Friday, July 10, 2009

Your basic Italian-American thing

Renton, Washington, July 10——

A QUICK CAPPUCCINO and toast at Giovanna's (well, and a slice of panettone from out the freezer). Green salad, pasta salads, olives, cold cuts, cake and cookies at the Holy Family Catholic Church after the funeral mass for Lindsey's cousin Lawrence. Then, after the burial, forty or so of us sat down at Vince's Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria, where we had green salad, pizza margarita, and penne in tomato sauce with, yes, meat balls. The food was tasty and comforting, and all the generations of cousins — four generations, I think, and we're now the oldest — played a lot of catchup. Lawrence was a good man with an amazing memory for people, places, names, and events, and though I didn't know him well (since he lived about eight hundred miles away) I miss him, and will miss him more as I think of more questions…
house wine in carafe, "Chablis" and "Chianti"
  • Vince's, 2815 NE Sunset Boulevard, Renton; tel. 425.226.8180
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