Travel & Experiences
Decisions, decisions --- a French chateau or an Italian villa?
July 26, 2009
France’s Vaux le Vicomte vs. Italy’s Villa Farnese
I’ve been to Rome four times, and each time I go, the Eternal City becomes a little more mine--from Bernini’s breathtaking colonnades on St.
Sept. 26, 1999
* Italy: Pat and Joseph Murphy, Orange--Residenza Farnese, 59 Via del Marche-rone, Rome; 011-3906-6889-1388.
Nov. 25, 2001
Entertainment & Arts
Puccini’s “Tosca” isn’t exactly a thinking-person’s opera, and the Ian Judge production--created for Los Angeles Music Center Opera in 1989, revived in 1992 and back again Saturday for the start of a seven-performance run--doesn’t bear too much thinking.
Nov. 11, 1996
Science & Medicine
Studying a statue of Atlas holding the sky, an American astronomer finds key evidence of what could be a major fraud in science history.
March 30, 2005
STAYING in a Roman convent, monastery or other religious institution makes a tourist feel like a pilgrim.
March 12, 2006
The grandiose “treasures” exhibitions of recent memory were a lot of fun, despite critical grumbling.
Oct. 18, 1994
Food
Rome is my second home.
July 14, 1996
It’s curious how a director can tinker with some dead playwrights (Shakespeare) but not others (Tennessee Williams).
Sept. 27, 1990