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A favorite perch at the edge of the world for a California Negroni with a view {more glimpses in stories}
Wild capers + telegrams, the color palette of Isola di Pianosa, a Tuscan archipelago where time seems to stand still 

#isoladipianosa 
#mytinyatlas
In memory of a dear friend, who envisioned a special place … that would lure us back for 12 years (and counting) and expand a circle of likeminded humans along the way (in order of appearance)

@zenkafilms 
@raffaellacova + @marcopignattai 
@e
A favorite morning path, passing below the piazza wall, eavesdropping on locals under the tree bantering about the weather, politics … and lunch, of course … while a familiar soundtrack of espresso making and spoon/saucer stacking is wa
It’s election day in Italy … in Europe actually 🗳️🕊️
13th century art never looked so contemporary ✨
My ideal Rome itinerary is always a mix of revisiting longtime cherished places and discovering new treasures … finally seeing Pietro Cavallini’s fresco cycle, long hidden due to renovation
Sneak peek of a fun collaboration with a favorite client … @bettolasf will introduce a tavola calda /rosticceria / alimentari to San Francisco’s Inner Richmond neighborhood soon

#bettolasf
#mytinyatlas
Another ride around the sun …

#birthdayflowers 
#flowerpower 
#kpmberlin
An impromptu midweek campsite score … dinner with a view just 40 minutes from the city

#mytinyatlas
#afarmag
Happy Easter {Frohe Ostern} to all who celebrate and happy Sunday to all … from my mamma‘s garden 🌿

#botanicalpickmeup
#germanyrevisited 
#mytinyatlas
I stop by this hallway painting on every doctor visit … favorite detail from a portrait of Dr. Frances Torrey, Chief of Dermatology at UC San Francisco 1947-54 … someone I would have liked to meet.
Election Day, the warm up round ✔️

#electionday #ivoted
#supertuesday
Here’s to sharing a winter lunch in the sun, finally meeting a longtime Instagram friend in person (in @cornelia.craft’s childhood backyard no less) and catching up over local oysters and wood fired pizza on some of the themes shared here
For the love of photography … Richard {Marilyn}, Alec {Maria}, Nadav and Johanna

#RichardAvedon
#AlecSoth
#NadavKander
#JohannaEkmark
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
- Martin Luther King Jr

Happy 95th birthday, #MLK, we needed you around so much longer!

Photo taken after church the day he learned he won the Nobel Peace Prize
Memories of travel mementos lost with a stolen suitcase … Etruscan terracotta shards from a hillside in Vetulonia … a perfectly shaped porcelain insulator washed up in the cove of San Fruttuoso … a miniature underwater garden fro
A merry Everything and a happy Always … from this home to yours ✨
For the love of December skies … and coast drives on rainy days 

#mytinyatlas

 

 
{ bureau jules }