Samuel Nicolary
Thu, 18 Mar 2004 09:32:16 -0800
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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.
Or that they have to resort to charitable monitary incentives to get people to eat their bad food - calling it italian food is far too generous. Now that I know going there is more of a social event than a culinary establishment (silly me!) I avoid it as I do other extraneous social interactions. Viva la Cicada. -- Sam Nicolary ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "Culture." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.