Category: Vid Vignettes
Little films of an odyssey
No. 46: “A dream within a dream” Edgar Allan’s Poe’s poem in Italian gothic.
https://videopress.com/v/4MVMIwvz?preloadContent=metadata The fog rolls in each morning and every evening here in Piemonte, Italy. The atmosphere is gothic and the fire's cracklin in the background. Time for some Edgar Allan Poe...
Need a break from the drama? How about a drive to Venice – to the Queen of the Adriatic.
https://videopress.com/v/oECuzuWF?preloadContent=metadata Welcome to your Daily Bailey Alexander, where's it's time to see Venice, hallowed out, her beauty on full display. A quick two hour trip from Lake Garda to La Serenissima, where we can cross the lagoon and take a trip out to San Michele, the island that is a cemetery. Where we can pay [...]
Daily Bailey Alexander No 4 All Saint’s Day
https://videopress.com/v/GAYmOXhV?posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fbaileyalexander.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F11%2Fimg_2805.jpeg&preloadContent=metadata Excerpt from the video: It’s November 1st, All Saint’s Day and soon to be All soul’s Day; let’s take a tour of the cemeteries of Europe and spend some time at Steglieno, in Genoa, the largest open air museum and monumental cemetery in Europe, perhaps the most gorgeous of them all. Achingly beautiful, haunting, [...]
Tales of The Vagabond Lady; Over the top and they’re all true.
https://videopress.com/v/6YNFwJmp?controls=false&preloadContent=metadata For the price of a cup of coffee I offer flamboyant tales for your pleasure, packed with travel and parties left out my book. Finer details and frivolous bits that didn't fit. They lend better to the short form because they are intense and panoramic. Sometimes you just crave a story. You will travel [...]
Step inside the factory, enjoy the fantasy of a favorite dish; the reality of how family and food stay strong in Italy.
https://videopress.com/v/3zvt8xtq?preloadContent=metadata Interview No. 7: yet another amazing interview, a wondrous tale, a fantastic story about an old woman with an apron. How she built an incredible business, beloved and well known across borders. It's called Madonna Delle Neve, in Cessole, in the region of Piemonte. My next book will include a 12 interviews with 12 [...]
What fresh hell is this; historic floods in Limone and France
https://videopress.com/v/2K6ZlzHu?preloadContent=metadata We had winds at 100 km an hour, so very dramatic yet no damage. Nothing like the damage done to Limone, Piemonte, located 2 hours west of here. To think my guy would take a photo of a picaresque home, this property full of charm, but one week ago, only to see it floating [...]
No. 43: A little hope and lotta beauty on Lake Garda
https://videopress.com/v/8GSAVLw1?preloadContent=metadata For the first time since lockdown, I left Piemonte and drove to Lake Garda, where it sparkles, and feels light, where the water offers insight and emotions the mountains, alone, don't always provide in Piemonte. I always have expectations, because this place has always offered a reprieve, a way to find myself in a [...]
No. 42: Once upon a time my magic carpet flew me everywhere, letting my odyssey become a fantasy…
https://videopress.com/v/cZj1ytRC?preloadContent=metadata Without my flying carpet I couldn't have gone on my odyssey. And without Colette and Godot it wouldn't have had that particular charm...