A different side of Rome

My grand grand father moved to live near Piazza Navona because the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro was expanding in the area of Sallustiano, near Via Veneto. The new exhibition in Museo di Roma in Trastevere is exactly focusing on this historical moment: end of the Nineteenth century up to the Thirties of the Twenty Century when Rome was transformed, from the area of Trevi Fountain up to via Bissolati . You can discover about 200 documents such as reproductions, pictures etc... In the exhibition you will be able to see also how was Termini Station ( much more beautiful than now), old pictures of piazza Barberini, via Nazionale etc...up to january 11th. Piazza Sant' Egidio 1b

In Rome Henri Cartier Bresson

In Rome, a great exhibition in the Museum of Ara Pacis. Up to January 25th, 500 pieces of art : photos, drawings, paintings, films and documents from the great french photographer Henri Cartier Bresson (1908-2004). The exhibition, ten years after his death, comes from the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the curator Clément Cheroux is an historian, specialised in photography. Three periods are examined: the Surrealist era (1926-1935), the political engagement and the war ( 1936-1946)and finally the creation of Magnum agency up to to end of his professional activity (1947-1970).  A great shopping present can be the catalogue published by Contrasto. The exhibition is open from 9 to 7 PM. On Friday and Saturday from 9 to 10 PM. www.arapacis.it 

How to make a shopping tour in Rome

Yesterday I had the opportunity to take two ladies shopping in Rome, They were americans with daughters at home. So we need to take items hip and cool. Therefore we started with the new totally renovated Coin in via Cola di Rienzo where I could have an idea of their taste. We had a 20% discount on my Coin Card. They bought six pair of shoes (Yes indeed...). Then we went for an icecream in Ciampini in piazza San Lorenzo in Lucina and to Tebro in via dei Prefetti, one of the best shop in Rome for bed linen To make a nice tour you need to see and analize the character of the people you have in front of you. Almost a psychological exercise.