Notes from the house.

At 6:40 the lake belongs to the fishermen and the ferry crew. A few notes on getting up for it.

Our chef on the egg tagliatelle that has stayed on the La Darsena menu for six summers, and why it is still cut by hand every afternoon.

Why our spa ritual ends in a cold plunge, and how to swim in the lake without flinching.

In 1911 a silk merchant from Como built a summer house on the water. A short history, told through the things he left behind.

Varenna, Menaggio and Bellagio by public ferry, with the stops we would make and the ones we would skip.

Thirteen degrees all year, six hundred bottles and a few that are not for sale. Notes from the villa cellar.