perché no!

It's Italian for why not, and also the name of a gelato bar in Florence. A very excellent gelato bar, I might add.

Indulgence is not a bad word here. How fortunate that I find myself in Italy the week of the Republican National Convention, which I've now completely missed. I have agreed to gelatos (Rick Steves says that they have the best in Italy and who am I to argue those fine points?) No yelling at the tv screen. No reading newspapers. No NPR in the morning to scare me for a good hour or two about the true nature of this world as it runs down hill.

So I missed the ying yang from NYC. And the counter ying yang. Kerry may be up or down or tied, but I'm checking out the beautiful and bloody Renaissance.