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fusion food

Posted on July 21, 2011 @ 6:00 pm by massimo | Filed under: advertisement,ancona,beach,blog,food,fun,holidays,mediterranean,news,people,travel,ukiyo-e,wordpress

Among the  thousand reasons that make an Italy holidays very peculiar, there is food. Italian food is higly reputed due to  its traditional quality and variety. Yet, as for the rest of western or westernising  countries, (I apologise for my bizarre neologism) a new  cooking trend has gained little by little more passionate fans, even in the conservative Italy: the fusion cuisine.  The most creative Italian chefs deals with fusion and try their best in order to create new appealing dishes, which invariably make use of ingredients from distant and different cooking stiles. Here is a good example! The Ristorante Clandestino chef is truly influenced by Japanese food and he is invariably able to produce some funny, inusual, always excellent, food combinations. To underline the concept, last but not least, the management of this cozy beach restaurant, called it SUSCI restaurant instead of SUSHI restaurant, but you won’t understand the pun unless you speak Italian!

still life

Posted on May 28, 2011 @ 8:52 am by massimo | Filed under: advertisement,blog,fun,holidays,japan,people,ukiyo-e,wordpress

I really appreciate  the very peculiar   process of falling into sleep and, possibly, dreaming. Every time it happens it is like setting sail softly bound to some still  unknow region of our mind or personality. And as for  every real journey, we actually cannot plan much of what we are going to find into those deep regions. But alas!  At last we always wake up a bit confused by the dreams we dreamed or by their absence: what occurred to us while asleep has the power to determine our daily mood. I believe that every traumatic waking up could be positively overcome by some music or natural sound, so please avoid every alarm clocks even if you must wake up at 3 am because of your most recent late deals holidays ! Here is a lovely haiku by the japanese master Ryusui: “the nightingale’s sweet trill, The splash of ripples on the shore And all the rest is still”. What a way to wake up !

Illustration Fridays topic is: asleep

John Fowler t-shirts

Posted on May 25, 2011 @ 4:59 pm by massimo | Filed under: advertisement,bangkok,blog,fashion,fun,holidays,package tour,people,t-shirt,thailand,ukiyo-e,wordpress

Is Bangkok  the number one destination among  cheap package holidays? It’s hard to say ; indeed  this big city makes several thousand tourists welcome every year. Despite its monstrous traffic jam, pollution and hot climate, as for any other metropolis Bangokok has got a subtle appeal to many visitors, something which is not so clear at first. I’m not talking about the red light district, with its sex traps, or the striking shopping centres where once can buy whatever  stuff he is looking for. No, i’m thinking to some Bangkok pecularities that made this place unique among travellers from the late ’60. One of them certainly was the John Fowler shop on Pleonchit at Silom Road / Convent Road corner. Fowler really started a minor empire and expanded to other stores including Pattaya. What am I talking about? T-shirts off course, great t-shirts with original topics such as in the Golden Triangle series, or the Indian Gods series, or old Chinese images. There was another series with Thai Folk art like baskets and jars. Unfortunately my few old Fowler’s t-shirt  got lost. These days it seems difficult to get a Fowler’s original, so I made my decision and now I’m working on a few t-shirt drawings in the Fowler style: here is one of them.

fashion in Himalaya

Posted on January 22, 2011 @ 6:16 pm by massimo | Filed under: advertisement,bargain,blog,fashion,himalaya,illustration,people,ukiyo-e,wordpress

There is no better time than winter to  win and wear a pair of trendy Whooga ugg boots! Even in Himalayan valleys Whooga are quickly gaining recognition among fashonable women as a popular alternative brand of sheepskin boots with their legendary thick Thermofleece foot bed. Simply follow them on Twitter or sign …

a surprising man…

Posted on August 22, 2008 @ 10:52 am by massimo | Filed under: another green world,art,bargain,blog,boracay,fashion,fun,illustration,india,island,news,people,philippines,thailand,travel,ukiyo-e,wordpress

I like to edit again an old post written on November the 22, 2006…this fellow had a totally anti-routine life…it’s worth taking a look at his “biography” that my friend Gino edited recently in his blog.
Enjoy!

Among the strange people that I met, Max Maxwell is certainly the most unfathomable. I firstly met Max …

gardens

Posted on March 8, 2008 @ 5:00 pm by massimo | Filed under: another green world,architecture,blog,fun,illustration,island,news,travel,ukiyo-e,wordpress

Modern Singapore is a city of concrete, glass, freeways and shopping centres.This city state is one of the Asia’s four “dragons”- the Asian economic boom coutries. The fact that so many western expats live and work in Singapore, lies exactly in its thriving economy, altough the place itself is really nothing special and the main …

aynaku’s 2008 calendar

Posted on November 25, 2007 @ 6:07 pm by massimo | Filed under: advertisement,art,blog,illustration,news,ukiyo-e,wordpress

AYNAKU’s 2008 calendar is now available on line at AYNAKU shop.
The calendar’s twelve plates are drawn after the traditional Japanese Ukyio-e wood block prints.
The joyful atmosphere, of Ukyio-e, or “the floating word”, is brought to you by means of contemporary digital technique.
Each illustration goes with a traditional Haiku, (a short, …

lapu lapu

Posted on November 10, 2007 @ 6:30 pm by massimo | Filed under: animals,beach,blog,boracay,food,illustration,island,news,philippines,ukiyo-e,wordpress

Red groupers typically have a stout body and a large mouth. They are not built for long-distance fast swimming. They can be quite large, usually largest fish of the grouper family, and their body, soft dorsal and anal fins, are covered with scales and thick skin.
Lapu Lapu is the Pilipino name …

the admiral’s hat

Posted on November 2, 2007 @ 10:53 pm by massimo | Filed under: africa,blog,china,illustration,india,island,kenya,package tour,people,travel,ukiyo-e,wordpress

This is Zheng He the great Ming navigator wearing his favourite straw hat….
Between 1405 and 1433, the Ming government sponsored a series of seven naval expeditions and Zheng He was placed as the admiral in control of the huge fleet.
Zheng He’s first voyage consisted of a fleet of 317 ships …

the god of happiness

Posted on October 19, 2007 @ 5:30 pm by massimo | Filed under: animals,blog,china,himalaya,illustration,japan,mythology,news,people,ukiyo-e,wordpress

Hotei – one of the seven gods of happiness, is also the happy god of abundance and good health. Hotei is also seen carrying a large bag over his shoulder that is said to contain gifts and fortunes for those who believe in his virtues.
He is distinguished by his body of generous proportions …

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