惊叹了一番porcini只要18欧元一公斤。

 我要控诉他们搞TEASING RATE, 没准可以象贷了ARM的人那样赔点钱回来.
 我要控诉他们搞TEASING RATE, 没准可以象贷了ARM的人那样赔点钱回来.
这是大名鼎鼎的FLORETINE STEAK啊. 某人点的, 回炉再加工一次, 还是没吃下去, 中间太生了. 我平时在美国都点RARE的.印象最深的,是隔壁桌一对意大利男女点的T骨牛排。他们显然跟店主很熟,坐下后彼此叽叽呱呱进行了一番热烈的讨论,店主就到厨房端出四指厚,两手宽那么大的一块带骨牛排,瘦七肥三,餐室内所有的人微微倒吸了一口冷气。等他们点了头,该牛排就被送进厨房去烤,焦香四溢地再出来时,大家又倒吸了一口气。店主亲自过来帮他们将肉切开,又端上烤土豆块,他俩就着矿泉水,将牛肉和土豆吃得干干净净,然后潇洒地离去。
 ).  The statue was originally going to be placed on the roof of Palazzo Vecchio and people were to look up at it from the ground.  So the hand was carved disproportionally large, but would seem fine if you look far upward.  I have no idea whether this would be true or not, since the copy on the piazza is standing on ground level, not on the roof.
 ).  The statue was originally going to be placed on the roof of Palazzo Vecchio and people were to look up at it from the ground.  So the hand was carved disproportionally large, but would seem fine if you look far upward.  I have no idea whether this would be true or not, since the copy on the piazza is standing on ground level, not on the roof.
这个问题让我陷入沉思,艺术于我有什么用呢?需要好好体会一下。艺术于普通人到底有什么用
 想起艺术是 libido 的理论。
  想起艺术是 libido 的理论。As counterpoint to our suffering, we have beauty. Does something to us on a cellular level, makes us feel alive and enriched. Beautiful art opens our eyes to the beauty of the world. It repositions our sight and judgement.
我也是。Still Life如书名一样,更多生活的质地,比Forster的接地气。我听完全书跑去看其他读者的评论,有些说对话不用引号一开始觉得怪怪的,习惯后就好了。

 
 
谢谢cava推荐。想起去年看过的一本末日科幻《Station 11》,也是提到艺术有什么用的问题。艺术不一定是奢侈品,也可能是赖以生存的必需品。
A Room with a View 是我的comfort movie之一。“It is fate that I am here,' George persisted, 'but you can call it Italy if it makes you less unhappy.”
 
   想念意大利了。
 想念意大利了。真巧,我听这段关于Pontormo与前辈文艺复兴画家不同的时候想,有点象葡萄皮上次提过的喜相逢,当时的印象是又明媚又柔和。书里的这幅是Deposition,可以想象在黑暗的酒窖里发现它时的震撼。

Evelyn对Ulysses说:Fate is a gift, according to Dante.