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Localita Madonna di Como 34, Alba, 12051, Italy
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where I saw a very good quality men's clothing under the brand of B&B (Bruce&B-something, I believe)... THe store is located on the main street where a busy market unfolds on Saturday. I really loved what I saw, but didn't have time to check this out properly and have the brand written down.
Sorry for this lame question, but would you help me with either the name of the brand or the name and phone number of this store?...
It's a very posh store with an unusual entrance featuring some sort of a gallery...
thanks much for your help
Ace
The brand seems to be Dutch, http://www.hotfrog.nl/Companies/B-B-Menswear. As regards the shop, I searched on abbigliamento uomo "Via Vittorio Emanuele II) Alba and my guess would be:
Dellapiana Marino Abbigliamento Uomo, Piazza Savona 7, tel. 0173 290055; right at the beginning of V. Emanuele or
Conbipel spa, Corso italia 10 (ditto) 0173 34531 or possibly
Tessile Emmeci di Paolo Macagno e c. snc, Via Paruzza, 4 (near a corner with Piazza V. Emanuele) 0173 366413
However there are also 3 "abbigliamento uomo" shops on nearby Via Roma
On the front of a house, an advanced sundial is supposed to give both the legal time (ora legale) in Arab numbers and the sun time (ora solare) in Roman numbers. It is supposed to ! Actually, I wonder how it could achieve it when there is a summer legal time and a winter legal time. Though, it was built recently as it is written in the top right corner Mauro Borio fecit, agosto 2000 (made by Mauro Borio in August 2000), at a time when these two legal times had already been introduced.
Wow, "Porcini nostrani", (homeland Bolets), lying on the chestnut leaves coming from the very trees under which they grew. This is mouth watering ! Of course, you need to enlarge the photo to taste them better !
They are Boletus edulis, called Porcino or Brisa in Italian, Cèpe de Bordeaux in French and Cep or Penny Bun in English.
On the second photo, you will have a closer look to the blond species You have not enough ? I have not and want some more ! Look at the third photo, there is more cepes that I ever saw at the same time ! And sooo fresh ! Yummy, isn't it ?
However, if you are a long way away from home, you cannot buy these and bring them home, then the last photo is for you (and what it shows). This is no bags full of dried bolets that you can easily bring back home, given that your country allows importation of mushrooms. If this is not the case, you will have to taste them here !
October is time for the annual donkey race in Alba, a zany medieval festa. In 1275, Asti was finally able to defeat its long-standing rival, Alba. While the citizens of Asti have since commemorated the event with an annual horse race, those in Alba instead stage a donkey race, complete with medieval pageantry.
Via Roma is perpendicular to Via Vittorio Emanuele, or better to Piazza Savona. It seems to have built at the end of the 19th century. The part closer to Piazza Savona is lined with portici with thick square pillars in a more or less Greek inspired style (first photo). The second part is of a different style, with more elegant circular tall columns. Anyway in both parts, the houses are obviously wealthy as the design of the wooden doors (third photo) shows.
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