Will took this picture of these ladies in a café, in many ways they are very typical of ladies of that age group who meet for coffee and conversation. What is interesting is how they are dressed, look at their hairdo, They are just meeting, there is a certain elegance, I would say a feminine charm about them. They have something young women today have lost in our changing society. They seem to have a certain peace about them. Probably grandmothers, their children are grown up. They went through life and now have time to meet but I suspect they have been meeting like this for some time, it is a tradition here to meet friends in this manner, no kids, no husband, no outside demands.
They are meeting in the Café delle Specchi (mirrors) on the Piazza dell'Unita d'Italia in Trieste, but this scene could be any town in Italy. Men also meet like this, young men, older men and students. What I also like about this scene is the coffee and drinks are served in real china and glassware, no plastic, no carton, no paper, with a real table cloth. It makes a difference in the quality of life, you can easily spend several hours here without feeling that the decor or setting around you is trying to sell you a lifestyle or more products. It is not expensive to meet like this, just a little more civilized.
Those small bits of civility help us all survive, I think even perhaps for those that state they don't appreciate such things. As Mamma always said- if one dresses properly one behaves properly.
ReplyDeleteThat, and stand up straight, among other things...
in the states they would all have their hair in rollers, wearing sweats or pajama bottoms and over sized tshirts..with fecking flip flops..sigh*
ReplyDeletethey look so lovely..
JS- Some of us really do try to keep appearances up.
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