Cat Bauer in Venice
@catbauer.bsky.social
American author based in Venice, Italy since 1998. YA novelist & cultural journalist✨Contributor LUXOS Mag, Design Anth, CNN Travel, etc.
Venice Gazette blog -> https://venetiancat.blogspot.com
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Venice wormhole
January 16, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Venice wormhole
A Flirty Jesus? The intense gaze of Christ in Luca Giordano’s newly restored ‘Samaritan Woman at the Well’ at @PalazzoGrimani captivated & educated me. This Baroque masterpiece just joined the permanent collection in Venice. New blog deep-dive-> venetiancat.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-fl...
January 10, 2026 at 5:50 PM
A Flirty Jesus? The intense gaze of Christ in Luca Giordano’s newly restored ‘Samaritan Woman at the Well’ at @PalazzoGrimani captivated & educated me. This Baroque masterpiece just joined the permanent collection in Venice. New blog deep-dive-> venetiancat.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-fl...
Piazza San Marco in Venice on a chilly January morn. Frost is gently wafting through the air❄️
January 9, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Piazza San Marco in Venice on a chilly January morn. Frost is gently wafting through the air❄️
Buona Befana! Happy Epiphany! Joyous 12th Day of Christmas! As the holiday season comes to a close, here’s a #VeniceBlog post from way back in 2009 when the finish line of the Befana Regata was right below my home-> venetiancat.blogspot.com/2009/01/befa...
January 6, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Buona Befana! Happy Epiphany! Joyous 12th Day of Christmas! As the holiday season comes to a close, here’s a #VeniceBlog post from way back in 2009 when the finish line of the Befana Regata was right below my home-> venetiancat.blogspot.com/2009/01/befa...
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A pause between footsteps.Venice,little fog doing its quiet work.
Some scenes don’t ask to be taken, they ask to be waited for.
Some scenes don’t ask to be taken, they ask to be waited for.
January 5, 2026 at 7:56 AM
A pause between footsteps.Venice,little fog doing its quiet work.
Some scenes don’t ask to be taken, they ask to be waited for.
Some scenes don’t ask to be taken, they ask to be waited for.
Full Wolf Supermoon over the Venice lagoon
January 3, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Full Wolf Supermoon over the Venice lagoon
January 3, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Footsteps through the centuries…
The vast Procuratie Nuove in Venice during the holiday season
The vast Procuratie Nuove in Venice during the holiday season
January 2, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Footsteps through the centuries…
The vast Procuratie Nuove in Venice during the holiday season
The vast Procuratie Nuove in Venice during the holiday season
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January 2, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Twinkling Rialto Bridge, Venice
January 1, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Twinkling Rialto Bridge, Venice
Saying goodbye to 2025 with the wonderful traditional New Year’s Eve morning concert featuring Ravel & more at Palazzo Contarini Polignac on the Grand Canal in Venice✨Soprano Benedetta Zanetti + pianists Louis Lottie & Axel Trolese. Happy New Year!💫
December 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Saying goodbye to 2025 with the wonderful traditional New Year’s Eve morning concert featuring Ravel & more at Palazzo Contarini Polignac on the Grand Canal in Venice✨Soprano Benedetta Zanetti + pianists Louis Lottie & Axel Trolese. Happy New Year!💫
It’s a tradition!💫 Such a wonderful way to end the year with the New Year’s Eve morning concert at Palazzo Polignac in Venice. Here I am with dynamic duo @robinsaikia.bsky.social & Katia Margolis. Happy New Year!✨
December 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
It’s a tradition!💫 Such a wonderful way to end the year with the New Year’s Eve morning concert at Palazzo Polignac in Venice. Here I am with dynamic duo @robinsaikia.bsky.social & Katia Margolis. Happy New Year!✨
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I've updated my blog post on Amazon's new Ask This Book feature. Possibly in response to concerns from the Authors Guild (not to mention widespread media coverage), Amazon has tweaked the feature to be less expansive writerbeware.blog/2025/12/12/k...
Kindle's New Gen AI-Powered "Ask This Book" Feature Raises Rights Concerns - Writer Beware
In a recent press release, Amazon noted that some new features were coming to Kindle. We’re adding new AI-powered reading features that preserve the magic of reading on Kindle. Story So Far lets you c...
writerbeware.blog
December 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I've updated my blog post on Amazon's new Ask This Book feature. Possibly in response to concerns from the Authors Guild (not to mention widespread media coverage), Amazon has tweaked the feature to be less expansive writerbeware.blog/2025/12/12/k...
Happy Birthday, Caffè Florian! Born in Venice #OTD December 29, 1730. Photo from this evening. Post from 2016 gives some brief history-> venetiancat.blogspot.com/2016/02/veni...
December 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Happy Birthday, Caffè Florian! Born in Venice #OTD December 29, 1730. Photo from this evening. Post from 2016 gives some brief history-> venetiancat.blogspot.com/2016/02/veni...
‘A Merry Christmas to us all; God bless us, everyone!’✨
December 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
‘A Merry Christmas to us all; God bless us, everyone!’✨
Still Life with Brooms, Venice
December 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Still Life with Brooms, Venice
Entrance to the Gheto Novo in Venice, with laundry and egret
December 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Entrance to the Gheto Novo in Venice, with laundry and egret
Jewish guys from NY spreading Hanukkah light in the Venice ghetto, where we all agreed that we feel safe🕯️
December 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Jewish guys from NY spreading Hanukkah light in the Venice ghetto, where we all agreed that we feel safe🕯️
The spectacular life-size nativity scene by father & son Mario & Marco Agrestini is the largest in Europe✨ See it until Jan 9 in the Church of Santa Lucia, Venice
December 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The spectacular life-size nativity scene by father & son Mario & Marco Agrestini is the largest in Europe✨ See it until Jan 9 in the Church of Santa Lucia, Venice
German artist Olaf Nicolai installed a skating rink in the piano nobile of Palazzo Diedo in Venice for “Eisfeld II.” From Fri-Sun, 3-7pm until Feb 22 you can glide around the rink & ponder the message “ENJOY/SURVIVE” in the elegant frescoed ballroom
December 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
German artist Olaf Nicolai installed a skating rink in the piano nobile of Palazzo Diedo in Venice for “Eisfeld II.” From Fri-Sun, 3-7pm until Feb 22 you can glide around the rink & ponder the message “ENJOY/SURVIVE” in the elegant frescoed ballroom
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Woman in Venice steals boat full of Christmas parcels before crashing into Rialto Bridge in front of shocked onlookers.
Woman in Venice steals boat full of Christmas gifts and crashes into Rialto Bridge
Woman sped off down Grand Canal with stolen boat full of packages before losing control and crashing in front of shocked onlookers. A woman was arrested in Venice on Thursday after she stole a boat pa...
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December 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Woman in Venice steals boat full of Christmas parcels before crashing into Rialto Bridge in front of shocked onlookers.
A cherished holiday sight—Christmas trees for sale in a corner of Strada Nova in Venice🎄The same family has been selling trees in Campo Felice for more than 40 years✨
December 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A cherished holiday sight—Christmas trees for sale in a corner of Strada Nova in Venice🎄The same family has been selling trees in Campo Felice for more than 40 years✨
December 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM