Yesterday #1 Son and I went to a little outdoor Italian neighborhood restaurant called Mama Mia to have some lunch. Pretty clever name for an Italian restaurant, no?
As we sat and watched the Angelino’s walk by, with their casual gait and laid back attitude, the owner’s wife came out to take our order. Being how #1 Son is friends with the owners, she was very friendly and introduced herself to me, and we talked briefly about our American Heritage beginnings. Her husband came from Rome, and she came from Soronna, just next to Naples, "una Naplitana", as she proudly boasted, and rightfully so. She asked about me and we became friends by virtue of our Italian heritage.
It struck me as funny as how a race of people can be so clannish, and take in strangers as brothers and sisters, if you are Pisano or Pisana. Even if you come from Italy, you are considered family; period. You are of one bloodline, and treat each other as brother or sister.
Many of my friends in business were of Italian extraction, and they take on a brother or sister relationship, and look after one another. We laugh at each other, with each other and believe it or not, for each other. This is just like when I get together with my four sisters.
Later in the day we had dinner over in Burbank with some friends. They have two beautiful boys ages 7 and 4, and these little guys were telling me Knock, knock jokes with an Italian flavor, their parents using the Italian they learned from their parents and grandparents, and with the kids-#1 Son and I laughed our heads off.
You know, I am happy that I have an Italian heritage, people who gave a lot to the world culture wise, but more proud that they are happy people, a people that will take in a stranger and feed him, no questions asked, they may be loud at times, “Cavones” but they are good people, love to laugh, love to sing, eat and be merry.
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Thanks to Mathew and Peter
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