Chris Rodenhizer in Fergie’s “Glamorous” Video!
The hot chauffeur in Fergie’s new video is my buddy Chris Rodenhizer from Florence, Italy (by way of the LBC). Figo!
February 8
Little Giacomino, Caterina, and their parenti (parenti are relatives, genitori are parents) are coming to the Sons of Italy Victor Emanuel Lodge with me on March 4 for the Wild Bites charity dinner.
If you could fit 50 relatives at your grandmother’s kitchen table, and if the food were the best gourmet Italian food and also down-home at the same time, then that’s what this dinner would be like.
It costs just $15 per person, and all the money goes to charity. The catch is that there are just 50 seats available, and I already have 5, so call proprio adesso if you want to come. I’ll call Carmine LoConte and see if I can get you a ticket.
Meanwhile, I’m excited to have three new private students as of this week: an advanced student for the Monday class and two new students for the Tuesday class.
This week’s lesson includes a great 7-minute clip from Tickets, a movie set on the Trenitalia trains.
And if you’re in the Newburyport Adult Ed class, click the link below this blog for the supplement for the February 8 lesson.
P.S. to Sue, here’s the Prego commercial song, which was written just for Prego. http://www.campbellsoup.com/prego.aspx
Back to School
The Newburyport Adult Ed Italian class just started with a geat energy, so I’m thrilled to be back.
The first night’s songs were the traditional “Santa Lucia” and my new favorite, Neffa’s “Tanta Luce.” Audio.wma We sang back-up. It was brilliant!
As a text, we’re using L’italiano per amico, written by my friends at the Comunità di Sant’Egidio. It’ the text that they use to teach immigrants Italian as a asecond language in Italy, so it’s full of practical things like getting around the train station and the restaurants. ISBN 88-350-8570-5.
My private group lessons are also doing very well, and three new students are coming to my Tuesday class to round that class up to 5 students. For my advanced class on Mondays, with people back from trips to Italy, we’ll have a class of 7 students. Exciting.
Ci vediamo presto.
Linda
