Excerpts:
A Typical Day for Mel Mathews
Following a quick
shower after waking around eleven a.m. in his small flat in the city center
of Florence, Italy, Mel’s out the door to the pasticceria around the corner
for breakfast: a cappuccino and a budino di riso. He’ll then find a
chair and take to pen and paper, recording his dreams and other musings.
Around two, he’ll wander to a local trattoria for lunch with one of his many
good friends. Then it’s time to answer emails and tend to what he likes to
call, “the less rewarding duties of the day.”
Just before seven, he’ll walk across the Ponte Vecchio to the Oltrano, for
an apperitivo at Café Cabiria in Piazza Santo Spirito. If he’s still hungry
he’ll have a plate of pasta somewhere along the way on this short walk to
Piazza Piattellina located in the San Frediano neighborhood, to the
Hemingway to be exact, where you’ll often find Mel quietly sitting in the
corner drinking a glass of Chianti, or indulging in one of the cafe’s many
famous desserts, and working away on a current novel.
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