Tedium on the river.

Giraffe 2 

View out the hotel window. I think all these buildings retain the original 1890’s lead-flake based paint, because this is exactly how the city looked on our first visit in ’98.  

I forget who this is, but it’s always been one of my favorite 4th century Imperial portraits. It’s quite massive and shares a new space with the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius, a massive bronze […]