Minutes.fi http://www.minutes.fi Fri, 02 Feb 2018 08:21:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.2 http://www.minutes.fi/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cropped-minutes_favi-32x32.png Minutes.fi http://www.minutes.fi 32 32 Le Furlane http://www.minutes.fi/themes/green/le-furlane/ Fri, 02 Feb 2018 05:59:40 +0000 http://www.minutes.fi/?p=4826 Meet le furlane, the gondolier slippers I bought in Venice. The style originates in Northern Italy at the end of the Second World War. With lack of resources, nothing was wasted, and Friulian women began crafting shoes by hand using old bicycle tires to waterproof the sole, recycled jute bags for insoles, and old clothes […]

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]]> Silver Dreams http://www.minutes.fi/themes/bright/silver-dreams/ Thu, 18 Jan 2018 05:58:34 +0000 http://www.minutes.fi/?p=4685 Peggy Guggenheim (1898-1979) was an American art collector and socialite, who built a notable art collection in America and Europe primarily between 1938 and 1946. In 1949, Guggenheim settled in Venice, where she lived and exhibited her collection for the rest of her life. Her former home, a palazzo on the Grand Canal, remains a […]

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]]> Venice http://www.minutes.fi/themes/bright/venice/ Thu, 18 Jan 2018 05:54:41 +0000 http://www.minutes.fi/?p=4705 “Venice in January is dreamy with crisp weather and beautiful colors. I am so happy I got to experience it finally. A city without cars is easy on the eyes, and camera. What I did not understand before is how weird the city is beginning to feel, with locals moving away and more and more […]

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