Little Italy Club to Join Frank Fiore at Umberto's of Little Italy for a Cigar dinner

MARZO 2019Â Rosaria Vigorito An Artist on a Mission Italian Cultural Society Sons & Daughters of Italy Ferrari F8 Trubuto Bocce Ball Courts Italian Festivals UNICO Events Positano Boca Raton Galbani Italian Festival Florida Grand Opera

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!

Marzo - Ferrari of the month...

F8 Tributo Ferrari has revealed the first official photographs of the F8 Tributo, the new mid-rear-engined sports car that represents the highest expression of the company’s classic two-seater berlinetta. The name is an homage to both the model’s uncompromising layout and to the engine that powers it – with a massive 720 cv and a record specific power output of 185 cv/l, it is the most powerful V8 in Prancing Horse history for a non-special series car and sets the benchmark not just for turbos, but for engines across the board. The 3902 cc V8 won “Best Engine” in the International Engine of the Year awards three years running in 2016, 2017 and 2018 and, in addition, in 2018, was awarded the title of the best engine of the last two decades.

As these prestigious awards demonstrate, in the automotive world, Ferrari’s V8 engine is seen as the very epitome of sportiness and driving pleasure. This is particularly the case when it is midrear-mounted in a two-seater. Ferrari has been honing the scope of abilities of this architecture, which creates an optimal weight balance, to perfection for over four decades. The result is the F8 Tributo, which is one of the fastest, most thrilling and communicative supercars ever.

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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 Leonardo da Vinci 500 Year Anniversary Luncheon March 16th, 2019 UNICO Highland Beach Chapter incites all to join and meet at Positano Italian Restaurant in Boca Raton, FL. 12 pm till 3pm. $65 per person. 561-391-2120 South Florida Celebrity Fest March 18th, 2019 6-9 pm Meet Maria de Crescenzo from KC and the Sunshine Band and up to 12 other celebrities over oysters and champagne. A portion of proceeds will be donated to Never Start. Ritz Carlton, Bal Harbor. $40 per person. www.celebrityfest.org Galbani Festival 2019 March 23rd, 2019 11 am till 10 pm Major Italian Festival and FREE!!! Sponsored by Galbani, Florida Panthers, Voga Vodka, PB Hurricane Windows, Mimi's, MOD Pizza and more. BB&T Center in Sunrise, FL viaproductionsinc.com Festa Italiana Tampa April 6th and 7th, 2019 Largest Italian Festival in Florida!!! www.festaitalianatampa.com Pasta Dinner & Dancing April 3rd 2019. Only $5.00 for pasta dinner, dancing, salad, bread and live music. Cash bar! Sons of Italy Lodge. 1270 Doyle Rd. Deltona, FL. sonsofitalydeltona.com Festa Italiana 2019 July 19th - 21st, 2019 Worlds Largest Italian Culture Festival. Milwaukee, WI.

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!!

Rosaria Vigorito I am an Italian-American, a lesbian, a retired NY lawyer and law librarian professor, and an ovarian cancer survivor, but my calling is that of an artist. I rediscovered my childhood passion for art as an adult, which I call my second coming out. I feel indebted to the amazing artists I studied with in NYC, including those from the NY Academy of Figurative Arts, where I received an MFA.

My works include the female nude, issues of androgyny, sexuality and gender, LGBT matters, and, when doing portraiture, the psychological and spiritual inner workings. Influenced by the masters of the past, in particular Picasso, with his constant reinvention and bold experimentation of media and color, and Egon Schiele, with his raw, emotional and expressive use of the line, I constantly challenge myself by using and combining different media and techniques to express my themes.

As for philosophy, I believe art is not just about pretty pictures. Art should also be on the edge and push the societal bar, not for the mere sake of getting attention for attention’s sake, but as fulfilling a fundamental function of the artist as messenger, philosopher and empath. This role includes, to challenge our known perception and preconceived notions, and to dare to be raw, emotional, psychological, sensual, spiritual and provocative.