Luca's Blog

The Presidential Race - An inexperienced field

Here's an interesting accounting of the field of candidates ...

New York Times Magazine - What does it take?

Hope for new Parkinson's therapy

Here's an interesting new development from Finnish researchers ....

BBC News - Hope for new Parkinson's therapy

Salvatore Maria Sergio

Please check this gentleman who posted a brief summary of the painting of my uncle, Salvatore Maria Sergio, of Napoli.

Galleria D'Aria

Try also this link, which will show a number of his paintings ... Jannaurius

36 Hours in Baltimore

Ciao everyone,

After a spring hiatus, we're back to blogging ... Here's a cool article about our home town: Baltimore.

New York Times - 36 Hours in Baltimore

Enjoy and come visit!

Revolution Health

Here's an interesting post from Om Malik on Steve Case of AOL's latest healthcare venture ...

Om Malik on Steve Case

An interesting approach ...

a tranquil end to the holiday season at St. Sebald's in Nuremberg

At the end to my snowy walk on Sunday I found myself wandering into the lovely Saint Sebald church, reconstructed in the late 1940s, home to Nuremberg baroque composer, Johann Pachelbel, who was organist of the church.

a tranquil & snowy walk in Nuremberg

Ciao everyone,

I just returned from a quick trip to Nuremberg to see friends and colleagues. 

Fresh off the plane I enjoyed a Sunday morning walk through the Altstadt.   Here are a few pics:

A walk through town from the Bahnhofstrasse ...

The Frauenkirche (Our Lady's Church) in one of  main platzes ...

A snowy view of the Pegnitz  river ...

Design by Apple

Though I'm an avid BlackBerry user, I have to say, Steve Jobs and Co. did it again ...

The iPhone is truly beautiful design, from the OS and interface to the form factor to the user experience ...

Apple's iPhone

May you find your Shangri-La

This week is a week for catching up with films ... Thank you Netflix!

For those of you inspired by visions of the mountains and their role in quests for understanding,  as was my father, please rent this Frank Capra film from 1937, Lost Horizon .

You won't be disappointed ....

a sense of wonder ...

I realize that many of you may have already seen this film from 1997, but I had the chance to watch it again this evening for the second time.

If you haven't yet seen it, and if you hope for or need a pause, this film continues to offer a hopeful and intriguing sense of wonder ...

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Buona notte.

Marina At Dusk

Marina At Dusk, originally uploaded by heypat.

Here's a gorgeous photo from Flickr ...

Los colores de el Hatillo

The rich colors of El Hatillo in Caracas ...

Scottuzzo's birthday

A quick shout out to my good friend, Scott Pugh, whom many of you will remember.  He would have been 39 today.

He is sorely missed.

Given that he was known also as the "Partaker", please raise a glass in this new year, partake of a good drink, and salute herr Pugh, a truly splendid human being.

una bella bistecca a Caracas

Elena Fiorenza e Jose Rafael at El Tinajero in anticipation of an excellent steak ...

Feliz Navidad!

zuppa di lentiche

While enjoying a fabulously heartening bowl of la professoressa Coleman's zuppa di lentiche, I was reminded that there are those in my family who remain big fans of the good Arthur Schwartz, food critic and Italophile.  You may enjoy a few recipes ....

The Food Maven - Arthur Schwartz - NYC

This gentleman enjoys his life ... fabulous eating tours of Italy ...