Re: [Culture] [Editorial] The Real World...

[Benseraglio2]

In a message dated 3/18/2004 10:21:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Perhaps we can take solace in the fact that real Italians also use "un abbraccio" as a farewell...   Yours in the fight against bad Italian food,   Lisa   PS  I've actually never EATEN there; just assume it's crap based on my mistake of eating at Palladium once. Funny, I have fond memories of Palladium/Gold Standard. It was classy. Don't know what they're using it for now.   Also, folks from my church go to brunch once a month at "Hugs", and the restaurant donates some of the proceeds to the Calvary restoration fund. Now, I suppose you could see that as protection money -- like medieval indulgences.         Ross Bender http://rossbender.org