Madonna lives “la dolce vita” in Dolce&Gabbana’s Spring 2010 campaign, inspired by the 1951 Luchino Visconti film “Bellissima”, starring Anne Magnani.

If Madonna wasn’t so busy jetting from philanthropy projects in Malawi to Rio, we could see her enjoying some seriously” slow living” en Italia, with Jesus Luz, of course.

The couple enjoyed a bit of Italian hospitality at Madonna’s after-show party last July, hosted by Dolce&Gabbana at Gold in Milan, Italy.

Photographers snapped a very ‘slow living’ poetic moment last summer, when Madonna’s uniquely modern ‘family’ went boating near the Splendido Hotel, where Madonna took over a floor to celebrate her 51st birthday.

Believe it or not, one road in Carversville reminds me so much of the Italian Riviera that until I see the little red barn, I forget where I am. Anne

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TED Talks: Journalist Carl Honore is best known for his advocacy of the Slow Movement. His book “In Praise of Slowness” dissects our speed-obsessed society, encouraging us to slow down and smell the roses.

Carl Honore Praises Slowness