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Charlie scored 20 points in 2 games today to help St. Stephen’s boys basketball team win its friendly tournament against St. George’s and another school. Of course my refereeing didn’t hurt. Jackie’s sprained ankle the only casualty.
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Last cappuccino with Uncle Frankie at Hotel Villa San Pio, “in the heart of the Aventino, an intimate and exclusive area, characterized by wide, green spaces and turn-of-the-century refined architectures, within a context risen about high profile religious and urban centres, such as the basilica of Santa Savina and the adjacent Giardino degli Aranci and the square inspired by Piranesi and named after the Knights of Malta.” The neighborhood of Trajan and Adriano before they became … more
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Extraordinary dinner with Uncle Frankie at Lumie di Sicilia. Top 25 meals of all time.
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Charlie’s architectural model of il Pecile at Villa di Adriana (Hadrian’s Villa) for his Roman Topography class.
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Finished bottle #4 of Moroney’s Brunello 6-pack last night with great friends Kate Davis, David Heilbroner, their daughter Katrina, her boyfriend Andrew, Marcello and Charlie. Met at 7:30 pm at our apartment for full table of prosciutto, pecorino con pepe, a truffle cheese, smoked buffalo mozzarella, regular buffalo mozzarella, fresh pachino tomatoes, red bell pepper slices, ripe apricots. Kate friend baby artichokes with salt – startlingly. Started with Conegliano Valdobbiadene prosecco, followed by Moroney’s 2004 … more
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Epic Sicilian seafood dinner at Lumie di Sicilia with great friends David Heilbroner, Kate Davis, their daughter Katrina, her boyfriend Andrew, Marcello and his 85-year-old mother. Talked films, including their award of a Peabody for Newburgh Sting, politics, raising teenagers, Italian food, Roman ways, 30 year friendships. Finished the night at our apartment in Testaccio with Amaro Sibilia around 2 am.
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My very patient Italian tutor Eugenio Bona after a 1.5 hr Italian lesson. Unclear who is more exhausted. I think me.
