Italian Vintage Lover Gifts

'Ahh, the '74 Amarone. Unfortunately, I can't sell it to you. There's no possible way you'd appreciate it.'

"I'm sure you'll grow into it, darling."

Cocktails on the verandah.

Military Medals

Pashminas are sooo noughties!

Early Piety

"Wheel, schmeel—check these babies out!"

Illustration from an Unpublished Novel

Leaning Wine Bottle of Pisa

'No, I'm not the sommelier; in fact, I don't even work here - I've just always wanted to try this wine.'

'A Ball at the Mansion House'

A Macaroni in 1772

"Now you've seen the bust how about letting me see Naples?"

Abandoning the computer for a typewriter.

'Jerry's 'old school'.'

"Are you looking to accentuate or camouflage?"

"The Leonardos, the Raphaels, Titians, Veroneses, Giottos... Italy wants them back, all 427 of them."

An old-time engineer enters the cockpit on a flight.

High Riders of the Old West

"I'm just saying, maybe we wouldn't need the swords if we didn't wear these clothes."

"Diamonds are so three billion years ago..."

'I know I complimented you on that outfit last time you wore it, but that was in 1980.'

'This is a wind-up, isn't it?'

"Of course, I'm perfectly willing to pay my income tax, but I stayed home all day on the fifteenth, and nobody came."

Fully aware of the dangerous romance of Venice's canals and bridges, Gwendolyn approached this moment with a degree of caution.

The wind catches Congressman Blowviatt's jerkin.

Statue is moved to hold up the leaning tower of Pisa.

'No, you can't just watch the end of Bargainhunt!'

Opening the Barrel

Victorian Selfie

"Of course, lots of women are just going bare-headed."

Swells - Men's Fashion

Notice: this dress will be out of style by January 2009.

Ye Old Cafe: No Coffee Today - Sore Arm!

"Darling, do you ever worry that we're becoming some sort of Merchant-Ivory production?"