It's that day of year when Heidi and I mark an anniversary... fourteen years have come and gone since we joined forces to face the world together. To celebrate, we return to a favorite old movie, The Godfather, along with a simple meal of pasta and sauce, spinach and mushrooms on the side.
And despite Don Corleone's admonition to Sonny to Never tell anyone outside the family what you're thinking, I'll continue.
"What's the first line of the movie, again?" I asked a few minutes ago in anticipation of our big night. "Is it Vito, or is it that guy, what's his name? Buonanotte?"
"Who?" Heidi asked.
"Oh never mind, I'll Google it," I said.
I believe in America. America has made my fortune.
And the speaker? Amerigo Bonasera. (I never knew his first name before, but it really adds to the movie, right?)
I was actually kind of tickled at my error. In Italian, buona notte means good night, and buona sera means good evening. Only someone with some knowledge of the language could make such a mistake.
I learned a little Italian thirty-five years ago when I was in boarding school in Lugano, not in any class, but simply by the necessity of living there.
It pleases me when it comes back.
And despite Don Corleone's admonition to Sonny to Never tell anyone outside the family what you're thinking, I'll continue.
"What's the first line of the movie, again?" I asked a few minutes ago in anticipation of our big night. "Is it Vito, or is it that guy, what's his name? Buonanotte?"
"Who?" Heidi asked.
"Oh never mind, I'll Google it," I said.
I believe in America. America has made my fortune.
And the speaker? Amerigo Bonasera. (I never knew his first name before, but it really adds to the movie, right?)
I was actually kind of tickled at my error. In Italian, buona notte means good night, and buona sera means good evening. Only someone with some knowledge of the language could make such a mistake.
I learned a little Italian thirty-five years ago when I was in boarding school in Lugano, not in any class, but simply by the necessity of living there.
It pleases me when it comes back.
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