walking around Rome is on of my favorite activities especially when the sun is out.
Yesterday and today have been exceptionally beautiful, with a great light and a strong cold wind cleaning up the air. The air felt crisp and made walking particularly pleasant (in a strange masochistic way).
After a stressful day and after witnessing a robbery in front of my office, I took off for a brisk walk in the direction of the Spanish Steps. Mr. R and I were on a mission to go check on a friend's apartment in that part of town. We walked and talked, discussed ideas and projects, propositions and suggestions, until we got to Piazza San Lorenzo in Lucina. This piazza is by far one of my favorites in the city, it's a little pocket of peace and style in the sea of chaos that is Via del Corso.
Here we meet our clients for the Orientation Walk, and here I bought my first Luis Vitton item. The Bottega Veneta Rome boutique in on this piazza as well as Pomellato and the famous Profumeria Materozzoli, all dear destinations to style seekers.
Among all these boutiques sits a cafe of equal relevance: Ciampini.
Ciampini has the best of everything, best location, best ice cream, best cornetti and cornetti salati, best iced tea (along with La Caffettiera) and I recently discovered best hot chocolate.
Not only the consistency was perfect, but the flavor was full and round just like what it should be.
To top it all, my favorite barista added a spoon of panna (cream) feshly whipped. No words can describe the warm feeling I got inside when I sipped on the dark drink...
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