Harry potter and the small italian mountain town

I GOT HARRY POTTER #7 EARLY! The lady at the Norcian bookstore told me not to tell anyone. "You like Harry Potter? You just lost five points," Marco said as I read it in the kitchen. Anyway, I finished it at 4AM this morning (a beautiful 120 minutes before the first copies go on sale in the US).

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How to watch the world go by

Venice is beautiful, and the best way to enjoy it is on the terrace of the Westin with a bottle of white wine, great company, and a book. If snack food doesn't fill you up, head over to La Boutique del Gelato for Vivoli-league ice cream, as a reasonable dinner is quite difficult to find. “Look over near Ponte Rialto,” one shopkeeper suggested. “At least they won’t poison you there.”

(Backdated, 23/07/07)