I took this picture like 8 years ago. The villa used to be the summer house for the Pope but was long ago sold. I went there to check out the gardens. And whilst there, after flirting (in Spanish since I don’t speak Italian) with a cute stone mason fixing a wall, I took a long path up the hill behind the villa for a sweeping view and took a piss on a poisonous snake by accident.

Apparently his nickname amongst his teammates is “Puppy”. Cute, or what? And when I went to see the Capitals play the Bruins in Washington a couple of weeks ago I got the arena early and watched the warm up/practice right by the glass and he smiled at me. Swoon.