Mon., 11/30 Snack

Lemon custard tart with pine nuts.

Mon., 11/30 Julie Manet with Cat (1887)

Daughter of Berthe Morisot and Edgar Degas' brother (whose first name escapes me) painted by Edgar Degas.

Mon., 11/30 View from the Vittoriano

View of Trajan's Market from the Vittoriano Monument, otherwise known as the Wedding Cake or the Typewriter.  A temporary sculpture exhibit is interspersed among the broken columns.

Mon., 11/30 Church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli

Pinturicchio fresco (1480) of San Bernardo

Mon., 11/30 Medieval Inlay Work

Mon., 11/30 Mother, Jugs & Speed

This is the jug and the funerary monument.  No Sophia Lauren.

Mon., 11/30 Capitoline Museums--Uncle Marcus Wants You!

Marcus Aurelius statue.  This is the real one that was moved from Michelangelo's  piazza to inside the museum.  The one outside is a copy.

Mon. Caffe'Shekerato

Mon 30 Nov at caffe Capitolini

Really crisp crust!!!  Really tasty!!!  They made a Caprese salad and put it on top of a cheese pizza.  OMG

Sun., 11/29 Restauratio & Reuse

This is the ancient Roman "Temple of Romulus," with an inscription from Pope Urban VIII!   This is the round temple that's attached to the church of Santi Cosma e Damiano, which I have visited.  I photographed the round temple from the window in the church, and watched the progress of (more) restauration.  This is the first time I have seen the church open to the public.

Sun., 11/29 for Kathy!

Talk about dirty ears!  Lots of sniffing was going on.

Sun., 11/29 House of Augustus

Fresco from House of Augustus

Sun., 11/29 House of Augustus

Vault fresco in the House of Augustus

Sun., 11/29 at the House of Livia

Huge acanthus leaf growing right outside the entrance to the House of Livia.

Sun., 11/29 Floor Mosaic in the House of Livia on the Palatine Hill

Sun. 11/29 House of Livia

Frescoes in the House of Livia

Sun. 11/29 lunch/dinner

The beginning of the meal.  Veal in a light sauce/au jus with really, really good, if funny-looking broccoli.

Sun. 11/29 Lunch at Angelina al Foro

The end of the meal.  Well, at least the end before the phone battery went dead.  Couldn't photograph the "ice cream drowned (yes, that was the verb on the menu) in hot coffee.

Fri. 11/27 The Doorkeeper's Cat

Bay-Bah, as cute as ever.  She did not cross that threshhold.   

Fri. 11/27 They have Black Friday, too!

Fri. 11/27 Baths of Diocletian

Seventeen Reclining Figures with Architectural Background (1963) by Henry Moore

Fri. 11/27 Baths of Diocletian

Group of Reclining Figures (1973) by Henry Moore 

Fri. 11/27 Baths of Diocletian

The original location of the black and white mosaic was  under the water on the "floor" of the natatio, just off the bottom of the photo.

Fri. 11/27 Baths of Diocletian

Black and White Mosaic from the Natatio

Sat. 11/28 St. Peter's Square with Tree

The obelisk gives an idea of the height of the tree.  The tree was quite close to the obelisk.

Sat. 11/28 St. Peter's Square

Putting up the Christmas tree

Sat. 11/28 St. Peter's Basilica

With chairs for a few of His Holiness' closest friends.

Sat. 11/28 one of the Swiss Guards

Sat. 11/28 at St. Peter's Square

With the sun glinting off of the water droplets.

Sat. 11/28 Lunch at Arlu on Borgo Pio

Caprese Salad and Crusty (and Yeasty) Bread

Sat, 11/28 dessert

At Arlu on Borgo Pio near St. Peter's, called Sbriciolata con crema Chantilly e fragoline di  bosco.  Little bricks of millefoglie pastry with Chantilly and berries of the forest.  

Sat. 11/28 Breakfast

Fri. 25 Nov.

I worked hard for this glass of wine.

At Hotel Aberdeen -- Messy Room Already