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Valeria Pugliese
Jun 4, 20234 min read
'Ancora & Ancora' (More & More)
May 2023: celebrating the entrance into my late (very late) twenties with a self-indulgent, sybaritic escape to Sicily. Sicily, ah, my...
Valeria Pugliese
Nov 27, 20204 min read
"L'Heure Verte": Absinthe, my first time
I took part to masquerade ball on 2019-2020 NYE; I dressed up as the Marchesa Luisa Casati and, I must say, fiery red finger waves quite...
Valeria Pugliese
Nov 17, 20206 min read
Villa Palagonia: the Villa of Monsters
I have got sweet memories about Bagheria: childhood years at the nursery school, the wandering strolls in Corso Umberto I, the...
Valeria Pugliese
Oct 11, 20205 min read
The Abbey of Thelema: Aleister Crowley in Cefalù
After frustrating months locked in my London flat, my flights have FINALLY not been cancelled; I traveled to Sicily, where I spent two...
Valeria Pugliese
Oct 7, 20203 min read
Preface: welcome to DeMerteuil.com
Disclaimer: this first blog post may contain newbie engagement awkwardness. Well, good evening and welcome to DeMerteuil.com. My name is...