Last night I went to a party hosted by Valintino.  Had a great time, but the good news is one of Valitino assistaant designer, who is a good friend of Alphonso, my friend, told me that when I am ready to buy clothes, that he will hook me up with both Valintino and Armani clothes.

What happeb was Alphsono noticed I lost weight since last summer and ( Read more... )

Today I arrived a Rome. I was greeted with trumpet and cheers and I drove my chariot into town.  In honor of my arrival, the Italian government is having the White Knight party.  Actually, its not for me, but every year, in Rome for two nights their is the White Knight party

All stores, museums, restaurants stay open until 6:00 AM and most of the ( Read more... )

At the bequest of the Italian government, I did not rent a scoter today.

Today, I spent the day at almafi coast which is considered by many travel magazines to be one of the most wonderful places to spend the day.  The Almaif cost consists of several little towns, the three most famous or Almafi, Portofino and Sardinia.
I will agree with the travel ( Read more... )

What is a vacation without a few bumps?   At 5:30 AM after not being able to sleep, I called the desk clerk and requested to be moved to a new room. It seems there are some major repairs occurring to the Jacuzzi on the roof which is causing the water drainage to be very very loud.  All during the night, I kept on hearing water coming down a drain ( Read more... )

Today, I left Modena off to the island of Capri, the land of the Roman Emperors.  The train ride from Modena to Napoil, where ones gets the ferry to the island, was interesting.  After being on the train forn an hour, two girls from Romania got on the from the Florence station.  They were about 20 and 25 years of age.  As they were getting on they ( Read more... )

The past two days, I have spent in Modena relaxing and working on my book, more about this later. It feels good not to get up early rushing to a plane or to an office but instead waiting for the birds to sing a good morning song. Actually, it is the noise of the garbage trucks that wake me up in the morning. I guess they haven’t heard about no ( Read more... )

Imagine a small town on a beautiful lake with little shops consisting of ice cream store, unique boutiques, one of a kind jewelry and specialty shops. Imagine a lake with blue water surrounded by majestic mountains covered with houses where people are swimming and laughing. If you do, then you have imagined the town of Serimone in Lago Di Garda in ( Read more... )

It is day 3 of my Italy trip and I am in the beautiful city of Modena. For those who are not familiar with the city, it is located in the northern part of Italy and is over 300 years old with the European architect one only sees in the movies. Most buildings are from 3 to six stories high painted in various colors with various fresco designs. Many ( Read more... )

It is with great sadness that I am writing this journal entry. My father passed away this evening ( Read more... )

Today, I took my car to mazda for repairs. After looking at the car, I was told it would cost me more than $4,000 in repairs to fix the car. $3,000 for the transmission and another grand for miscellaneous ( Read more... )