A snowy Sunday and a Feast with Friends

Sunday, January 27, 2019

An overall peaceful day today which I needed after spending so much time in the decidedly not Southern California weather the last ten days. 

 I did take the bus into downtown

Varese in the morning to see what

the street vendors had to offer

Not much as it turned out as the weather was cold and snow was starting to fall.

When I got back up the hill to the

Villa Skorpion II, it was snowing harder

As happened last weekend my next door neighbors, the Nardi family, invited me over for a truly home made lunch with another of the Skorpions' first families, Pietro, Stefania and Carlotta Caprioli.

As is the norm on the weekends

Giorgio was busy making the meal's pasta

Giorgio in action making

Tagliatelle Pasta

As is always the case, the meal was fantastic but the company was better.

Especially when Pietro donned a . . .

. . . WWII Gas Mask

Pietro and Stefania's daughter Carlotta's face pretty much matched everyone else's reaction when Pietro did his thing.

You had to be there . . .

 Pietro, Pietro, Pietro . . .

The real question is why Giorgio has one of these gizmos in the garage?

More snow had fallen while we dined

A good day of rest with fun friends, good food and some Prosecco is good for the soul I think.