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Brooke's Travels and Babbles: I fell in love with San Gimignano.
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Brooke's Travels and Babbles. Thursday, June 3, 2010. I fell in love with San Gimignano. San Gimignano rises above the Elsa Valley in Tuscany as a grand medieval town. There are many medieval towers which are still standing proudly as they compose San Gimignano's skyline and each of them famously help the city earn the title "Tuscany's Manhattan". A little restaurant in the heart of the city. A colorful advertisement for an exhibition I think. I just liked the picture. Our favorites pieces. :). I'm prett...
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Brooke's Travels and Babbles: Siena
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Brooke's Travels and Babbles. Thursday, June 3, 2010. Greetings my lovely friends. I have been complete fail at updating and I am a little behind. I will try to catch up to where we are now (which is currently Venice.). The Sienese are famous rivals of the the Florentines and this hearkens back to the Middle Ages when the communes were constantly seeking dominance over the other. One time, the Sienese were triumphant (and tourists are constantly reminded of this), but we all know who eventually came ...
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Brooke's Travels and Babbles: Verona
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Brooke's Travels and Babbles. Friday, June 11, 2010. Dear Blog Readers,. There are many of you who visit this blog. Much, much more than I would have ever imagined. I'm so delighted that I was able to share this fun time with you. It was a trip for my mother and I to get away, spend time together, shop and just live in our favorite place to visit. Ponte Pietra is the more famous bridge (there are many here). When I imagined Verona, I always envisioned this bridge, the river and of course, the bell to...
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Brooke's Travels and Babbles: Venice Part 1
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Brooke's Travels and Babbles. Saturday, June 5, 2010. Fortunately I have wifi access as we leave today so I can compile these posts to conclude this experience with all of you. I am going to divide Venice into two posts and two albums (I think). There will also be a post about Verona. The scaffold. (dun dun dun). A colorful shot of gondolas. But maybe that's just it. I didn't understand. I mean, who am I to criticize this city that is so dearly loved in the world? I needed to give it another chance (that...
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Brooke's Travels and Babbles: Bargello Museum
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Brooke's Travels and Babbles. Friday, June 4, 2010. This is short and sweet- I forgot to post this earlier. it was sitting in the "drafts" and I never published the post. The Bargello is home to Michelangelo sculptures and perhaps it most famously exhibits Donatello's fascinating bronze "David". Many people think this David is rather feminine, but one must always consider what the sculptor was trying to achieve in terms of narrative and more specifically, what emotions he was trying to evoke. Here are th...
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Brooke's Travels and Babbles: May 2010
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Brooke's Travels and Babbles. Monday, May 31, 2010. A lovely lunch and wine tasting at a farm in Chianti. Terrace where we ate lunch. View from terrace. That is San Gimignano in the background; you can see all of the medieval towers. guidebooks will tell you that San Gimignano is known as "Tuscany's Manhattan" but there is simply nothing else that even comes close. San Gimingnano is a world of it's own. I feel in love with it. A calf that was just born. Links to this post. A Day Trip from Firenze: Milano.
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Brooke's Travels and Babbles: Saying Goodbye to Florence
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Brooke's Travels and Babbles. Friday, June 4, 2010. Saying Goodbye to Florence. Here I will post an album of the remaining photos from Florence. There are a few other churches and things that I did not post exclusively on, but I did take pictures of them. Our trip was centered around our time in Florence and we took each day with leisure and appreciation and there was no rush to see sites or queue for tickets. Yet another picture of the Ponte Vecchio at night. Carousel in the Piazza della Repubblica.
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Former Mean Girl Seeks Same: April 2013
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Sunday, April 21, 2013. A List of Things. Last May: I was preparing to take my annual vacation to St Pete Beach. I had just been promoted at work and was settling into my new role. My boyfriend and I were sailing along nicely, maintaining a "commuter" relationship. Life was good, I decided to redecorate my house. Changes were on the horizon; however, I had no idea. And now, the promised list:. THINGS I WILL NOT MISS ABOUT LIVING IN MEMPHIS, TN:. 2 Central Time. I never did make the adjustment when I ...
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Former Mean Girl Seeks Same: January 2013
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Monday, January 7, 2013. I am still alive. And married. And grossly underpaid and overworked. I have non trashy renters in my home. I have a lot to say, but the tiniest keyboard, so a complete update will come soon. I just wanted to alert the masses of my continuance. Don't Act Like You Don't Know. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Former Mean Girl Seeks Same. Reaping what I have sown.A journey. Age Is Always a Factor. Kelly of the 80s. Proof I Should Not Have Babies. Punkd By The Universe.
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