This weekend marks the last full weekend for us at Bocconato Trattoria for the month of July. I can't believe August is around the corner and we can begin looking forward to a break from hot July weather.
Local rumors have surfaced that our lease ends in July and Giovanni and I are moving to Italy......I wonder where in Italy we're going?!? And how do local gossipers know about our lease terms? Hmmmmmm.......Molto interresante!
This latest bit of news immediately inspires two thoughts: 1) what do I want to manifest next in our lives, e.g., living in Italy, a restaurant in a big city, a movie deal, an amazing novel? and 2) I simply must learn to ignore gossip.
This begs for me one of the eternal questions associated with living in a small town: Can residents in small communities really support the people in it?
Is there a collective community consciousness that is inspiring and prosperous-minded in a genuine sort of way or will there always be people who surreptitiously denigrate the possibility for others' success by secretly wishing those around them actually fail? Does this have to be the nature of some people? Its critical we wish others well......for a million reasons.......for sure, and at the very least, its good prosperity.
I don't think people realize how powerful their thoughts are. I don't think people have any idea of their effect on the quantum underbelly of all of this. I've been on the planet long enough to know that the human condition has yet to change. But, alas, I'm not giving up hope........I know really great people in Fair Play and our customers are over-the-top amazing human beings........Giovanni's cooking draws foodies with a spiritual bent from all over Northern California, Nevada and beyond. We're helping nudge souls through food, wine and dialogue (this is my part in all of this). In the meantime, I will keep reading Joseph Campbell, Deepak's Quantum Healing, the Bagadvaghita and Eckhart Tolle. And I will be sure to meditate to keep my auric body strong.....protecting my sensitive self from non-sense.
Allora........Magnifico! I plan on creating this Italian relocation next. The 'small' talk, ironically, has inspired me......I would love to move to Italy. I would love to be in a culture that is significantly slower-paced, even while Europe becomes more and more Americanized.....it remains different. Molto facile....let's see, my areas of choice would be a small town in Piemonte, somewhere outside of Alba or Bra. I wouldn't mind living in the Veneto either....somewhere outside of Verona. Our access to Alto-Adige and Friuli would be easy. We could drive to Modena for the day to pick up our traditional balsamico, have a nice lunch and get home long before dark. We could take short trips to Vienna, Prague and Munich. There is so much to see and I have to see it. I really do.
This weekend at Bocco: We celebrated Joy's birthday this past Friday night at the restaurant......Christie Clary was there....so we sat down and had dinner together. It was a lovely girls' night out. Giovanni made us farinata (a traditional chickpea crepe from Liguria), baked pear and smoked provolone skewers, local organic watermelon salad with Parmigiano and balsamico and honeydew melon bisque.
Christie and Joy had the cannelloni and I had pasta chitarra with homemade pesto that only Giovanni can make (and Ligurian Grandmas).
Matricia showed up with her friend Kathy....we drank some Pinot and gabbed until 12:30 in the morning. Giovanni, God bless him, waited patiently for us as we girls laughed and talked.
G and I woke early yesterday morning for the farmers' market in Placerville. We bought heirloom tomatoes and our supply of vegetables for the week. Exhausted, I went back to Bocco and spent the morning changing our menu. We added panzanella salad, CAPRESE (this is over the top, I had two yesterday-one for lunch and one for dinner), and crostini.
Tracie worked last night.....her last night before she goes on maternity leave to bring beautiful Ava into the world. I will miss her terribly. She's a great manager; a brilliant, conscious human being and an all around lovely woman (and great mom). Its amazing how people come together. Don't take the conscious, lovely ones for granted! Its a reminder, directly from God, to trust the mystery.
We worked hard yesterday and through the night. We were busy....a reminder that occasionally the recession doesn't exist for a moment. Phil and Joy came in for dinner. David and J.P. came in without their kids (David's parents were home babysitting for them). People ate outside...the weather was cool and everyone seemed happy.
I sent out an e-mail earlier in the day, talking about Tracie, tomatoes and the menu change. Sure enough, Christie got the e-mail and had to come in for panzanella. So, I got to sit down again with some genuine people (Christie, Phil Bill and Joy), and have dinner- two nights in a row.
How lovely, there are definite perks in the restaurant biz.
I have so much more to write....but its time to get back to work...Matricia and I are writing tonight. I'm going to keep my fingers crossed.....Bocco stays busy and I sell a screenplay.
Until next time......ci vediamo presto:)
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