I wasn’t like the other kids growing up. Even into college. One college summer, I set out to do something that certainly would never pay the bills: Make a proportional gingerbread replica of Brunelleschi’s Duomo in Florence.
Fast forward over a decade, and I was finally able to visit the Duomo with my family. What a moment. I must say, the real thing beats the gingerbread.
Here’s my first glimpse of the real thing in person.
