The Trad: Rome in Manhattan

21 July 2011

Rome in Manhattan

Dinner at Bocca on a humid Rome-like night. This was parked outside...

If only this were going on inside.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...: Once while in Paris I took a photo of a man riding a scooter with a good looking girl riding with him. I took the photo to prove I wasn't in America.; 21 July, 2011 08:10
Charles said...: How was the wine?; 21 July, 2011 08:12
Emily said...: Nice bike! It is really too bad that wasn't going on inside.; 21 July, 2011 11:49
Patsy said...: That is a sweet scooter! Looks like the LXV. Love it.; 21 July, 2011 13:25
tintin said...: Bro- That wouldn't work anymore. The Vespa is everywhere.

Chuck- Amazing but we brought our own. A $35 corkage was not my favorite part of the night but this is NYC and not Rome.

Emily- Not sure I'd ever call a Vespa a 'bike' but you go right ahead.

Patsy - You got me but I do know Mina well.; 21 July, 2011 15:39
David V said...: Does that go on inside anywhere anymore?; 21 July, 2011 15:53
Giuseppe said...: My Nonna used to listen to stuff like that on AM radio all the time when I was a kid. In Summer she'd sit in our concrete back yard, sipe Carlo Rossi with ice and seltzer and smoke Tareyton 100s. I think when she closed her eyes the yard became a "piazza" and the cheap battery operated radio became Mina and the guys in the red tuxes actually playing over there, by the bar.; 21 July, 2011 16:06
tintin said...: Giu- Your Nonna sounds like a lotta fun. My parents went for the the charcoal filter on Larks.

When I close my eyes, I see Mina and myself in a Fiat 500. In the back seat. Parked in a lemon tree grove and ripping each others clothes off. And I don't want your Nonna interrupting.; 21 July, 2011 16:20
andrea said...: I hear violins but I don't see them.; 21 July, 2011 23:47
Anonymous said...: Tintin, don't ever close your eyes when we are together... please. Now I'm trying to think if a Fiat even has a backseat and you are tainting the mental image.
You and your DB jackets are a bad influence on me.; 22 July, 2011 08:18
Anonymous said...: Nina. If only. At least the Vespa lent ambiance. Here's a book I use, which helps to fill the void:

http://rome-at-home.com/

-DB; 22 July, 2011 09:23

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