Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Easter and Birthdays
I know I'm late with these wishes; But Happy Birthday Nic and Sonny. May God grant You, both, many more happy, Holy years. Our grandson, Luke Gabriel turned 4, on April 13th; and our son, Gabriel, turned 30 on April 14th. God is wonderful in giving us grandchildren, children and families. Also, since Father Trimbur, at Saint Joseph's said the Easter season is till Pentecost Sunday, which falls on the feast of the Visitation of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth; May 31st, this year; a very Happy Easter to our Cousins, Aunts and Uncle. Love from the Whorten Family
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Grandpa Warino Anniversary
Today is the anniversary of Grandpa Warino's death...........or should I say life. Does anyone no how many years though? Happy day Grandpa Warino!
Love, Joyciexoxoxxox
Love, Joyciexoxoxxox
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Karate Tournament Highlights
In late March, Dominic and Sonny participated in a karate tournament. Some of the highlights are included in the video listed below. The video shows Dominic in a sparring match with another student. At 0:50 in the video, Dominic performs a very difficult technique. This move has come to be known as "the kick" at his karate studio. This is a good example of Dominic's ability in an action setting rather than a choreographed form or routine. Dominic won 1st place in Adult Traditional Forms, 1st place in Adult Weapons Forms, and 2nd place in Adult Sparring. Sonny came home with 2nd place medals for Junior Traditional Forms, Junior Weapons Forms and third place in Junior Creative Forms. A strong showing for both Romeos!You can view the highlight video on YouTube at this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXnSzZ4FkvY
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Palombaro Easter Traditions
Happy Easter everyone!
Our Easter has always been going to mass during Holy week. On Good Friday, we go out for fish dinner's at The Blvd. Tavern. On Saturday, we color eggs and I get the basket's ready to hide. I do this for the Easter Bunny.
This year, is going to be a bit different. Allyson, our oldest daughter, lives in Cleveland and is an R.N. at the Cleveland Clinic. She is getting her Masters degree and Nursing Doctorate will be a Nurse Practitioner in May, so she has to work night shift Saturday and Sunday. Dean, who is 24, is also in Cleveland working as an Activities Director at an Assisted Living facility. He is working on his Masters degree in Hospital and Nursing Home Administration. Mara, who is 20, is at Mt. Union College, and she is planning on going into Physical Therapy or Anesthesiology. She plays college softball and had a double header today. We went to her game today and brought her home. Tomorrow we are all meeting for dinner in Cleveland. This is the first year we're eating out, but at least we'll all be together. So the bunny will be in Cleveland this year having wine and more wine with my children. We'll have a great time because Dean, is like a standup comedian... so we'll have lots of laughs.
I to remember the beautiful table at Grandma's... and yes, the hard boiled eggs that where never refrigerated!! I bet our "Angel's" in heaven are all having a beautiful feast... I know my Dad, Morris is definitely coloring eggs and making the "Shadon" for all the other angels. I bet their having a ball!!!!!!!!!!!
Love, Joyce, Al, Allyson, Dean, Mara and Aunt Connie Warino
Our Easter has always been going to mass during Holy week. On Good Friday, we go out for fish dinner's at The Blvd. Tavern. On Saturday, we color eggs and I get the basket's ready to hide. I do this for the Easter Bunny.
This year, is going to be a bit different. Allyson, our oldest daughter, lives in Cleveland and is an R.N. at the Cleveland Clinic. She is getting her Masters degree and Nursing Doctorate will be a Nurse Practitioner in May, so she has to work night shift Saturday and Sunday. Dean, who is 24, is also in Cleveland working as an Activities Director at an Assisted Living facility. He is working on his Masters degree in Hospital and Nursing Home Administration. Mara, who is 20, is at Mt. Union College, and she is planning on going into Physical Therapy or Anesthesiology. She plays college softball and had a double header today. We went to her game today and brought her home. Tomorrow we are all meeting for dinner in Cleveland. This is the first year we're eating out, but at least we'll all be together. So the bunny will be in Cleveland this year having wine and more wine with my children. We'll have a great time because Dean, is like a standup comedian... so we'll have lots of laughs.
I to remember the beautiful table at Grandma's... and yes, the hard boiled eggs that where never refrigerated!! I bet our "Angel's" in heaven are all having a beautiful feast... I know my Dad, Morris is definitely coloring eggs and making the "Shadon" for all the other angels. I bet their having a ball!!!!!!!!!!!
Love, Joyce, Al, Allyson, Dean, Mara and Aunt Connie Warino
Friday, April 10, 2009
Easter Greetings from Oregon
It's great to read how everyone is celebrating Easter. We'll be celebrating in our usual way... early morning Mass at the Cathedral and then home for breakfast. I also remember Grandma's Easter bread and would love recipe. My neighbor brought over hot cross buns and they were delicious but not quite the same. Jerry and I still color eggs but are skipping the egg hunt. Jennifer has moved back home while she is in graduate school so I'm sure the bunny will be stopping by. We are going to have dinner with friends at their home. Lamb and fingerling potatoes are on the menu. I'm making dessert - Baccone Dolce. I remember when Easter meant getting new clothes and Mary Janes along with a new bonnet. Things are more casual here but still fun.
I really enjoy seeing the pictures of everyone and would post some if I could figure out how. I have a picture of Grandma dancing at my wedding with my father-in-law which I would love to share.
Happy Easter everyone!
~Jeanne, Jerry and Jennifer
I really enjoy seeing the pictures of everyone and would post some if I could figure out how. I have a picture of Grandma dancing at my wedding with my father-in-law which I would love to share.
Happy Easter everyone!
~Jeanne, Jerry and Jennifer
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Easter
Happy Easter to all from Aunt Rose and JoAnn.
I remember the dining room table at Grandma's that Aunt Phyl created every Easter. I can still picture the many colored hard boiled eggs and candy on the table. We never refrigerated them or the ones that we made at home. I don't know how we never got sick. Aunt Rose still colors eggs and they are always so pretty too.
Traditionally, Aunt Rose also makes Easter bread and ricotta calzones. She makes a little lamb cake when the kids are going to be here. I sometimes make an Easter pie that my neighbor from Italy taught me how to make with eggs and ham and cheese. I have started to make lamb for Easter dinner along with pork roast and all appetizers and the sides that go with dinner. Since it was not something we were used to, I made a small boneless lamb roast with our usual dinner a couple years ago and everyone seemed to like it so now the lamb roast gets bigger and the pork roast gets smaller. My sister, Jerry and Jeremy (Dana will be in Chicago this year) and my son Vic and his wife, Gabriella, will come for dinner. My son, Bill, has made a tradition to visit my daughter Christine and her family every Easter. I wish we all could be together, but at least they have each other for the holiday. The girls, Grace (9) and Isabella (6), especially look forward to Bill hiding eggs for them to find Easter morning. Here at home we'll have our usual early dinner and then there will be ham and all the Easter treats for the rest of the day. Happy Easter!
I remember the dining room table at Grandma's that Aunt Phyl created every Easter. I can still picture the many colored hard boiled eggs and candy on the table. We never refrigerated them or the ones that we made at home. I don't know how we never got sick. Aunt Rose still colors eggs and they are always so pretty too.
Traditionally, Aunt Rose also makes Easter bread and ricotta calzones. She makes a little lamb cake when the kids are going to be here. I sometimes make an Easter pie that my neighbor from Italy taught me how to make with eggs and ham and cheese. I have started to make lamb for Easter dinner along with pork roast and all appetizers and the sides that go with dinner. Since it was not something we were used to, I made a small boneless lamb roast with our usual dinner a couple years ago and everyone seemed to like it so now the lamb roast gets bigger and the pork roast gets smaller. My sister, Jerry and Jeremy (Dana will be in Chicago this year) and my son Vic and his wife, Gabriella, will come for dinner. My son, Bill, has made a tradition to visit my daughter Christine and her family every Easter. I wish we all could be together, but at least they have each other for the holiday. The girls, Grace (9) and Isabella (6), especially look forward to Bill hiding eggs for them to find Easter morning. Here at home we'll have our usual early dinner and then there will be ham and all the Easter treats for the rest of the day. Happy Easter!
Easter and Turkey
Back on Truesdale circa 1969.
Turkey for Thanksgiving, then for Christmas day and one year it was slated to be the main course for Easter. I am not a turkey die-hard fan like some; I don't really like chicken either.
I finally said to my mom and Grandma that "you are not supposed to have turkey for Easter!" I remember them both being stunned by my culinary commentary. I was ready for them with the goat horns that hung by the front door, showing those as proof of claim.
After lots of debate they agreed to make something else. That year was my first taste of lamb. I have made lamb every year for Easter since I have had a family.
Do you remember the Easter bread grandma used to make? Some years I remember it coming from Aunt Phyll. It was yellowish, sweet and had dried fruit bits in it. I would pass on all the chocolate in the world for a piece of that bread toasted with butter on Easter morning, can't find it here. If anyone has a recipe please post it or send it along.
My mom would set the dining room table up with lots of candy from the Easter bunny for me on Easter morning. She would blow up Bunny figures and have streamers and such all over the place. It was the candy equal to Christmas.
I also remember the manufacture of Palm crosses on Palm Sunday. We made hundreds of them. I am widely known as the "palm cross king" in Atlanta as a result of those years of labor.
Best of all, I remember everyone parading in and out in their new Easter clothes. I used to think my cousins where the best looking and best dressed people in the world (still do).
Turkey for Thanksgiving, then for Christmas day and one year it was slated to be the main course for Easter. I am not a turkey die-hard fan like some; I don't really like chicken either.
I finally said to my mom and Grandma that "you are not supposed to have turkey for Easter!" I remember them both being stunned by my culinary commentary. I was ready for them with the goat horns that hung by the front door, showing those as proof of claim.
After lots of debate they agreed to make something else. That year was my first taste of lamb. I have made lamb every year for Easter since I have had a family.
Do you remember the Easter bread grandma used to make? Some years I remember it coming from Aunt Phyll. It was yellowish, sweet and had dried fruit bits in it. I would pass on all the chocolate in the world for a piece of that bread toasted with butter on Easter morning, can't find it here. If anyone has a recipe please post it or send it along.
My mom would set the dining room table up with lots of candy from the Easter bunny for me on Easter morning. She would blow up Bunny figures and have streamers and such all over the place. It was the candy equal to Christmas.
I also remember the manufacture of Palm crosses on Palm Sunday. We made hundreds of them. I am widely known as the "palm cross king" in Atlanta as a result of those years of labor.
Best of all, I remember everyone parading in and out in their new Easter clothes. I used to think my cousins where the best looking and best dressed people in the world (still do).
Birthday Wishes
To commemorate Nic's birthday, Joe Joe sent a picture his band, The Classic Cruisers, taken in March at a Canfield fundraiser. Kelly Pavlik was kind enough to take a picture with the band (wearing one of his "Affliction" T-shirts!) An autographed pair of Kelly Pavlik's gloves went for $950.
Italian Birthdays II
Okay, my turn! I am 15 today. I awoke to a table full of gifts. All clothes and shoes - Yeah! I am particularly excited about my new "Affliction" T-shirt (of Kelly Pavlik fame!) Of course, Dad asked what I want for dinner to which I anxiously replied, "Carbonara!" I have been contemplating this question for days now! I first had Carbonara in at Ristorante la Carbonara in the Campo de' Fiori in Rome, and from then on I was hooked. The combination of eggs, parm and guanicale (kind of like Italian bacon) create a creamy pasta sauce that I dream about at night. Dad orders the guanicale special from La Quercia in Iowa. Dad, Sonny and I are off to Six Flags for the day! (Mom is still recovering from her surgery.) Aren't birthdays the greatest?P.S. Sorry Cousin Joe Joe, copious amounts of bacon wins out over steak every time! And, you don't have to look too closely at the picture to see there is little doubt Mom & Dad brought home the right baby!
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Romeo Easters
The day before Easter, we color Easter eggs to "help the Easter Bunny." On Easter morning, Nic and I always get up early (even though Mom and Dad always tell us to sleep in!) We get a poem from the "Easter Bunny" with clues about where our baskets are hidden. Some years the baskets are easy to find and sometimes REALLY hard. Last year, my basket was in the fireplace and Nic's was in the clothes dryer.
While we hunt for our baskets, Dad and Mom make breakfast. I think they make breakfast so that we eat real food instead of only having chocolate for breakfast. After breakfast, we head to Mass. We usually serve as Altar Servers on Easter morning.
If we are having dinner at home, we always have lamb. One year, Dad cooked a leg of lamb at our fireplace. He tied a string to the leg and let it "spin" in front of a blazing fire all day. It smelled SO good. It was like food TV; watching the lamb spin all day made us really hungry. We can't do that every year because the weather is usually too warm.
My Mom makes deviled eggs with the Easter eggs. Dad and Nic don't like them so unless we have invited friends to eat Easter dinner with us, I get to eat my fill. Mom makes delicious deviled eggs. She says her secret ingredient is capers. Capers are Italian too, aren't they?
I hope the "Easter Bunny" is good to everyone! Happy Easter!
While we hunt for our baskets, Dad and Mom make breakfast. I think they make breakfast so that we eat real food instead of only having chocolate for breakfast. After breakfast, we head to Mass. We usually serve as Altar Servers on Easter morning.
If we are having dinner at home, we always have lamb. One year, Dad cooked a leg of lamb at our fireplace. He tied a string to the leg and let it "spin" in front of a blazing fire all day. It smelled SO good. It was like food TV; watching the lamb spin all day made us really hungry. We can't do that every year because the weather is usually too warm.
My Mom makes deviled eggs with the Easter eggs. Dad and Nic don't like them so unless we have invited friends to eat Easter dinner with us, I get to eat my fill. Mom makes delicious deviled eggs. She says her secret ingredient is capers. Capers are Italian too, aren't they?
I hope the "Easter Bunny" is good to everyone! Happy Easter!
Easter in Alaska
Happy Holy Easter to all. Hope all is well with you all. We are doing very well besides feeling our age set in. Ha ha ha. Sierra graduates the 8th grade in May, then off to high school. Where does the time go? When I was little I used to be excited about shopping for a dress and bonnet. Now we wear jeans and smell like fire during our service. Ha ha ha. ONLY IN ALASKA!!!
Our Easter Sunday starts at 8 a.m. We gather behind our church at the creek and wait for the sun to rise. (We are 12 year members of a non-denominational church) As our temperatures are in the upper 40's now, its still rather chilly in the morning, so we get a bon fire going also at the creek. We sing praise as the sun rises and hits the horizon, and the creek ripples in the background. Our Pastor preaches a sunrise service. Afterwards, we have a very delightful potluck breakfast/brunch, then we have our regular service with awesome worship music and a sermon to uplift the real meaning of Easter. It makes for an awesome day to celebrate our Lord and Savior's resurrection. You all are in our Prayers. Have a great summer and God Bless. Thanks Joe and Dom for this oppurtunity to share this special tradition.
~Jo, Mark and Sierra Solley
Our Easter Sunday starts at 8 a.m. We gather behind our church at the creek and wait for the sun to rise. (We are 12 year members of a non-denominational church) As our temperatures are in the upper 40's now, its still rather chilly in the morning, so we get a bon fire going also at the creek. We sing praise as the sun rises and hits the horizon, and the creek ripples in the background. Our Pastor preaches a sunrise service. Afterwards, we have a very delightful potluck breakfast/brunch, then we have our regular service with awesome worship music and a sermon to uplift the real meaning of Easter. It makes for an awesome day to celebrate our Lord and Savior's resurrection. You all are in our Prayers. Have a great summer and God Bless. Thanks Joe and Dom for this oppurtunity to share this special tradition.
~Jo, Mark and Sierra Solley
Monday, April 6, 2009
Easter Celebrations
How do you celebrate Easter?
It has been tradition in our household to gather the family together over my sister-in-laws home on Easter. A breakfast-brunch is served that is to die for. An Easter egg hunt is always planned for the young or young at heart; constant eating and fellowship are the agenda of the day. Our kids, Joe, Jenifer and Joey, and Lindsey and Dustin will be joining us this year, as will Dad (Uncle Joe)! Charlie and Stephanie are in Italy and hope to visit the Vatican during Holy Week. We are going to attempt a web cast with them while the family is together! We would love to hear from others about how Easter is celebrated. HAPPY EASTER ALL!
~Joe Warino, Jr.
It has been tradition in our household to gather the family together over my sister-in-laws home on Easter. A breakfast-brunch is served that is to die for. An Easter egg hunt is always planned for the young or young at heart; constant eating and fellowship are the agenda of the day. Our kids, Joe, Jenifer and Joey, and Lindsey and Dustin will be joining us this year, as will Dad (Uncle Joe)! Charlie and Stephanie are in Italy and hope to visit the Vatican during Holy Week. We are going to attempt a web cast with them while the family is together! We would love to hear from others about how Easter is celebrated. HAPPY EASTER ALL!
~Joe Warino, Jr.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Italian Birthdays
Today is my 13th birthday. In our house, we always get to pick what we want to have for dinner on our birthday. I told Dad I would like Eggplant Parmesan. He also made antipasti of beef carpaccio, tuna tartare, and caprese salad (my favorite). While I was rockin' with my new Guitar Hero game, Dad spent most of the day slicing, salting, rinsing, drying and frying eggplant for the eggplant parm. It was worth the effort. He always makes it extra "cheesy" too. It was a fabulous dinner with family and friends (Uncle Vince and Aunt Sharon Blumetti came over - they are also from Youngstown!) Nic's birthday is on Thursday. I wonder what he will choose?
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