
#ReadingVenice #Booksky 📚