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Here are some more pictures from our trip to Venice.

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Been goin’ kinda nutso on Instagram lately. I’d had the app on my iPhone for ages, but never really used it until recently because we’re upping our involvement with it at work. Now I’ve finally signed on, I’ve been subjecting whatever usable photos I have to Lo-Fi, Hefe, Valencia, and other filters while I get […]

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At Gelateria Fatamorgana, Monti

Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne

http://youtu.be/jjjMqxraCaw

I still count Canova’s Cupid et Psyche in the Louvre as my all-time favorite sculpture, but Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne sculpture cuts a close second (if not a tie!). The way the light filters down so that the marble glows, and how you can walk around the elevated sculpture to peer at it from different angles, is so amazing.

(video via Rick Steves)