Alex Subrizi
Fence me in (part 2)
At long last, Poggiosole's new front gate is finished, and looks posh. With a main body of COR-TEN steel supporting 19 vertical slats of...
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Alex Subrizi
- Sep 22
- 1 min
Niue
The other morning I was reading the "Espresso" (daily digest) version of The Economist when the following caught my eye: Island Nation of...
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Alex Subrizi
- Sep 22
- 4 min
Numbers upon numbers upon love
One might suppose that higher prices no longer shock, but at the start of this year I sensed deep dismay from a former guest who had...
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Alex Subrizi
- Aug 23
- 3 min
Summer silence
I know, I've been quiet. I could say it's been the heat (and it is very hot here this week) but actually much of the summer has been...
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Alex Subrizi
- May 23
- 4 min
Weird weather
As most of the news-watching world knows by now, the US is about to default on its debts and it's been a very wet spring in northern...
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Alex Subrizi
- Mar 21
- 1 min
Spring
Our stone fruit trees are in bloom (above a detail of the Prunus persica just outside Le Rose's front door), our olive grove is crowded...
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Alex Subrizi
- Jan 23
- 2 min
Smoke, no mirrors
Aside from the five meter-wide strip of asphalt of the Strada Romita, this was the view from Poggiosole's still unfinished front gate...
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Alex Subrizi
- Jan 5
- 4 min
Pool refresh
A rebuild of our swimming pool has been underway since we closed for our harvest in October. What's that saying about the road to hell...
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Alex Subrizi
- Oct 27, 2022
- 5 min
Remembering Gianni
My father was a serious person, una persona seria. That much was clear to all who met him, on both sides of the pond. Some went as far as...
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Alex Subrizi
- Oct 23, 2022
- 2 min
Harvest 2022
Left to right in the above photo are my sons Elio (20), Sam (4), and Max (6) along with yours truly (soon 59). Behind us is most of...
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Alex Subrizi
- Oct 18, 2022
- 3 min
A longed-for subtraction... and reunion
For some years, well before I took over the day-to-day management of Poggiosole in 2021, the thick aerial telephone line crossing our...
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Alex Subrizi
- Sep 15, 2022
- 3 min
Worthy additions
Starting this fall we will be "taking back" about 230 trees from a cooperative that, in exchange for caring for them, has for the past 20...
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Alex Subrizi
- Sep 8, 2022
- 2 min
RAZOM
Last September I decided that every year, 5% of Poggiosole's gross August receipts would go to a good cause. Our first "summer...
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Alex Subrizi
- Aug 28, 2022
- 3 min
Booking 9.8 > 9.9
In 2021 90% of Poggiosole's bookings came via the eponymous (and ubiquitous) online Dutch travel agency. This year, about half our...
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Alex Subrizi
- Aug 19, 2022
- 2 min
A blogger's first year
Exactly one year ago I kicked off this blog with Hot. I'd always enjoyed writing, and for about 10 years of my life I earned my living as...
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Alex Subrizi
- Aug 16, 2022
- 3 min
Waitin’ for it
Stormy skies have been all too rare here this summer. This wouldn’t be a problem were it not for the fact that they’ve been rare since...
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Alex Subrizi
- Aug 4, 2022
- 5 min
Black-out (in front)
Yesterday, from 10:23 AM until just after 6 PM, Poggiosole lost all electric power. For 7 hours and 45 minutes not only were our...
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Alex Subrizi
- Jul 31, 2022
- 3 min
Rate hikes
No, this post is not about central banks, although the high inflation and rising interest rates that have been in the news are certainly...
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Alex Subrizi
- Jul 25, 2022
- 2 min
July blazes
Following news of record temperatures in the UK (hitting 40.2°C at Heathrow airport) and the wildfires devastating land and property in...
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Alex Subrizi
- Jul 8, 2022
- 4 min
Whack the mozzies
Having nearly conquered my entomophobia (as a child and young adult, most any bug would heavily creep me out), at age 58 I have not yet...
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