oddtag's posterous http://oddtag.posterous.com Most recent posts at oddtag's posterous posterous.com Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:04:56 -0800 Venice, cicheti, bacaro, spritz, ombra. Happy valentine's day! http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-cicheti-bacaro-spritz-ombra-happy-vale http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-cicheti-bacaro-spritz-ombra-happy-vale txt: Cicchetti and Spritz From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cicchetti (pronounced chi-KET-tee) are small snacks or side dishes, typically served in cicchetti bars [bacaro] in Venice, Italy. Common cicchetti include small servings of fish, tiny sandwiches, plates of olives, and very small servings of typical full-course plates. Like Spanish tapas, one can also make a meal of cicchetti by ordering many different plates. Venice's many cicchetti bars are quite active during the day, as Venetians (and tourists) typically eat cicchetti in the late morning, for lunch, or as afternoon snacks. Cicchetti is usually accompanied by a small glass of white wine, which the locals refer to as an "ombra" (shadow).
The Spritz is a wine-based cocktail commonly served as an aperitif in northern Italy, especially in the Veneto region and surrounding areas. The drink is prepared with white wine or Prosecco wine, a dash of some bitter liqueur such as Aperol, Campari, Select or Cynar. The glass is then topped off with sparkling mineral water. It is usually served over ice in a lowball glass (or sometimes a martini glass or wine glass) and garnished a slice of orange, or sometimes an olive, depending on the liqueur. The drink originated in Venice while it was part of the Austrian Empire, and is based on the Austrian Spritzer, a combination of equal parts white wine and soda water.
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Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:42:13 -0800 Venice Carnival: sensation cicheti! http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-carnival-sensation-cicheti http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-carnival-sensation-cicheti SENSATION CICHETI - Venice Carnival 2010 Santa Croce - Sunday 14 February 2010 - hour 09:00 SENSATION CICHETI: with tipical Venetian food. From 6 to 16 february, Campo San Rocco, h 11.00am - 9.00pm - From 12 to 14 february h 9.00am – 1.00am img: Spritz - Katia.G on flickr
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Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:34:50 -0800 Venice seen by the others: confetti (coriandoli, actually) http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-seen-by-the-others-confetti-coriandoli http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-seen-by-the-others-confetti-coriandoli txt: Venetians fear for their cultural heritage - Tom Kington - THE GUARDIAN, www.taipeitimes.com - "Jobs have disappeared to the mainland, tourists now outnumber residents and locals fear the Queen of the Adriatic is in danger of losing her soul "
As the remaining carnival confetti was cleared from the narrow, labyrinthine streets of Venice last week, residents emerged here and there from behind closed doors to watch bleary-eyed revelers stream down the Strada Nuova on their way back to Milan, London, Tokyo and beyond. At the Casino, housed in a palazzo perched on the Grand Canal, organizers totted up the numbers — 1 million visitors; hotels 95 percent full and 100,000 packed into St Mark’s Square to watch a woman dressed in white wings descend on a wire from the bell tower of St Mark’s Basilica.
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Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:08:40 -0700 Internet as a Venice Carnival: the illusion of becoming similar? http://oddtag.posterous.com/internet-as-a-venice-carnival-the-illusion-of http://oddtag.posterous.com/internet-as-a-venice-carnival-the-illusion-of [txt] Origins of Carnival - www.comune.venezia.it
The [Venice] Carnival has its roots in many traditions, from the Latin feast of Saturnalia to the Greek feast of Dionysian cults celebrating the start of spring, when masks were used for symbolic representation. It signalled a time in which everything was permitted in an apparent incarnation of the world turned on its head. In fact, the Carnival was a means of rigidly controlling the impulses. The tendency to excess was merely a benevolent concession for a prescribed period of time. In the strictly hierarchical Venetian society, it was deemed necessary to give the most humble classes the illusion of becoming similar to the more powerful classes, albeit wearing a mask: the aim was to diminish social tensions and maintain consensus.
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