Joelle Lifestyle - The World at Home

If you happened to visit the brand new, cleaner Naples this July, angels were by your side! I am referring to the magnificent and exceptional three-night majestic and illuminated Piazza Plebiscito held under the stars. In front of a Neapolitan audience of thousands, conductor Zubin Metha, ballet star Roberto Bolle and the king of taramblu, Pino Daniele, revived Naples as the former capital of music and international arts.

A new global trend is spreading: the Made-in-Italy wedding. Getting married in Italy is becoming extremely popular in cities such as New York and London . Italy, is fast becoming the ultimate place to make life-long vows to each other. In Amsterdam on the next edition I will interview the young, charming and famous luxury wedding consultant Eva Trevisan, from European based company “Chic Weddings”.

Over the course of history, many queens and famous women have passed through the Piazzetta. From Victoria of Sweden to Simone de Beauvoir, from Mafalda D’Assia to Marguerite Yourcenar. The Piazzetta has always been a stage and in fact, it is thrown into a state turmoil when movie stars make their appearance. It’s in this atmosphere that Silvia De Gennaro grew up, founding 30 years ago the immensely chic and exclusive eye-wear line, named ” Capri People”.

The Bansuri is a transverse alto flute of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal, made of a single length of bamboo with six or seven open finger holes. An ancient musical instrument associated with cowherds and the pastoral tradition, intimately linked to the love story of Krishna and Radha.

From the teeming coastal waters to the fertile plains come Sorrento lemons and Vesuvian apricots, Paestum artichokes and lobsters in the gulf of Salerno. A continent waiting to be discovered, where quality and territory are closely linked and nature and history dine at the same table.

Capri is a rocky mountain rising from the sea, dotted with build-up areas and villas immersed in the typically Mediterranean vegetation. A slow erosive process allowed the sea and the Sorrentine Peninsula to squeeze in. But it also caused the formation of free-standing rocks and spectacular natural marvels.

The island’s most renowned photographer, D’Aniello, takes dazzling black and white images of the island’s grottos and cliffs, its jet setters and trendy beaches, its ancient palaces, churches, and cemeteries, and the people who live out their daily lives against this most romantic of backdrops to a place whose history and beauty have made of the world’s most magical locals.

Among the many interesting historical sites in Naples that I recommend visiting is the Archeological Museum. Here is a short list of my favorite collections with a special emphasis of the recently inaugurated “Gabinetto Segreto” (Secret Cabinet).Ancient Roman culture had no sense of a shameful nature for all sexuality, and viewed sexually explicit material very differently to most present-day cultures. And if you wish to take that special trip and go back in time…this is the right place to be in.

Standing at the door of the legendary family boutique, tanned with a large smile on his face, young Costanzo the Italian grand son of Amedeo Canfora the three generation house of hand made sandals looks at me straight in the eyes. His grandfather Amedeo Canfora in the 1960’s dressed the feet of famous women like Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Sophia Loren and Audrey Hepburn.