A reservation is a must, and we have one;
\nthe owner sees us to our table, calm, polite;
\nand even as we seat ourselves, the waitress comes:
\nfresh water, menus, order wine, and start the night.<\/p>\n
The ambiance and conversations start to build:
\nwe dip the bread in olive oil and vinegar
\nsip rich red wine and flashing smiles and drink our fill
\nof family stories born in warm Italian vinyards.<\/p>\n
A salad, antipasto in a pesto poem
\nand more red wine and doughy bread and olive oil
\nand simmering homemade pasta with the taste of home
\nand friendly conversation in a family style.<\/p>\n
Finally chilled tartuffo with a chocolate dust
\nand aromatic coffee in which we dip biscotti
\nthen dawdling over the evening and the music as we must
\nuntil we head for home, relaxed, concupiscent, naughty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A reservation is a must, and we have one; the owner sees us to our table, calm, polite; and even as we seat ourselves, the waitress comes: fresh water, menus, order wine, and start the night. The ambiance and conversations … Continue reading