La Banchina

The anticipation of water in the surge of a hot Summer day. Skin contact. Expand and dilate as you inhale and exhale. Body relaxing into the sweet sensation of something to cool the nerves. In the same way a warm bubble bath is to children the epitome of play, a crystal clear body of water—lake, pond, hotel pool—welcomes the same serenity for adults. Enjoyed all the more after indulging in some heat building, sweat producing, mouth watering activity so that, when sliding into its cold caresses, you are taken over. Swallowed up. Submerged in a way that washes over and clears out. La Banchina on a clear day, in the heat of the sun, with a glass of wine and the sound of laughter skirting the warm breeze that chatters in the air.