Rome if you want to

Can I tell you about ...my weekend in Rome. Last year the HBO series Rome really reignited my affection for this ancient metropolis. The writing, the cast, the sets and the costumes were brilliant. I hadn't been in a few years so this past March while in Milan, I decided it was now or never. I needed some inspiration and weekends in Milano can be awfully dull. I convinced Steffanie, my partner in crime in all things design related, to join me. I had to twist her arm (not)!I warned her that we would 'do' Rome in a weekend. That meant a lot of walking...and I mean a LOT of walking. I wanted to see as much as I could in 3 days. Fortunately, the city is great for walking around. The Colliseum and the excavated grounds around it are closed off from traffic on weekends so that was perfect. No tourist album is complete without photos with the gladiators so I hammed it up with one of them and took photos of his sandal as well. You never know right?The Vatican was a hop and a skip from our hotel so we got there bright and early. Those ceilings gave my neck a cramp. Incredible works of art and so over the top.Campo de Fiori is a really picturesque part of town. Every weekend food and flower vendors take over the piazza. It reminded us of Union Square market here in New York. The sun was out so all the cafe's were packed. It was great people watching.We also walked around the Ghetto, Rome's equivalent to the East Village. We hit Piazza Navona, the Spanish Steps, Piazza del Popolo, the Pantheon and across the river to Trastevere. We had high tea at Babingtons and pizza at Gusto. Hundreds of photos later and a few pounds lighter (yes, all that walking was bound to benefit us in some way), we managed to see quite a bit of Rome. I even got to make a wish at the Trevi. It's compulsory for all tourists. All we needed was a little Vespa to scoot around in and our weekend would have been the ultimate Roman holiday!