I let my music take me where my heart wants to go.

The Pieta

The Pieta (found in St. Peter's Basilica) is the only work by Michelangelo that the artist ever signed.  Having overheard someone attribute the piece to another sculptor, he supposedly snuck into the chapel at night and carved his name in the band running diagonally across Mary's chest to eliminate any question.

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David

Michelangelo carved David from a flawed block of marble.

Little-Known Facts About Well-Known Places: Italy

lb

The abbreviation for pound is "lb" because in ancient Rome, the value of a sack of coins was determined by weight, weight was measured in libras, and the libra, in records kept in Latin, was written as "lb".

Little-Known Facts About Well-Known Places: Italy

Cafe

In almost any cafe in Italy, the price of coffee, a cocktail, or a glass of wine varies in relation to where you drink it: lowest if you order and stand at the bar, higher if you want to sit at a table, and highest if the table you choose is on the sidewalk or terrace, rather than indoors.

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$$$

From the late 1920s to the late 1930s, the Italian government, in an attempt to encourage population growth (and to force single men to wed as soon as possible), levied what was known as the Bachelor's Tax, forcing unmarried adult males to pay up to doubld their normal income tax, plus a fee of 155 lira.

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Always.

"Wake Up Alone" is my favorite Amy Winehouse song. Just thought I would share. - Although "You Know I'm No Good" is my message to the world "Wake Up Alone" is more personal. Still, I will never forget the first time I saw the video for "You Know I'm No Good" on VH1.  From then on I was hooked on Amy Winehouse and became one of her biggest fans. I Still Miss You.

A series of 265 circular mosaic portraits that depict every pope since St. Peter are mounted in a continuous line on the frieze that runs above the columns and below the nave windows of the Basilica di San Paolo in Rome.  Only the image of the current pope is illuminated, but visible just beyond that are a handful of vacant spots.  The story goes that once they, too, have been filled, the world will come to an end.

Little-Known Facts About Well-Known Places: Italy

As of 3 minutes ago...yes this is the appropriate song. Congratulations my friend.

Currently Reading

I decided to re-read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling.  The last time I read this book I was like in 6th or 7th grade.  The book is better than I remember it to be! I've been going to Sacramento with my mother because of some UTI business and I've been reading to her on the way there.  However, I dont think I will be waiting for her to keep reading because it is so good! I will not be writing a review on Harry Potter because I feel like everyone has read the books.  If you are like me and have only read one or two I suggest you read all of them! I ordered some new books from the library.  I'll get them soon and write reviews on those. :)  

 I HEART SUMMER READING!!