BRG: Jessi and I missed the shoes! Will you wear them again to the Clinton Hill gathering?
Benson: L&B Spumoni Gardens would be great. I’ve only been there once, but would love to return. Do you ever go for roast beef sandwiches at John’s Deli on, I think, 86th and Stillwell?
Are there any anonymous lurkers who want a date with Amzi? Come out of the woodwork, Brownstoner’s a great place to find a date 🙂
“Benson, can you recommend a place where Guidos hang out?”
Folks;
In my new role of “New Yorkizing” recent arrivals, may I make a comment on this topic? NO ONE in NYC uses the term “Guidos”. Frankly, I NEVER (and I repeat NEVER) heard this term in my youth. Using the term “Guidos” is NYC is like calling soda “pop”,another non-existent term here.
If you want to know the correct term, it is “cugine”, which derives from the Italian word “cugino”,which means “cousin”. It is pronounced “Coo – shzeene”. Guys are “cugines” and the women are “cuginettes”.
Noki, you were missed. I mentioned to a couple of people that I had hoped you would show and how much fun you are. You definitely need to make it to the next one. Maybe randolph can watch the Nokelettes if you need a backup sitter.
benson…where did the word “gumba” come from??? I think it came from an Italian word like gumbata or something but don’t know what it originally means.
I’m thirding the comments on Amzi and I’m straight!!!!
Snappy Snaps! It sounds like it should be a cookie along the lines of a ginger snap!
I’m seconding all the comments on Amzi!!!! 🙂
Not according to me but a couple of people who were sitting right next to me :o). Anything I say passed that, I’ll definitely give away the culprits.
DH: “we were quite the motley crew” – Fortunately we weren’t the Motley Crue (again, apologies for lack of umlauts – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_umlaut).
BRG: Jessi and I missed the shoes! Will you wear them again to the Clinton Hill gathering?
Benson: L&B Spumoni Gardens would be great. I’ve only been there once, but would love to return. Do you ever go for roast beef sandwiches at John’s Deli on, I think, 86th and Stillwell?
Are there any anonymous lurkers who want a date with Amzi? Come out of the woodwork, Brownstoner’s a great place to find a date 🙂
“Benson, can you recommend a place where Guidos hang out?”
Folks;
In my new role of “New Yorkizing” recent arrivals, may I make a comment on this topic? NO ONE in NYC uses the term “Guidos”. Frankly, I NEVER (and I repeat NEVER) heard this term in my youth. Using the term “Guidos” is NYC is like calling soda “pop”,another non-existent term here.
If you want to know the correct term, it is “cugine”, which derives from the Italian word “cugino”,which means “cousin”. It is pronounced “Coo – shzeene”. Guys are “cugines” and the women are “cuginettes”.
Noki, you were missed. I mentioned to a couple of people that I had hoped you would show and how much fun you are. You definitely need to make it to the next one. Maybe randolph can watch the Nokelettes if you need a backup sitter.
“ooooh, and last night Snappy actually snapped her fingers. Was it in a Z formation?
Posted by: bayridgegirl at May 15, 2009 10:34 AM”
Snappy, did you know that there is a company in the UK called “Snappy Snaps”?
http://www.snappysnaps.co.uk/