My father is an immigrant from a town near Naples called ‘Torre Del Greco’ or Tower of the Greek in English. I’ve seen old black and white photos of the place and have heard a few stories but I’ve always wanted to go to there. Especially since I have family there I’ve met only once,…
OK – this one was a gimme. In fact, I was seriously considering making it 100 books since I’ve always been a heavy reader – as a small kid I remember sitting up at night with a flashlight reading cheesy sci-fi novels under the covers to get that little bit of adventure before going to…
I’ve never particularly liked running for it’s own sake. I love playing sports so running for soccer or basketball is fine.. but running mile after mile is just monotonous to me. That being said I’ve always wanted to run in a race – if only for the challenge but I have absolutely no desire to…
I’ve tried making fresh mozzarella before but never really had much success. Since pizza making is kind of my thing I really wanted to learn so I could make the cheese fresh and top my pizzas with it. I did some research and found a local dairy farm that had cheese making classes and immediately…
Like Ron says – I love scotch. I rarely drink anything else and have developed quite a taste for it. That being said – I’m not one of those scotch snobs who waves the glass around talking about tasting notes in an affected tone of voice. However – I can taste the difference of scotches…
This was a bucket list item for me. My family is from Torre Del Greco, a small town near Naples and the Volcano is ever present and I’m fascinated by the history of Pompeii and Herculaneum (well the Roman empire in general – yes, I do think of them several times a day!) and I’ve…
But Tony, you’re Italian! What are you doing? What about the pizza? The Pasta? The Bread?! There’s no way you can pull this off! That’s what I thought when I started. Just two weeks, I told myself. You can do this! The first few days were absolute torture but I persevered and about four days…
I’ve ALWAYS wanted to go to a monster truck show. They were huge when I was a kid and my favorite was BIGFOOT. Whenever the monster truck shows were shown on regular TV (remember in ancient times, we didn’t have streaming.. Or even more than a handful of channels) I’d be fascinated with these huge…
So lots of the things I did this year were fun but this one.. I kept putting off. I think filling my 50th year with all this stuff might have been a way to distract myself from my own mortality. Isn’t that what a midlife crisis is? Some people get sports cars or boats I…