tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160021.post114299776794614966..comments2023-08-04T02:57:45.462-05:00Comments on Dogs of Atlantis: On being Italian... Well, Italian-American, at any rate."THE" Rob Ceriohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264376400794398195noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160021.post-1143070322951118772006-03-22T17:32:00.000-06:002006-03-22T17:32:00.000-06:00Lauren, you are gonna love tommorow's cartoon....M...Lauren, you are gonna love tommorow's cartoon....<BR/><BR/>Maybe I wasn't clear about my assesment of New orleans Italian-american community... it's not that there is <I>None</I>... it's just that it's a far cry from being immersed in it. And the Feast of San Gennaro (degraded here in new orleans to the st joseph's day holiday)is a much bigger deal in the community I grew up in. :)"THE" Rob Ceriohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264376400794398195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160021.post-1143044215296149372006-03-22T10:16:00.000-06:002006-03-22T10:16:00.000-06:00Having served St. Joseph's day mass twice at the P...Having served St. Joseph's day mass twice at the Piazza d'Italia, I can say there is a local Italian culture. A culture that added its own pinch of starch to the culinary menu of this city. And wasn't former New Orleans mayor Victor Schiro of Italian ancestry??<BR/><BR/> But I can't figure out which Chief Justice was Italian. Scalia has always been only associate justice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160021.post-1143003870413944232006-03-21T23:04:00.000-06:002006-03-21T23:04:00.000-06:00I googled Italian American cartoonists...interesti...I googled Italian American cartoonists...interesting. Lot's of art in your hertiage. Actually lots of everything :) <BR/><BR/>I'm just a happy mongrel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160021.post-1142998664011896832006-03-21T21:37:00.000-06:002006-03-21T21:37:00.000-06:00Well, you could always look up to Tony Danza... an...Well, you could always look up to Tony Danza... and regarding the Italian population of New Orleans: There was plenty of Italian culture in New Orleans! Venezia! BROCATO'S! Did you ever see the monster sized St. Joseph's Day altar at Brocato's? There's a St. Joseph's Day parade. There's an Italian meeting hall in Metairie. There's Plaza D'Italia downtown. There's an established mob family! How can you say there's no Italian culture in New Orleans?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com