It was still 28°C at 22:00hrs when I went out for my evening
passeggiata. I needed to get out because
I stayed inside most of the day – too hot to be out. The piazza beside mercato Sant’Ambrogio was
busy with people in the temporary restaurant/bar build about a month ago.
A jazz band was playing with a fabulously energetic and sultry lead
signer…..and there was a ping pong table, and a fooze ball table. There were
babies out in strollers, dogs, young kids dancing to the music, lots of
onlookers like me and people of all ages coming and going.
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| Scotch and Soda - Amsterdam Couture @ Mercato Nuovo, 20 June 2012 |
Then the Loggia del Mercato Nuovo
– which is usually a leather market during the day – was turned into a huge bar
with a band playing cover hits. You could hear the music all over downtown –
wonderful. That party was hosted by an Amsterdam-based fashion house called Scotch
and Soda. Very hip!
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| Outside Palazzo Strozzi |
The Piazza Strozzi had a temporary 3D exhibit installation that was part
of Pitti Uomo (interesting, but didn’t rock my world) and the bar attached to
the Odeon cinema was rocking with a disco happening in their outside
space. And a new “Firenze and Fashion” exhibit was built
in Piazza della Repubblica beaconing people to visit.
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| Firenze & Fashion @ Piazza della Repubblica |
Just Summer’s Eve in Firenze – the joint was jumping.
