Loving Married Life in Cleveland

I got another night to feel at home.  I took Ronnie down to Little Italy for the Feast of the Assumption.  Having lived down there 20 years ago, it does feel like home when I go down.  Ronnie and I walked around on the street and he got some clams.   We then went back to my friends bar.  We got to hang out with old friends who live right next door to the bar.  Ironically, the one guy is dating Ronnie's step cousin.  Small world!  These are guys I knew over 20 years ago.  Then as we were at the bar I got to see the guys in the band who I knew from over 20 years ago.  It was so great to see Philly and her family.  I got to spend time talking to John and catch up with him.  The meatballs and pizza were just as good as I remember from the past.  Ronnie was happy as anything as he got his Tripe (yuck from me).  Listening to Top Dog play brought me back over 20 years and I got to enjoy the music and company.  As w...

 It is a fitting day for me to write this blog, today would have been my mom's 81st birthday.  This past weekend Ronnie and I had a great time.  Saturday we went down to the Brier Hill Fest in Youngstown and today we went to a Guardians game.  Both activities would have been Anita approved.   Let's start with Saturday night.  Ronnie and I drove down to Youngstown- our first stop was the cemetery- where all the flowers my cousin and Aunt put on the graves are gone except for my parents.  Seriously, who steals flowers off a grave.  We then went to St. Anthony to park and walked down the hill.  Our first stop- the St. Anthony Pizza booth.  We saw some parishioners and I got a half hot half mild pizza.  Being down there is such a warm feeling for me.  As we walked around, Ronnie remarked on the many food trucks- Pepper and Egg sandwiches, Rimedio's Desserts, Fried Calamari, Steak Sandwiches, Wedding soup sandwiches (this is a ...