Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Piazza San carlo, very elegant and very full of people. (also the site of the Today Show...)

Piergiorgio Lievore (left) reads his morning paper at Bar Maggiora in Torino, Italy, on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006, as Pina Secchi clears tables for the many early morning customers that fill the small caffe` every day. Sergio Secchi, Pina's son, owns the caffe`, which has become a neighborhood staple over the years. Pina starts making croissants and brioches at 5:30 am, two hours before the caffe` opens and customers start filtering in before work.

Fabiana Soncini prepares a bag of chocolates for a customer at Peyrano chocolate shop in Torino, Italy, on Monday, Feb. 13, 2006. Soncini said the store's sales don't usually increase for Valentine's Day and that most of the customers buying chocolates for the occasion tend to be older couples.