You may have noticed that I’ve been mighty remiss in maintaining my litmag link o’ the week feature. It’s become more of a link o’ the month. But I promise to try to do better.

Check out Pology, a beautiful online travel mag featuring original “vignettes” and photography from Milan to Cambodia. The magazine is edited by Neil Schwartz, who also maintains a world culture blog. Just up on the site is Vince Donovan’s “Business As Usual in Milan.”

I was still a beginner in the language, so I always proceeded carefully in conversation, looking out for minefields, like the subtle difference between ‘anno’—year—and ‘ano’—anus.