Forget the new, chic bars that dot the city of Rome – I’ll take an old school, run down, vintage bar any day of the week. There’s something comforting about it, maybe it’s the way that you know the owners have been at it forever or that the place probably...
Mark Jenkins in Rome
posted by Jessica
I heard last month that Mark Jenkins would be coming to Rome, which had me quite excited. Yes another world-class street artist is hitting up the Italian capital, and yet again it’s thanks to Wunderkammern, who you may remember hosted Invader in 2010. I’ve been waiting awhile for him to come to town, since if I recall correctly there was a rumor he was going to have a show at CO2 Gallery last year, but that never materialized. Unfortunately I haven’t been around (either out of the city or at work) in order to photography any of his installations, which have been...
Caspas
posted by Jessica
I was heading to the post office yesterday when I passed a building sandwiched in between the train station and Piazza della Repubblica that I have passed many times before. For some reason I started observing the interesting shape to this building, it’s 18th century curves and...
Caffe’ Peru
posted by Jessica
Located on the elegant via Monserrato, the Caffe’ Peru is one of those old time bars that never changes. It doesn’t try to become trendy or redo its interior in a sleek and elegant manner. No, the Caffe’ Peru stays the same, but the locals know that they can get...
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