Nan McElroy is a freelance writer/photographer, AIS sommelier, and passionate practitioner of the Venetian rowing style immersed in a very living Venice. She is the author of Italy: Instructions for Use, praised as "an antidote" and "a boon" by Publishers Weekly and ranked #1 by About.com's Go Italy.

A Documentary Project of LivingVenice.org.

Preview Grit and Grazia, the feature-length documentary on the voga alla veneta, the unique rowing style that has propelled Venice through the centuries from its inception right to the present day and the women who are fighting to keep it a part of Venetian daily life.

On a sunny day, watch schools of fish bob by the underwater webcam of the CNR sea tower in the high Adriatic.