InMyPersonalOpinion.Life. Dr. Elinor Garely Entering a Silent Room Made of RhythmWhen I walked into the Valerie Goodman Gallery on an early New York evening, it felt as if I had entered a room made of rhythm and air. The stillness was luminous, rippling softly with the reflections of Jacques Jarrige’s sculptures, whose hand-hammered surfaces caught […]
When No One Answers the Bell
When No One Answers the Bell A Civic Autopsy of a Gym in Decline Dr. Elinor Garely The Cost of Silence: When Operational Inertia Threatens Business Value I once considered my neighborhood gym a sanctuary; the hum of machines, the rhythm of movement, and a quiet sense of community felt like investments in wellness. Today, […]
Beneath the Surface of Tradition: How Friuli Is Building Italy’s Smartest Wine Corridor (Part-3)
Improved cold-chain logistics in Friuli Venezia Giulia, driven by the 2025 Simplified Logistics Zone and $7.56 billion in national investment, are transforming the region into a cross-border leader in food, wine, and pharmaceutical safety. In Italy’s northeast, where the Alps fade into Adriatic winds and vineyards trace the gentle slopes of Collio, a quiet economic […]
Preserving the Pour: How Friuli’s Winemakers Are Confronting Rising Costs(part-2)
In the rolling vineyards of Friuli Venezia Giulia, tradition meets a new kind of urgency. Italian winemakers, especially those rooted in Friuli’s legacy of quality and innovation, are confronting a cost structure that’s shifting beneath their feet. From labor shortages to regulatory burdens and volatile input prices, the pressure to preserve margins without compromising excellence […]
Friuli’s Wine Frontiers: Reds Rising, Whites Enduring, Tariffs Looming (Part-1)
Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy’s northeastern jewel between the Alps and the Adriatic, tells a 2025 story of contrast and resilience. Known globally for luminous white wines, especially Collio’s mineral-driven Friulano and Ribolla Gialla, the region’s identity is expanding. Friuli’s red wines, long overshadowed by their white counterparts, are earning global respect for their elegance, freshness, […]
🍷 Prestige at a Price: The Pieve Project and the Italian Winemakers Left Behind
By Dr. Elinor GarelyInMyPersonalOpinion.Life The Civic Promise of Wine 🏛️The European Union’s Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) framework, into which Italy’s DOC and DOCG systems are folded, is designed to protect authenticity. It’s a civic contract between producer and consumer, promising that what’s in the bottle reflects the land, labor, and legacy of its origin. […]
The Train That Never Waits
Glamour Isn’t Always Inclusive
By Dr. Elinor Garely | InMyPersonalOpinion.Life I spent a day wandering the sprawling, buzzing floor of The Make Up Show at New York’s Javits Center, not the glittery influencer playground you might expect, but a B2B manufacturing temple of containers. The glamour? Walls of identical, empty jars. Tubes shimmering under spotlights. Palettes waiting for product. […]