WITH THE MILAN COFFEE FESTIVAL JUST OVER A WEEK AWAY, WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE A FEW VIGNETTES FROM OUR PEOPLE OF MILAN PHOTO SERIES, CELEBRATING THE INDIVIDUALS WHO MAKE UP THIS RICH CULTURAL CITY.

Gerardo has lived in Milan for 15 years, and is a communications consultant in the food and wine sector. 



What is your favourite way to take coffee? 

Being from Campania, I can't help but prefer coffee prepared with a moka pot, strictly made at home. It's hard to find better coffee than the way I prepare it. Since I live alone, I have equipped myself with a single-cup moka. 

What is your favourite place in Milan?

I have always lived in the southern area. I love the area of the Navigli, and I enjoyed the opening of the Darsena. I love walking along the Darsena, it's a place that makes me dream. I always say that the only thing missing in Milan is the sea. In Darsena, letting myself be carried away bu the imagination, when the day is sunny... I feel like im in a maritime atmosphere. 

What is your favourite dish? 

Pizza. Even here my origins do not betray. I could eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I follow a low-carb diet but I can't give up pizza.

Who is your favourite designer?

Here in Milan I was able to appreciate the work of Stefano Boeri, expecially Bosco Verticale, the masterpiece that made him famous all over the world. I'm entranced every time I walk around Gae Aulenti.

What is your essential piece of clothing?

I'm actually very easy, certainly very colourful. I love red, pink, and a nice coloured t-shirt to wear with jeans and go!
 

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