"Carlo Scarpa" is La Serenissima's most famous modern designer. Many of his works evoke the sensation of water lapping over edges around Venice...

The "Red Benches" in Venice, along the North lagoon, is a strictly residential area, but that's why it's so special. Please keep quiet, reflect...

"Butchers Bergamo" Venice is a butched shop, which us locals call a macelleria in Italian. These Venetian butchers offer the best variety of meat in town.

"Venice Jazz Club" is an intimate music venue and one of my favorite places for a night on the town... Protip: cost of entry includes first drink!

"Campo de L'Albazia" Venice is one of my favorite "secret" spots. It's a campo that provides for a picture perfect local ambiance and lore...

"Peggy's Place" in Venice's Dorsoduro is Peggy Guggenheim's palace Venier de Leoni, where she moved into and housed her growing art collection. What a dame

"Scuola Grafica" Venice is a landmark for paper, a school that's been opened since 1969, providing courses in book making, screen printing, calligraphy...

This "Forcole Workshop" in Venice makes the gondoliers' oars, but each work carved in this studio is a true work of art... also good for smaller souvenirs.