Meeting a Paparazzo

My good friend Ciro invited me to a little get together at his new pad just before Christmas, and I had a very good time too. I also met Ciro’s cousin, who happens to be a real life paparazzo.

The term ‘paparazzi’ was coined in Italy, as you may well know.  These photographers, for that’s what they are, make a living out of satisfying the world’s seemingly insatiable desire to see pictures of the rich and famous.  Often the rich and famous do not take kindly to being photographed, which is, to an extent, understandable.  Anyway, as to the rights and wrongs regarding paparazzi, this is neither the time nor the place.  It was, however interesting to have met a real life celebrity hunter though.

So what are these oft detested photogs like? Read more

Di’s Great Photo Giveaway

Photographer Di, whose work I love, is having a little photo themed prize draw.  All you need to do to get 2 of her photographs, enlarged and printed up to 30×45cms in size and mailed to you, where ever you are in the world, is to visit her site and leave a comment.  The prize draw is Sunday 11th January 2009.

Look for the  “A Thank You Gift” post on 6th January here:  A Woman Wondering

And do not forget to check out Dis works on Flickr – there is a link from beneath the men in the boat!  But not in the sea.

Snowy, snowier

Today is the snowiest I’ve seen Milan for a good few years.  Yesterday Milan was covered in snow, today it’s got a snow duvet over it.  The silence is golden, but many will not be overly happy seeing as this is their first day back to work since the beginning of the Christmas break.

Our son returned to school today too, only he won’t be staying all day as some of the teachers have not been able to make it into Milan from the places where they live outside the city.  Trains arriving at Cadorna station are few and far between, or so I was told.  Not sure if the Malpensa Express train for the airport is doing its thing or not, or even, for that matter, if Malpensa airport is open at the moment.

And so you can see just how snowy it is,  here are some snowy images of Milan’s delightful looking snow covered Sempione Park, from yesterday.  It’s even snowier today. Read more

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