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I have free passes for Florence + the Machine in Milano (20 November) if you're interested. Red hair, very Milano :)

I have free passes for Florence + the Machine in Milano (20 November) if you're interested. Red hair, very Milano :)

The "new Milan" is from projects started some years ago of course, not now.
This is Corso Como District (@ Garibaldi, torre Hines, Porta Nuova), the new zone under construction of our historic club Hollywood Milano.
These buildings ("palazzi") are impressive to see here, 'cause Italy is not a country of skyscrapers ("grattacieli"), even if there are great architects as Renzo Piano (e.g. London's Shard). The square is by Argentinian of Italian origins César Pelli. The main skyscraper is the tallest one in Italy.
@ 2:32 hotel Principe di Savoia where AC Milan the best club in history was founded and Oasis used to stay, we were meeting them with the Oasis groupies. In the 90s we were meeting @ Four Seasons hotel in Jesus street next to Via Montenapoleone (first fashion street in the world)

The "new Milan" is from projects started some years ago of course, not now.
This is Corso Como District (@ Garibaldi, torre Hines, Porta Nuova), the new zone under construction of our historic club Hollywood Milano.
These buildings ("palazzi") are impressive to see here, 'cause Italy is not a country of skyscrapers ("grattacieli"), even if there are great architects as Renzo Piano (e.g. London's Shard). The square is by Argentinian of Italian origins César Pelli. The main skyscraper is the tallest one in Italy.
@ 2:32 hotel Principe di Savoia where AC Milan the best club in history was founded and Oasis used to stay, we were meeting them with the Oasis groupies. In the 90s we were meeting @ Four Seasons hotel in Jesus street next to Via Montenapoleone (first fashion street in the world)

Streamlined, classic European architecture that I love with a grungier feel, more graffiti, and relentless drivers. High fashion, fierce fashion, spikes and stilettos and huge sunglasses wherever you look. Street markets, enough handbags to feed India for a week, shoe stores and lingerie stores lining every block. That’s Milan.
The first thing I noticed about Milan is that the women were beautiful. Italian women all seem to be blessed with voluminous hair, curves, legs that go for miles, and little to no excess fat. Even the middle-aged and elderly women were chic, stylish, and strong. How they manage to retain such figures despite a diet consisting entirely of carbs is a mystery to me.
They took me to the famous Milanese Duomo and to see the equally famous, outrageously expensive Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.
The happy hour, Italian style. Italians know how to do it right—you order a drink for somewhere between €7 to €9, and the food is free.
That’s right, the food is free.
A buffet full of Italian food, as much as you can possibly eat, for free! And the menu keeps changing throughout the night so you’re never tired of eating the same thing. Incredible. If only they had deals like that in America.
We climbed the 265 steps (I counted, in Italian of course) up to the top of the cathedral. The view was stunning—both of the cathedral itself and of the city below.
Before my visit I’d heard many warnings that Milan isn’t beautiful, that people are often disappointed when they got there. I once heard an Italian say outright, “Milan is a stink hole. Don’t go.” But I beg to differ. I loved Milan. I loved how urban, how real it was.
You can count me in for a move to Milan."

the Italian guy talking shit must've been a jealous one from Rome...
love it when they talk about my city, quite emotional

Streamlined, classic European architecture that I love with a grungier feel, more graffiti, and relentless drivers. High fashion, fierce fashion, spikes and stilettos and huge sunglasses wherever you look. Street markets, enough handbags to feed India for a week, shoe stores and lingerie stores lining every block. That’s Milan.
The first thing I noticed about Milan is that the women were beautiful. Italian women all seem to be blessed with voluminous hair, curves, legs that go for miles, and little to no excess fat. Even the middle-aged and elderly women were chic, stylish, and strong. How they manage to retain such figures despite a diet consisting entirely of carbs is a mystery to me.
They took me to the famous Milanese Duomo and to see the equally famous, outrageously expensive Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.
The happy hour, Italian style. Italians know how to do it right—you order a drink for somewhere between €7 to €9, and the food is free.
That’s right, the food is free.
A buffet full of Italian food, as much as you can possibly eat, for free! And the menu keeps changing throughout the night so you’re never tired of eating the same thing. Incredible. If only they had deals like that in America.
We climbed the 265 steps (I counted, in Italian of course) up to the top of the cathedral. The view was stunning—both of the cathedral itself and of the city below.
Before my visit I’d heard many warnings that Milan isn’t beautiful, that people are often disappointed when they got there. I once heard an Italian say outright, “Milan is a stink hole. Don’t go.” But I beg to differ. I loved Milan. I loved how urban, how real it was.
You can count me in for a move to Milan."

the Italian guy talking shit must've been a jealous one from Rome...
love it when they talk about my city, quite emotional

Streamlined, classic European architecture that I love with a grungier feel, more graffiti, and relentless drivers. High fashion, fierce fashion, spikes and stilettos and huge sunglasses wherever you look. Street markets, enough handbags to feed India for a week, shoe stores and lingerie stores lining every block. That’s Milan.
The first thing I noticed about Milan is that the women were beautiful. Italian women all seem to be blessed with voluminous hair, curves, legs that go for miles, and little to no excess fat. Even the middle-aged and elderly women were chic, stylish, and strong. How they manage to retain such figures despite a diet consisting entirely of carbs is a mystery to me.
They took me to the famous Milanese Duomo and to see the equally famous, outrageously expensive Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.
The happy hour, Italian style. Italians know how to do it right—you order a drink for somewhere between €7 to €9, and the food is free.
That’s right, the food is free.
A buffet full of Italian food, as much as you can possibly eat, for free! And the menu keeps changing throughout the night so you’re never tired of eating the same thing. Incredible. If only they had deals like that in America.
We climbed the 265 steps (I counted, in Italian of course) up to the top of the cathedral. The view was stunning—both of the cathedral itself and of the city below.
Before my visit I’d heard many warnings that Milan isn’t beautiful, that people are often disappointed when they got there. I once heard an Italian say outright, “Milan is a stink hole. Don’t go.” But I beg to differ. I loved Milan. I loved how urban, how real it was.
You can count me in for a move to Milan."

the Italian guy talking shit must've been a jealous one from Rome...
love it when they talk about my city, quite emotional

“What is the fatal charm of Italy? What do we find there that can be found nowhere else? I believe it is a certain permission to be human, which other places, other countries, lost long ago.”
(Erica Jong)

"How do people in Italy stay so skinny?!? I have yet to see a single overweight person in all of Italy.
You have apertivos (a pre-drink with food), then followed by real dinner (first course pasta, second course meat), and then dessert. And all that cheese. And did I mention gelato?
No one really exercises that much either.
It makes no sense."

answer: SEX (lol)

.........................
"I was feeling very well @ Milan, I was feeling at home. Usually one does not come back to old things but I'd like to come back to Milan. It's fantastic. If they need help (YES THEY NEED............), they know where I am".
(Zlatan Ibrahimovic, now @ Paris Saint Germain, speaking in Sweden)
......................... this means either he wants more money in Paris, or the family doesn't like Paris (he probably doesn't like french football) and his wife was robbed by a french thief.

"a couple of gigs in my spiritual home of Italy is enough to perk anybody up and true to form the gigs had enough healing properties to raise t
he dead, let alone give a tired man a lift!! They were unbelievable nights. 2 of the very best.
What is it with you Italians? Why do you seem to "get it" more than anyone else? It's a constant source of fascination for me. On the other hand it also means one spends most of the time trapped in hotels as you can't leave for fear of being kidnapped or trampled to death or kissed to within an inch of your life (these are not complaints . . . just observations!). These people sing their own versions of songs in between the songs they've paid to see you sing!! They sang for Mancini! They sang for Mario Balotelli! They sang very nearly every Oasis song imaginable! The girls flashed there upper regions! They laughed and then they cried and then they surrounded the hotel thus ensuring that there could be no conceivable way to enter it without all the aforementioned things taking place again!
ITALY? WHY ALWAYS YOU??"
(Noel Gallagher, the arse licker)

“What is the fatal charm of Italy? What do we find there that can be found nowhere else? I believe it is a certain permission to be human, which other places, other countries, lost long ago.”
(Erica Jong)

"How do people in Italy stay so skinny?!? I have yet to see a single overweight person in all of Italy.
You have apertivos (a pre-drink with food), then followed by real dinner (first course pasta, second course meat), and then dessert. And all that cheese. And did I mention gelato?
No one really exercises that much either.
It makes no sense."

answer: SEX (lol)

.........................
"I was feeling very well @ Milan, I was feeling at home. Usually one does not come back to old things but I'd like to come back to Milan. It's fantastic. If they need help (YES THEY NEED............), they know where I am".
(Zlatan Ibrahimovic, now @ Paris Saint Germain, speaking in Sweden)
......................... this means either he wants more money in Paris, or the family doesn't like Paris (he probably doesn't like french football) and his wife was robbed by a french thief.

"a couple of gigs in my spiritual home of Italy is enough to perk anybody up and true to form the gigs had enough healing properties to raise t
he dead, let alone give a tired man a lift!! They were unbelievable nights. 2 of the very best.
What is it with you Italians? Why do you seem to "get it" more than anyone else? It's a constant source of fascination for me. On the other hand it also means one spends most of the time trapped in hotels as you can't leave for fear of being kidnapped or trampled to death or kissed to within an inch of your life (these are not complaints . . . just observations!). These people sing their own versions of songs in between the songs they've paid to see you sing!! They sang for Mancini! They sang for Mario Balotelli! They sang very nearly every Oasis song imaginable! The girls flashed there upper regions! They laughed and then they cried and then they surrounded the hotel thus ensuring that there could be no conceivable way to enter it without all the aforementioned things taking place again!
ITALY? WHY ALWAYS YOU??"
(Noel Gallagher, the arse licker)

“What is the fatal charm of Italy? What do we find there that can be found nowhere else? I believe it is a certain permission to be human, which other places, other countries, lost long ago.”
(Erica Jong)

"How do people in Italy stay so skinny?!? I have yet to see a single overweight person in all of Italy.
You have apertivos (a pre-drink with food), then followed by real dinner (first course pasta, second course meat), and then dessert. And all that cheese. And did I mention gelato?
No one really exercises that much either.
It makes no sense."

answer: SEX (lol)

.........................
"I was feeling very well @ Milan, I was feeling at home. Usually one does not come back to old things but I'd like to come back to Milan. It's fantastic. If they need help (YES THEY NEED............), they know where I am".
(Zlatan Ibrahimovic, now @ Paris Saint Germain, speaking in Sweden)
......................... this means either he wants more money in Paris, or the family doesn't like Paris (he probably doesn't like french football) and his wife was robbed by a french thief.

"a couple of gigs in my spiritual home of Italy is enough to perk anybody up and true to form the gigs had enough healing properties to raise t
he dead, let alone give a tired man a lift!! They were unbelievable nights. 2 of the very best.
What is it with you Italians? Why do you seem to "get it" more than anyone else? It's a constant source of fascination for me. On the other hand it also means one spends most of the time trapped in hotels as you can't leave for fear of being kidnapped or trampled to death or kissed to within an inch of your life (these are not complaints . . . just observations!). These people sing their own versions of songs in between the songs they've paid to see you sing!! They sang for Mancini! They sang for Mario Balotelli! They sang very nearly every Oasis song imaginable! The girls flashed there upper regions! They laughed and then they cried and then they surrounded the hotel thus ensuring that there could be no conceivable way to enter it without all the aforementioned things taking place again!
ITALY? WHY ALWAYS YOU??"
(Noel Gallagher, the arse licker)

2009: Milan-Croatia (Zagreb)-Romania (Bucharest)-Hungary (Budapest)-Bulgaria (Sofia)
this nice event is back (as in 2009 it started from Milan...), but... do not trust this bank (see video below)

13-14-15-16 September: Milano, with Gullit & Figo (on 13) and a lot of memorabilia
18 Verona
21->23 Torino, with Gianluca Vialli & Graziani
25-26 Venezia
28->30 Bologna, with Pagliuca
2 October Firenze, with Rui Costa
5->7 Palermo
12->14 Napoli, with Ferrara
19->22 Roma, with Vieri & Cafu

2009: Milan-Croatia (Zagreb)-Romania (Bucharest)-Hungary (Budapest)-Bulgaria (Sofia)
this nice event is back (as in 2009 it started from Milan...), but... do not trust this bank (see video below)

13-14-15-16 September: Milano, with Gullit & Figo (on 13) and a lot of memorabilia
18 Verona
21->23 Torino, with Gianluca Vialli & Graziani
25-26 Venezia
28->30 Bologna, with Pagliuca
2 October Firenze, with Rui Costa
5->7 Palermo
12->14 Napoli, with Ferrara
19->22 Roma, with Vieri & Cafu

2009: Milan-Croatia (Zagreb)-Romania (Bucharest)-Hungary (Budapest)-Bulgaria (Sofia)
this nice event is back (as in 2009 it started from Milan...), but... do not trust this bank (see video below)

13-14-15-16 September: Milano, with Gullit & Figo (on 13) and a lot of memorabilia
18 Verona
21->23 Torino, with Gianluca Vialli & Graziani
25-26 Venezia
28->30 Bologna, with Pagliuca
2 October Firenze, with Rui Costa
5->7 Palermo
12->14 Napoli, with Ferrara
19->22 Roma, with Vieri & Cafu