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Monday, June 18th, 2007

Milan on Film: A DVD Selection



Seeing a city through somebody else's eyes may be the freshest and most fascinating way to visit it.  Italian filmmakers have flocked to Milan, thus producing two masterpieces of World Cinema as well as innumerable genre films (its police thrillers called "polizieschi" and its killer-thrillers known as "gialli̶ ;) which flourished between 1965 and 1985.

Here listed is the celluloid Milano, the city of extremes --- the wealth and the squalor, the ...

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

Street Market: Milan's Best!



If you're looking for "labels" and looking for bargains with a "label," Milan is the city for you!
  In what is now probably the Fashion Capital of the World, the street markets of the city can offer you the best in designer fashions for a fraction of the price.  Many professional street sellers buy up extra stock and/or samples from Milan's finest designers and sell them for next-to-nothing prices, ...

Monday, June 4th, 2007

Milan Flea Market: Fiera di Senigallia



Probably the most well-known of all of the Milan "street markets" is the flea market-styled Fiera di Senigallia.  Located in Milan's picturesque canal zone ("the Naviglio"), this is a great place to wander and browse --- and save money if you've somehow survived Milan's hot, high-priced fashion boutiques. 

WHEN: Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to late afternoon

WHERE: Off Via Valenza and Alzaia Naviglio Grande

HOW-TO-GET-THERE:  Take the subway/underground Green Line to P.ta. Genova.  Upon exiting turn ...