Bailey Alexander: Dreams from Northern Italy

Fernando Botero, a Colombian artist who developed a signature style painting rotund, inflated yet sensuous figures with a whimsical or satirical edge, and who branched into monumental sculptures that adorned some of the world’s most famous boulevards, died Sept. 15 at a hospital in Monaco. He was 91. I’ve seen his pieces along my travels and they…

each with their own acquired taste

halcyon days on Lake Garda

They say if you aren’t moved by what you see; change what you see. But sometimes you’ve got to change the scenery. Or the balcony. Now I understand why Italians have two apartments. My guy’s traveling, I miss him, but change is beneficial. And with this late summer Italian heat our place on the lake…