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Daisy rocking the Euro Style

noreply@blogger.com (damon) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:01:00 +0000

Another trip to the Cascine Market and Daisy's European look is almost complete!

Queen peach

noreply@blogger.com (damon) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0000

Another person I saw in Venice; I think she's a local. We imagine she looks like what Princess Peach would look like in 50 years- she was very classy!

old Asian tourist in Venice

noreply@blogger.com (damon) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:59:00 +0000

I saw this guy in Venice- probably the only person who could pull off this hat other than a gondolier!

Venice, the town of creepy masks

noreply@blogger.com (damon) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:58:00 +0000

There are a ton of schlocky, crappy and creepy masks here in Venice, and a few very cool masks. The one that I have on in the picture (with the Simpson like overbite) is apparently a traditional style Bauta mask, and the one Daisy has on is a Columbine. There's also a bird-like mask, which is called the Plague Doctor's mask...

romantice evening gondola ride

noreply@blogger.com (damon) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:57:00 +0000

We had a romantic evening gondola ride in Venice. Incredibly cliche, but worth every euro! Such a wonderful way to spend the evening!

Lost in Venice

noreply@blogger.com (damon) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:33:00 +0000

What a wonderful place to be lost!

Who flipped the "Autumn" switch on?

noreply@blogger.com (damon) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:29:00 +0000

In one day, it turned from summer to fall here in Florence! Thankfully, I packed a leather jacket, but I quickly needed to get a pair of gloves and a scarf... next up, I'll have to find a hat!

I don't know what I'm going to do when winter finally rolls around!

Green Grocer

noreply@blogger.com (damon) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:24:00 +0000

This is a drawing of our favorite green grocer at the Mercato Centrale. Sadly, we didn't get there in time today, as he was closing up by the time we arrived. Even though he doesn't speak a word of English, Daisy is able to describe what we need for dinner, and he's very nice and patient with us (and very flirty with Daisy!)

Shopping at the Cascine Market

noreply@blogger.com (damon) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:20:00 +0000

One of the hard things with packing for a three month stay in Europe is packing enough clothes.

After a month of wearing the same clothes every day, it was a relief to find the Cascine Market and get a couple of new things to wear.

(also, people in Italy tend to dress nicer than our typical LA style of t-shirt and jeans)

Italian 70s Gangster

noreply@blogger.com (damon) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:35:00 +0000

one of the few tv shows that is actually good on Italian television (not just campy and silly) is Romanzo Criminale
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1242773/

the show is about a group of young mobsters in Rome in the 1970s

Even though i don't understand what they are saying, i can understand most of what is going on because hey, it's a mobster show. Crime translates in any language

in truth, i hope to find a dubbed or subtitled version of the show when i get back to the states. It appears, after doing a little research, that it is actually a mini-series,

Cosimo the First

noreply@blogger.com (damon) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:22:00 +0000

Equestrian statue of Cosimo the first from the Piazza SS. Annunziata

The cutest Roman Centurion

noreply@blogger.com (damon) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:11:00 +0000

Daisy and I have been having toy withdrawal, so we started collecting Playmobile toys. They have a whole Roman themed line, which are surprisingly accurate! We even learned a thing or two from their depiction of a Roman Aquilifer!

Bistecca alla Fiorentina

noreply@blogger.com (damon) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:09:00 +0000

We had an amazing home-cooked dinner tonight of a Florentine style steak. I am too full to draw!

Wall

noreply@blogger.com (damon) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:05:00 +0000

View from the couch in my living room

One of those Medicis (I think Cosimo II)

noreply@blogger.com (damon) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:55:00 +0000

Went to the Vasari Corridor today- saw a bunch of portraits of the Medicis. They are very interesting looking characters- I think it would be fun to do a series of sculptures of them one day.

Italian Deli Clerk

noreply@blogger.com (damon) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:53:00 +0000

Our market is full of interesting characters!

Sistine Chapel

noreply@blogger.com (damon) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:47:00 +0000

After four days in Rome, my feet were killing me from hiking all over the city. I apologize for the terrible drawings in Rome! We were having such a wonderful time, I was exhausted by the time I sat down to draw...

This is me at the Sistine Chapel...

The Silver Fox

noreply@blogger.com (damon) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:38:00 +0000

For breakfast every day in Rome, we ate at this wonderful Sicilian cafe. There was this classy gentleman that Daisy and I referred to as "The Silver Fox," who obviously ran the place. Sadly, this drawing does not do him proper justice!

Dorkus Maximus

noreply@blogger.com (damon) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:35:00 +0000

All around the Coliseum (aka the Flavian Ampitheatre, which Daisy likes to refer to as the "Flava-Flavian Ampitheatre), there are these guys dressed up like Roman Legionnaires. I find this funny, as a history nerd, since this isn't what gladiators looked like at all.

This guy in particular stood out to me with his headband, cut off sweatpants and t-shirt underneath his costume. I found him too funny not to draw! (The cigarette was added for dramatic effect)

Statuesque

noreply@blogger.com (damon) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:32:00 +0000

Goofing off in the Roman forum!

Piccolo, per favore!

noreply@blogger.com (damon) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:29:00 +0000

After a month in Italy, Daisy's doing quite well at ordering food at the market in Italian. I'm her mute husband.

bust of the Aussie tourist

noreply@blogger.com (damon) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:25:00 +0000

On the way home from Cinque Terre, we overheard this Aussie tourist jabbering away to his friends. Man, was he annoying!

l colore di soldi

noreply@blogger.com (damon) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:12:00 +0000

Another of our guilty pleasures with Italian television is l colore di soldi, or "The Color of Money." This is a typical Italian game show- I can't tell you exactly what the objective is, but they have a bunch of screens that are color coded and a sexy lady who's sole purpose it is to dance and point in the direction of the colored screen.

Kong

noreply@blogger.com (damon) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:09:00 +0000

I did this drawing for my friend, David Avallone, for an article he wrote about King Kong.

Fish Food

noreply@blogger.com (damon) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:14:00 +0000

I found out while swimming in Cinque Terre that apparently my feet are candy to the fish!