Resilient is this week’s theme for the WordPress Photo Challenge. What could be more resilient than Rome’s Coliseum which has withstood earthquakes, wars, empires, and millions of tourists for nearly 2000 years? Built of concrete and sand, the Coliseum is … Continue reading Resilient
Kongo headed to the Getty Villa on the Malibu coast on Friday to dine with the gods. No really. He attended a culinary workshop titled “Dining with the Gods” based on a real menu that would have been served up at … Continue reading Cooking at the Getty Villa
And then there was Rome. Of all the places Kongo visited during his European trip last month, Rome was the city most anticipated. Kongo always felt that if you haven’t been to Rome then you really haven’t been to Europe. Not that other great cities on the continent he’d visited weren’t grand. London, Paris, Prague, Vienna, Venice, Florence, Budapest. Even Moscow. But Rome? Well, Rome is Rome.
Kongo normally doesn’t hang out in brothels but on a visit to the ancient Roman city of Pompeii a few weeks ago he stood in a long line to see first hand how the ancient Romans did it. Turns out that they actually did it pretty much like Romans do it today and variety is always a good thing, if you know what I mean.
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