Handsome Drunks and Limoncello

Okay, let me just tell you where we are in our day of celebration...you know..."Fiesta De La Donna......"

We started out with wine before the meal....had red and white wine during the meal......oh yeah, and Piddle had a Heineken while manning the grill....I had the wine....

Then we moved on to the meal....with wine....

Had our Mimosa Cake...with a shot of limoncello....this is Piddle and Paolo with the limoncello shot....very strong..but oh so good.....

Grace (like most Italians from the Naples' area) makes her own limoncello....Grace is not from Naples however......and she has promised to teach me how to make my own limoncello...can't wait.....

(Paolo claims to be the Italian version of the America's cheap drunk) Remember I told you that Paolo and Leyla don't like wine...they don't ever drink...just occasionally....we will work on that ...while we are here..and try to convert them.....Piddle is such a bad influence ! :)

Oh, and I forgot to tell you about the "handsome" part.....every time we get together with Leyla and Paolo...I get an Italian Lesson...I love it...poor Paolo is always trying to teach me new words and phrases...I say "Poor Paolo"...because he gets so exaspirated with me because I can't roll my damn R's...no matter how many times I try...I just can't make my tongue do that...but he is a good sport and teaches me new words all the time...in return he tries to always learn new English words....he can speak some English...but has a harder time understanding it....especially me ...because I talk so fast...he is always telling me...."Please Please LaDonna....speak slowly..."...Leyla many times has to be our interpreter....

Anyway....today Paolo learned the word "handsome"....in Italian....they say "bello".....so all day long Piddle was saying...you know...."because we are handsome"...or "two handsome men"..all day long........anyway...that seemed to be the word for the day....

The two phrases I learned today were: "Que Fai" (kay- fa-ee)(What are you doing?) and "Dove Vai" (Doe-vay-va-ee) (Where are you going?)

Love the lessons.....