Comments on: My Grandmother– A Key to Me http://jimmyboi2.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/my-grandmother-a-key-to-me/ Wry Bread by Jim Crescitelli Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:24:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Carroll B. Merriman http://jimmyboi2.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/my-grandmother-a-key-to-me/#comment-782 Carroll B. Merriman Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:29:09 +0000 http://jimmyboi2.wordpress.com/?p=290#comment-782 After having used a lot of different size beds along with a number of of people in the family,a fewthings worth considering whengetting sheets and comforters is to 1. check the darn size! 2. Get something that you can stick in the washer machine so not having to go to the dry cleaner. 3. Do spend a bit extra to get better quality. You spend a lot of time in bed, and it should feel good, plus it adds up when you have to purchase new sheets and comforters all the time. After having used a lot of different size beds along with a number of of people in the family,a fewthings worth considering whengetting sheets and comforters is to 1. check the darn size! 2. Get something that you can stick in the washer machine so not having to go to the dry cleaner. 3. Do spend a bit extra to get better quality. You spend a lot of time in bed, and it should feel good, plus it adds up when you have to purchase new sheets and comforters all the time.

]]> By: Cuzzin Lisa http://jimmyboi2.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/my-grandmother-a-key-to-me/#comment-298 Cuzzin Lisa Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:42:06 +0000 http://jimmyboi2.wordpress.com/?p=290#comment-298 That was Fabulous! I still have a pillow Zia Georgia crotched a cover for, I think since 1988 My wedding shower..I can still remember too the sound of her voice alittle higher then most ladies and so soft..Oh, and Yes I have heard many many times how their Italian language is the CORRECT one!! LOL and I tell people that today too!..I Believe we are so fortunate to have learned so much from our Grandparents/Parents who were born In Italy. I still sometimes make homemade rav's too! and Not with cheese filling, like most americans eat, but with that faboulous meat filling that every eats right from the bowl! Keep writing I love these stories! That was Fabulous! I still have a pillow Zia Georgia crotched a cover for, I think since 1988 My wedding shower..I can still remember too the sound of her voice alittle higher then most ladies and so soft..Oh, and Yes I have heard many many times how their Italian language is the CORRECT one!! LOL and I tell people that today too!..I Believe we are so fortunate to have learned so much from our Grandparents/Parents who were born In Italy. I still sometimes make homemade rav’s too! and Not with cheese filling, like most americans eat, but with that faboulous meat filling that every eats right from the bowl! Keep writing I love these stories!

]]> By: Susan Lilley http://jimmyboi2.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/my-grandmother-a-key-to-me/#comment-297 Susan Lilley Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:46:22 +0000 http://jimmyboi2.wordpress.com/?p=290#comment-297 Oh,Jim--this is beautiful. and Italian grandmas are not so different from southern ones like my Granny T (except substitute an Old Fashioned for the Manhattans). Love it. She's fabulous. Oh,Jim–this is beautiful. and Italian grandmas are not so different from southern ones like my Granny T (except substitute an Old Fashioned for the Manhattans). Love it. She’s fabulous.

]]> By: Mary Ann de Stefano http://jimmyboi2.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/my-grandmother-a-key-to-me/#comment-296 Mary Ann de Stefano Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:49:59 +0000 http://jimmyboi2.wordpress.com/?p=290#comment-296 Sadly, I no longer have the opportunity to fork my mother's wonderful ravioli. For me, a first generation American with one manhattan-drinking parent from the north of Italy and one from the south, so much of this resonates. Thanks for all of it. Keep writing, please. P.S. My mother about Rome: " That's where the south begins." Sadly, I no longer have the opportunity to fork my mother’s wonderful ravioli. For me, a first generation American with one manhattan-drinking parent from the north of Italy and one from the south, so much of this resonates. Thanks for all of it. Keep writing, please.

P.S. My mother about Rome: ” That’s where the south begins.”

]]> By: Alice Walsh http://jimmyboi2.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/my-grandmother-a-key-to-me/#comment-294 Alice Walsh Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:19:44 +0000 http://jimmyboi2.wordpress.com/?p=290#comment-294 That photo of you from 1979 brings back memories of us dancing at...Infinity? Am I remembering the name correctly?! That photo of you from 1979 brings back memories of us dancing at…Infinity? Am I remembering the name correctly?!

]]> By: Eugene http://jimmyboi2.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/my-grandmother-a-key-to-me/#comment-292 Eugene Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:37:26 +0000 http://jimmyboi2.wordpress.com/?p=290#comment-292 I've always loved the stories about your grandmother, and having met her and her friends on lots of occasions, I can say that they're all true and the best subjects you've ever written about. She was so beautiful in that first photo, Jimmy. And when I saw the shot of her at the 1939 World's Fair, it made me remember that my mother sang with her classmates at the Italian Pavilion at the same fair. What a nice world you grew up in. I’ve always loved the stories about your grandmother, and having met her and her friends on lots of occasions, I can say that they’re all true and the best subjects you’ve ever written about. She was so beautiful in that first photo, Jimmy. And when I saw the shot of her at the 1939 World’s Fair, it made me remember that my mother sang with her classmates at the Italian Pavilion at the same fair. What a nice world you grew up in.

]]> By: Scott http://jimmyboi2.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/my-grandmother-a-key-to-me/#comment-291 Scott Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:26:36 +0000 http://jimmyboi2.wordpress.com/?p=290#comment-291 Soooo, there is history behind your love of Manhattans. Who knew? Soooo, there is history behind your love of Manhattans. Who knew?

]]> By: Carol King http://jimmyboi2.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/my-grandmother-a-key-to-me/#comment-290 Carol King Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:35:03 +0000 http://jimmyboi2.wordpress.com/?p=290#comment-290 OMG! That picture of you with the mustache is hysterical! And could those jeans be ANY TIGHTER? Love the spread she crocheted. Never had her ravioli (I don't think) but LOVED her pizza. Yum. OMG! That picture of you with the mustache is hysterical! And could those jeans be ANY TIGHTER?

Love the spread she crocheted. Never had her ravioli (I don’t think) but LOVED her pizza. Yum.

]]> By: AKLizzy http://jimmyboi2.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/my-grandmother-a-key-to-me/#comment-289 AKLizzy Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:39:54 +0000 http://jimmyboi2.wordpress.com/?p=290#comment-289 We should all be so blessed to have a grandma like yours. Her legacy of crocheting, ravioli and manhattans is terrific!! We should all be so blessed to have a grandma like yours. Her legacy of crocheting, ravioli and manhattans is terrific!!

]]> By: Darlyn Finch http://jimmyboi2.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/my-grandmother-a-key-to-me/#comment-288 Darlyn Finch Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:10:07 +0000 http://jimmyboi2.wordpress.com/?p=290#comment-288 I think the picture is too darling for words, and I want some ravioli and a Manhattan for saying so. If you tell me I'm DNOC, I'll throw myself under a train! I think the picture is too darling for words, and I want some ravioli and a Manhattan for saying so. If you tell me I’m DNOC, I’ll throw myself under a train!

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