Italy out of hand

by Barbara Hodgson

In case you haven't guessed, I have a thing for travel and especially for Italy. So of course when I bought this for my sister-in-law's birthday, I had to get one too. I picked it up at Powell's with it's dizzying array of books. I just started but I'm already hooked with it's nice design. Nice size, rounded corners and liberal use of illustration throughout. Apparently this author also has a book called Paris out of Hand, perhaps the next one on my list.

Music in rotation

Sigur Ros, Great Big Sea, Modest Mouse, Crooked Fingers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Tori Amos, Postal Service, Mozart.