Today was a very long and wonderful day. At first, when I saw all of the families and the children, I had a wave of homesickness. It soon passed with all the work to be done. It started with over 40 people for lunch at 12:30pm and ended at 10pm. The families were very large with at least three generations. The people really love food and a lot of wine. Easter is a very special holiday. Apparently it is as important as Christmas.
It was very hectic in the kitchen and we had the typical Italian tempers that flared up and died down quickly. The menu was 8 different appetizers, 3 different pastas, 2 different meats with potatoes, and dessert. You can see how it was a busy day to make sure all the courses were served. Tomorrow I will give you detail on the food.
Franco the dishwasher is a riot. He is a very small, thin Italian man with no teeth. He gets through the day by drinking wine. He is so quick at everything he does; we just wait for the next disaster. He keeps telling me to sit down and to come to work at 9am instead of 8am. You really have to see him to appreciate how funny he is. Apparently he helped Paula and Gabrielle build the restaurant. Not sure I would trust him as a precise builder, but what do I know about building. He ignores the daughters when they tell him what to do. The girls just roll their eyes.
Serving in a restaurant is a very new experience for me. I had a couple spills but for the most part I managed. I met a few people and they were so nice. The one table kept asking this one man to ask me a question. He is studying English. So he finally asked me the question and it was: How old are you? I pretended he didn’t ask the question correctly.
Although I am exhausted, it was definitely an experience to remember. Now I am in my room with a group of 17 Italians staying in the same house. They are very loud and I am not sure how I will get any sleep. We have no bathroom and have to go all the way to the restaurant to use the facilities. Did I say that I was on VACATION???
Ciao for now
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- Paula Unplugged after 60
- I was the middle child of first born American parents of Italian descent. As expected in my generation, I married at 19 and had two children by the age of 23. I guess you can say I grew about with my children (as they remind me on a continual basis). I start college when we moved to Ca.. I received a BA and MSA and started my 29 year career in technology. My first job was with Hewlett Packard and from there I had numerous positions in technology companies until I co-founded my first company in 1996. Along the way I divorced, remarried, and became a grandmother (which is the real joy in my life, since I get to make up for all the wrongs I did as a young mother). As you can see my life was simple, non adventurous and I was always looking for adventure. After 60 I told myself that the second half of my life would be filled with adventure. Knowing that I am on a tight budget, I had to look at how I could fulfill my lifetime dream in a new and different way. I did not want to be saddled with rules and norms. This brings me to Paula Unplugged After 60.
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