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Brian is a 60 year old guy from Hitchin, England, UK
I like looking on the bright side. I relate very much to the Mediterranean extended-family, take-it-slow, money-isn't-everything outlook on life. I'm not a great cook but I like cooking, especially Mediterranean food. I'm interested in environmental issues. My main hobby is flying (on a PC simulator).
The people I admire most are those who see no end to pain, illness, grief or disability and who still retain a sense of humour, people who spend time making life better for others in any way, and people with toxic parents who have "broken the chain" in bringing up their own children.
If you like my pages you will probably also enjoy my web site - do visit!
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Benvenuti nel sito di Erica Wagner
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Cannero Riviera on Lake Maggiore - Google Search
Rated • 1 review • travel, italy • google.co.uk
We had an absolutely wonderful 10 days on Lake Maggiore in northern Italy - it got too hot sometimes, but several fast-moving thunderstorms (mostly overnight) freshened it up again.
We fell in love with this place in 1997 (see here on my web site) and it is still one of our favourite spots on the planet.
Hotel Cannero, opposite the boat pier - no need for a car, we travelled everywhere by boat! The promenade in front of the hotel is quiet and car-free, the road through Cannero Riviera is some way up the hill.
View from our hotel bedroom... We felt like we had come home again!
One of many nice touches all round the hotel
We liked peeking into people's front gardens...
Behind the hotel
The courtyard between the original hotel (left) and the new section (right) - my current desktop wallpaper!
One of the many "Botticelli Kids" who are a special feature of this place
Another of the hotel's nice touches...
The boat pier, start of many outings. There's a very useful website for travel on the lake (and information about the lake).
Evening view from the dining terrace
One of many reasons why family life is so nice in Italy is that older kids take charge of younger kids...
Evening view from the dining terrace - first signs of an approaching overnight thunderstorm
Later the same evening... A hand-held photo - it would have been impossible to take a picture like this in the old days without a tripod. Digital cameras are amazing!
Next morning, the overnight storm clearing away...
... and it's another beautiful day!
[Continues in Part 2] 
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A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim - Google Search
Rated • 1 review • music, musicals, entertainment, theatre • google.com
Until recently I had never seen Stephen Sondheim's musical "A Little Night Music", and was unaware of what a treat I had been missing.
I was lucky enough to see this production at the Garrick Theatre, London. "Sublime" is an over-worked word, but it certainly applies in this case. Directed by Tevor Nunn, its wonderful cast included Maureen Lipman on deliciously top form as Madame Armfeldt, Hannah Waddingham as Desirée Armfeldt, Alexander Hanson as Fredrik Egerman and Kaisa Hammarlund as the saucy, free-spirited Petra.
"A Little Night Music" is probably best known for the song "Send In The Clowns". Sung by Desirée to (and with) Fredrik, it is even more stunning in the context of the play, and Hannah Waddingham's performance of it is one that I shall always remember. The other songs don't make sense unless seen in the play's context, but include some that are equally brilliant.
"A Little Night Music" is based on Ingmar Bergman's movie "Smiles Of A Summer Night", which was itself inspired in part by Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
From this review of the movie:
"The summer night has three smiles," one character says to his lover. The first comes "between midnight and dawn, when young lovers open their hearts and loins." The second smile is for "the jesters, the fools and the incorrigible." And the third smile is for "the sad and dejected, for the sleepless and lost souls, for the frightened and the lonely."
Ingmar Bergman's movie is available on DVD, but there is currently no decent movie version of Stephen Sondheim's musical (I am told that the one starring Elizabeth Taylor is not recommended). If you haven't seen the musical on stage and get a chance to, don't miss it... and if you are in reach of London, there is a very rare treat waiting for you!
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Take My Wretched Virtue from Me! - Smiles of a Summer...
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A Little Night Music - The Musical | Home - Welcome
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Gone Fishing by ~eapcat on deviantART
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Tzamia-Krystalla Art Gallery | Santorini Art Gallery
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Santorine Art Gallery | Tzamia-Krystalla Art Gallery
Rated • 1 review • painting, seascape, abstract, greece, landscape • tzamia-krystallagallery.gr
"Images of an unknown land" by Giannis Lasithiotakis
"Landscape" by Anna Grigora
Some great examples of Greek contemporary art - an unexpected bonus from following up Santorini links in a previous post!
If you like this...
[Santorini by Doug Dourgarian]
[Some of my favourite abstract art]
