On Saturday I attended my very first Author event at the Northland Public Library. It was fun meeting people and getting to read a few chapters from my humorous memoir, Come on Down! A Little Story About My Italian Mom’s Big Dream. It was a little surreal being in front of a room like Jenny Lawson, or David Sedaris or Dave Barry, people who’ve made their living as…
I grew up in a very Italian Catholic household. We all went to Catholic school and knew all the feast days. I thought we were pretty good, but nothing prepared me for the feast that was put on for St. Joseph’s Day by the Italian Sons and Daughters of America, Lodge 174. Holy Zeppole! It was amazing. The feast day is March 19th, but our meeting was March…