Drink called Bellini , classic cocktail, was invented at Harry's Bar in Venice, where it's made with a puree of fresh peaches and prosecco. Great atmosphere! Six or seven euros, can't recall, under ten bucks.
Suite 410, here in Seattle, adds a grace note: a spring of fresh thyme to give the peach aroma a little nudge as it wafts toward your nostrils. Brilliant touch! About nine bucks.
Mixing Bellinis at Harry's Bar; Bellinis at Suite 410
Then you walk a couple of blocks to the urban megaplex and get a ticket for Casanova. Hearthrob Heath Ledger and siren Sienna Miller cavort along the Canal, plow through the Piazza, canoodle in the Palazzo. Good, clean fun...but would have preferred a bit less plot, a lot more Venice.
Gondolas, Heath Ledger, Grand Canal
