Ovo Sodo

Our rowing season has become increasingly boring because of the superiority of the Venezia team. Two rowers of the Benci-Centro, nicknamed “Ovo Sodo” (Hardboiled Egg) for its colors, are relaxing on the jetty of their “cantina” just before the “Coppa Ilio Barontini”. The race was then won, as always, by the Venezia.

See also: Coppa Barontini 2012 - Ovo Sodo at Sunset - Through the Arch
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Pasticceria Magrì

A curious lamp inside the “Pasticceria Magrì” in Via Magenta.

It was one of the few quiet places during this year's “Notte Blu” (Blue Night), an event of which I have no intention to speak.

See also: Blue Night Walk - Blue Night 2014

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Planters or Else?

Via Cairoli: I really hope that these are planters and will be used like that...

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Theme Day: Upside Down

Another masterpiece of “bicycle art”, this time in Via Ernesto Rossi. Please note how the colors of the art piece match perfectly with the background, an obvious sign of an elaborate study by the unknown author.

Click here to view thumbnails for all the participants

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External links: Bicycle Art (Inspiration Green)

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MSC Vigo

The tugs “Piero Neri”, “Alfredo Neri”, and “Porto di Livorno” assist the 270-meter container ship “MSC Vigo” in leaving the port. (Photos taken last March)
Here the “Porto di Livorno” is pulling from behind, while the “Piero Neri” is backtracking along the side of the ship.

A tiny Optimist sailboat caught against the stern: the ship's beam is 40 meters.

See also: Piero Neri - Alfredo Neri - Zim Qingdao & MSC Vigo
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Squirting Cucumber

We all know that it's a bad world out there, but one would not expect to be attacked by a plant. This happened a few days ago when I tried to photograph some strange bulbs in Via Salvatore Orlando: they repeatedly popped, squirting something in my direction. Only after the fact I have learned that these plants are called squirting cucumbers, and now I know why...

External link: Ecballium elaterium (Wikipedia)

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Greetings from Livorno #5

Another postcard published by Künzli Frères in Zurich around 1900 with a view on the Grand Hotel Palazzo, the Cisternone, and the Four Moors.

A postcard published by Vierbucher in Milan showing us the Lighthouse, part of the Porto Mediceo, and the main building of the Naval Academy.

(Postcards digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

See also: Greetings from Livorno - Greetings from Livorno #2 - Greetings from Livorno #3 - Greetings from Livorno #4 - Grand Hotel Palazzo - Cisternone - Four Moors - The Lighthouse
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