Remembering Leo Buscaglia - Valentines Day 2019

FEBBRAIO 2019 - ONORARIO LEO BUSCAGLIA Leo Buscaglia UCLA - Love Italian Cultural Society Sons & Daughters of Italy Ferrari of the Month Valentines Day Events Bocce Ball Courts Maniscalco Tour Italian Festivals UNICO Events VEDA - CBD Cannabis Health Florida Grand Opera

Remembering Leo Buscaglia

Mondo Italiano Magazine Publisher Luxury Chamber Media Group Editor Jay Iaco Shapiro Travel Editor Frankie Blankenship Contributing Columnist Frank LoRe Jr. Contributing Columnist Edmondo Catania Non-Profit Director Kolleen Poirier Event Coordinator James Lorenzo

UNICO - Brian Piccolo Awards Night Madison Michelle Borselino, Ann Matarazzo, Madison & Lisa Marie Conte Brown

Miss Mondo Italiano - Flavia Salzano ScottÂ

From Jersey to Florida's Shore - Mari Jo Sanzari Joins Luxury Chamber Mari Jo Sanzari is a global and luxury real estate specialist with Keller Williams Luxury International, part of the largest real estate brokerage firm in the world. She began Sanzari Global Properties, which operates under Keller Williams- Palm Beaches. She has mastered the luxury waterfront, international and golf real estate sector, the negotiation of contracts, the relocation of out of state/country clients, the promotion of best practices, and the management of optimal P&L performance. She has also gone thorugh the rigorous training of becoming certified with the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing and is in the process of becoming part of the Million Dollar Guild. All within the two and a half years she has been in Palm Beach county, Florida. Mari Jo learned early on that one of the most important things you need to do in order to succeed in this business is to listen to your clients.

It is easy enough to say, however Mari Jo follows

MJ - Mari Jo Sanzari

through, distinguishing the needs and wants of each individual client. Understanding the clients must haves is the way she is able to find the home of their dreams at an amazing price; on the opposite side, making sure that they are able to sell their home at an exemplary price

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point and get to where they need to be when they need to be there.

As a highly driven negotiator, Mari Jo does not stop until she gets the best deal for her client. Her network of global connections, vendors, contractors and fellow teammates, helps ensure that! Her hard drive and "time of the essence" mentality leaves no stone unturned, especially in a market such as the one we are presently in. There is no margin for error and she instills that mentality in her team. Mari Jo's abilities and high energy creates a tremendous amount of satisfaction among clients, which in turn brings a huge referral and repeat business network for her. Sanzari Global Properties offers nothing but unlimited sophistication, wealth of knowledge and unprecedented first class service to clients!

Ferrari of the month...

The Ferrari Monza SP2 has been named the Most Beautiful Supercar in the world by a panel of expert judges at the 34th Paris Festival Automobile International.

The prestigious award was presented at a ceremony at the city’s Hotel National des Invalides attended by over 600 guests, including many leading exponents of the automotive and journalism worlds.

The Ferrari Monza SP2, together with the Ferrari Monza SP1, is the forerunner of the new Icona concept inspired by the most evocative Ferrari competition cars of the 1950s. The Monza SP2 is the Prancing Horse’s modern reinterpretation of a gloriously timeless style paired with technologically advanced components and the highest performance possible thanks to the marque’s continuous research and innovation.

Remembering The Doctor of Love There have been many great sages and motivational speakers in the world including Tony Robbins, Sadhguru, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Gary Vee and Dr. Norman Vincent Peale yet none of them quite as passionate Felice Leonardo Buscaglia. He was born in LA in 1924 yet grew up during his early formative years in the Alpine town of Aosta, Italia and returned to the U.S. for educational reasons. He earned three degrees from UCLA and went on to become one of the greatest speakers of the 1970s. One of his greatest statements was the question: "What are we doing stuffing facts into people and forgetting that they are human beings? Motivated by loss and a feeling that more love in society is needed he created the first ever college accredited course aptly titled "LOVE" There were no grades and nobody could fail the class yet they did receive credit for taking it and it was one of the most valuable classes ever shared with students. His class was shared in prisons across the country via VCR tapes in the 1980s and 1990s. The value that Leo brought to the table for convicts and everyone alike is that its not a bad thing to LOVE LOVE!! The fact that PDA (public displays of affections) are needed now more than ever. Leo made the world aware of a problem that started when he was alive and only grew into a catastrophe 21 years after his death in 1998. The problem was a lack of being in love with love. A lack of being in love with sex. A lack of passion in society! A lack of PDA in general. He made it abundantly clear that people are ok with watching crime and violence on TV yet when it comes to sharing intimacy, kissing, touching or anything positive it is instantly ostracized as being evil yet the violence on TV is perfectly fine according to society. We now live in a society where people do not even kiss until the third date. Back in the 1980's people actually heeded some of his words and the free love society started to take hold. You could actually go to a singles bar and ask someone if they wanted to go smoke a joint and hang out. This was positive and Leo illustrated it every so passionately in his speeches. A group of passionate supporters has set up a foundation formerly known as the Felice Foundation and now it is known as the Buscaglia Foundation buscaglia.com/foundation

We have created a facebook page in his honor and honoring Valentines Day after this true Patron of LOVE: facebook.com/LeoBuscagliaDay

Your Talent is God's Gift to You; what you do with it is Your Gift to God!!! : Love is life. And if you miss love you miss life!!!

Valentines Day Events to Consider

Casa Sensei Gondola View (las olas) with Barb Bertoncini 2/14 - call: 954-530-4176 Italian Singles Mixer - Nadas Italy in Delray Beach. February 9th from 4-6 pm. Must RSVP at: 561-270-4486 Nobel Prize Luncheon with Dario Fo 2/14 at Naples Hilton. $45. Register at: www.italianculturalsociety.com (scorned by the Pope, loved by Hollywood) Valentines Ball - Embassy of Italy in Washington DC. February 16th. $160 per person. www.embassyexperiences.com Valentines Day Kids Party!! Pizzeria UNO in Orlando, FL. 5 pm. Crafts, games and kids eat FREE! Valentine with Us! Ferraro's Kitchen and Wine Bar in Miami, FL. 5:30 pm till 10:30 pm.

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10 COMMANDMENTS OF ITALIAN CUISINE 1 - YOU SHALL NOT SIP CAPPUCCINO DURING A MEAL! Coffee and cappuccino are the pride of Italy in the world; but if the first is usually consumed at the end of the meal, the second, more substantial, is sipped at breakfast, usually accompanied by some pastry. You can ask for a cappuccino at the end of a meal, just know that most Italians don’t.

2 - RISOTTO AND PASTA ARE NOT A SIDE DISH The organization of courses in the Italian dining is unique and requires pasta and – most of the time – risotto to be served by themselves (apart from specific recipes such as Ossobuco milanese-style). The presentation of pasta as a side dish to others is widespread in several countries, but in Italy is seen almost as a sacrilege.

3 - YOU SHALL NOT ADD OIL TO PASTA WATER! Oil should not be added to pasta cooking water! Pasta dressing (and oil too) must be added only after you have drained it from its cooking water. Find out how to cook pasta like an Italian here.

4 - KETCHUP ON PASTA: PLEASE, DON’T This is one of the combinations that most shocks Italians; although ketchup may have some similarities to tomato sauce, pouring ketchup over pasta in the “Bel Paese” is considered a real gourmet crime. Keep ketchup for your french fries or hot dogs, please!

5 - SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE? NO WAY, IT’S TAGLIATELLE! While probably being the world’s most popular Italian recipe, you will not find any restaurant in Bologna to eat it. That’s because the original Italian recipe is “Tagliatelle Bolognese” (not spaghetti). Although this may seem a minor detail, in real Italian cuisine the pairing of the right kind of pasta with the right sauce is considered almost sacred.

6 - CHICKEN PASTA: NOT IN ITALY Speaking with American friends, one of the most frequent requests is the advice for a typical Italian recipe for pasta with chicken.

It’s always rather embarrassing to point out that in Italy there are no hot dishes featuring pasta and chicken.

7 - “CAESAR SALAD” This salad, which bears the name of its supposed creator, Caesar Cardini, is a part of the long list of recipes devised by chefs of Italian origin, but in fact is almost unknown in Italy.

8 - THE RED AND WHITE CHECKERED TABLECLOTH IS ONLY A STEREOTYPE! For some strange reason, these tablecloths are universally associated with our food and with the stereotype of the "spaghetti-eater", and abroad almost all the restaurants that want to play typical Italian use them. Probably, tourists who come to visit Italy remain somewhat disappointed when they discover that the checkered tablecloths are almost never used (only restaurants for tourists do!)

9 - “FETTUCCINE ALFREDO” ARE POPULAR ONLY OVERSEAS This is perhaps the most curious in this top ten. The fettuccine Alfredo is both the most famous “Italian” food in the United States and the least known dish in Italy. These noodles, seasoned with butter and Parmigiano Reggiano, are in fact actually been invented in the “Bel Paese”, specifically by Alfredo Di Lelio, the owner of a restaurant in Rome, but in Italy have never been imposed as a traditional dish. Overseas, however, have become increasingly popular and in time became a symbol of the good life in Rome. For this reason legions of American tourists coming to Italy hoping to enjoy the fettuccine Alfredo at every restaurant on the peninsula remain very disappointed.

10 - YOU SHALL RESPECT TRADITION AND WHAT ITALIAN MAMMA SAYS. She knows from her mamma, who knew from her mamma who knew from her mamma and so on. It's been tried and tested. And what a mother teaches at her daughter while they are cooking? That love is the center of all. We must share Italian food with your loved ones. It is what life, love and family are all about.

Eventi Italiani e Siciliani 2019!

February 14th Meatballs & Martinis - Anthony's Runway 84. 5:30 till 9 pm. A Social Networking Mixer. $6 martinis and complimentary balls!!! Sicilian Rice Balls, Meatballs etc..

February 15th Saint Coleman 36th Annual Italian Fest - Fort Lauderdale. Feb 15, 16th & 17th. www.italianfest.org February 28th, 2019 OSIA Bonanno Cruise to Cozumel $379 pp plus taxes and fees. Call Joan at 954-498-6158 March 2nd, 2019 The South Florida Italian Festival - Arts Park Hollywood, FL April 6th and 7th, 2019 Festa Italiana Tampa - Largest Italian Festival in Florida!!! www.festaitalianatampa.com July 19th - 21st, 2019 Festa Italiana 2019 - Worlds Largest Italian Culture Festival. Milwaukee, WI.

HOW TO MAKE A NEGRONI FOR VALENTINES DAY! Combine the Campari, gin and vermouth. You can either stir or shake them together in a cocktail shaker.

Prep your glass. Fill a small cocktail class with ice, then run your orange peel around the rim of the glass for extra flavor.

Pour the cocktail. ...

Garnish. ...

Serve!

UNICO National Convention - Delray Beach Marriot

Where can I play Bocce Ball in South Florida?

Palm Beach County Bocce Courts

Jupiter: George Carlin Park

Royal Palm Beach: Crestwood, Camellia & Veterans Parks.

Wellington: Aquatics Complex

Boynton Beach: Meadows Park, Boynton Lakes & Jaycee Park

Regulation size of bocce ball courts is 13' by 91' but with space so limited in South Florida

Lake Worth: Bryant & John Prince Memorial Parks

we do find many courts with much smaller dimensions. Backyard bocce ball courts are almost always smaller perhaps 6' by 64' feet

Delray Beach: Gov Lawton Chiles Park

and of course courts inside restaurants such as Louie Bossi Ristorante are much smaller and

Boca Raton: Louie Bossi's Italian Ristorante

meant mostly as a novelty and to enjoy a friendly game with family and friends just after that after dinner shot of sambuca. Those on

Broward County Bocce Courts

the larger courts tend to drink red wine but that is not always the case as there are some bocce

Fort Lauderdale: Louie Bossi's Italian Ristorante

ball players who do not drink at all. If you're looking for a really nice court in South Florida

Hallandale Beach: Golden Isles Tennis & Bocce Ball Courts

you will want to consider the court in La Piazza in Ironside Miami which was designed by businessman Ofer Mizrahi. The local Italian organizations especially Sons of

Miami-Dade County Bocce Courts

Italy are involved in charitable construction of local courts especially in Catholic schools and

Miami - Dante Fascell Park, Bocce Ristorante & Ironside Plaza

they are a great source to go to for Bocce Ball related events and even local places to play bocce ball. There is also a meetup group

Marathon Key Community Park

called Free Range Bocce Ball, they have many members but they do not play on a court rather

Big Pine Key Community Park

an open space. Baci - Bocce!!

Onze Importers Establishes Itself As Premier Wine Purveyor With Acquisition Of Prestigious Lines From Romano Brands Of New York

Onze Importers, LLC, a Florida-based wine importing company led by industry veteran Danielle Dattile, has acquired Maison Belle Claire Rosé and Maison Prestige Rosé from Romano Brands of New York, with the intent to grow distribution of the French wines in the United States.

Maison Belle Claire was trademarked in January of 2014; with a retail price of $17.99, it was named best value Rosé by Wine Spectator. The sophisticated, elegant and particularly dry Rosé was originally developed in Provence, France. The wine catapulted the entire subset of Rosé to the forefront of the industry when it was introduced to the Hamptons jet set crowd in the early 1990s.

The brand is currently available in many states, through small wine distributors and throughout the Caribbean and Europe.

"My dream was always to own wine brands and this affords me with the added opportunity to take these respected brands to another level," explained CEO Danielle Dattile, who has been in wine and spirits distribution for six years, having held positions at Republic National and Empire Merchants in New York. "Owning my own wine importing business turns this into a reality.

Because of my extensive network, I plan to also import Italian wines as well and take less prominent yet highly sophisticated European brands to new heights here in the US."

Dattile recognized the explosion in Rosé sales in recent years and saw an opportunity to leverage relationships to grow the brand and give it as much prominence as more well-known Rosés on the market via large national wine distributors.

The opportunity to import Loire valley wines further augments Onze's portfolio offerings.

Another major feat for Dattile is that Onze will soon become the exclusive French wine importer for several Bordeaux wines.

Now under the Onze umbrella are Maison Belle Claire Rosé, housed in a distinctly shaped bottle, and Maison Prestige Rosé.

Onze is headquartered at 401 E. Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 1400 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. For more information on Onze or for wine distribution information, please call (954) 712-7411 or visit www.onzeimporters.com