seetheworld

the loser must sail off in a big rubber boat!

Tiff

lol, STW

Here's to you kid

Carrybean

Isn't his last name Phile?

Gardyloo

<i>This just in... Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.</i>

-SNL in the good old days.

Marianna

These posts made me laugh! What are you guys drinking? I have to catch up with you.

Franco's information has been most helpful to me as I planned my upcoming trip, especially the Venice part, and I thank him for taking the time to post all his information.

Anyway, thinking of Franco made me think of Vincenzo who used to post here a while back - maybe several years ago. I remember writing about Massa Lubrense, one of my favorite places, and he said he lived nearby. Does Vincenzo post here anymore?

Enjoy your weekend everyone!

FainaAgain

Marianna: anything we can get, but Mai Tai's, limoncello and all sorts of caffeine are most popular. And so is Mai Tai Tom

Marianna

FainaAgain, I had a gin and tonic before dinner and had two glasses of wine with dinner. What am I doing wrong?

JAGIRL

Franco <b>and</b> Vincenzo ?
Mud fighting Faina and black snakes and sailing off in rubber boats?
Hmmm
<i>Curiouser and Curiouser! </i>

FainaAgain

You are supposed to sip wine slowly, watching the sunset. Then you'll be ready for Fodorite's philosophy (or craziness, which is close )

Just don't sail off into sunset in a rubber boat, LOL

laclaire

Funny story about Franco: I knew a Spaniard that everyone called Franquito who called his. . . Franco. Never got to find out if it was true or not, but I was frankly interested.

JAGIRL

so...aha!! Franco is a ... ? Now we seem to be getting somewhere!

bobthenavigator

He is playing 1st base for the Mets this year---oldest man in the majors.

GirlTravel

Diablo- Thanks so much for clearing that up! Chef Franco of BOY R DEE fame, of course! No wonder all this talk about truffles in Umbria, (EVERYONE knows about truffles in Piedmont!) that's all just a cover to introduce his new BOY R DEE line of &quot;low carb&quot; &quot;tomato&quot; sauce-1 part corn syrup, 2 parts cane sugar, 2 tsp. tomato sauce...Brilliant!

olive_oil

Nope...his real name is Jack Bauer and he can answer any post in 24 hours...

JAGIRL

so just who <i>is</i> franco?

Bird

Franco works the craps tables during the off-season at Harrah's in Reno, NV.

FainaAgain

Is Franco a nickname, the full name would be Francisco? As in San Francisco, CA - and this is where I live!

starrsville

I think he's working &quot;the season&quot; as a fashion police officer in Paris this year.