Meanwhile, Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190162 and Benjamin ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190163 were in the living room watching the 3 Ninjas movie ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190164 that eventually attracted people on the couch ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190165 and people blocking my view ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190166 until Benjamin discovered the BattleShip game. ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190167

While the movie continued ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190168 Benjamin and Cindy played battleship. ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190169 The crowd ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190170 was fairly oblivious as the game ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190171 and movie continued. ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190172 Eventually, the photographers ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190173 arrived just about the time of my cookie ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190174 The game of battleship continued often under the eye of a better photographer ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190175 ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190176 ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190177 even though we did end up with a picture of the knees of the people on the couch. ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190178 After some serious concentration sometimes at speeds beyond our capabilities ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190179 and sometimes with the Anthrax magazine ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190180 in the background, it became dressup time. Benjamin did his Mexican imitation with the scarf around his neck ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190181 and showed the way to Cindy ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190182 a few times. ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190183 Then there were the professional portraits of man ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190184 and man and woman ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190185 ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190186 which amused Olivia and Joe ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190187 until the wars ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190188 broke out on the couch causing Joe to intervene ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190189 ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190190 while Benjamin watched ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190191 and fired a few shots ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190192 from the broken orange watergun. ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190193 The table looked good ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190194 with stunning pasta, ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190195 salad, ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190196 other pasta, ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190197 and my favorite pasta of all ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190198 accompanied by drinks. ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190199 gentle reader; while bemoaning that you could see and not taste or smell the food, I was uplifted by knowing that I could share with you this picture that I drew at back to school night at Benjamin's school ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190200 This led to the kitchen Snapple ad team ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190201 surveying the damage left by the meal ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190202 accompanied by the leftover cookies many of which I'm wearing on my waistline even as I write ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190203 The garlic bread ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190204 was exquisitely prepared by Andy and Teddy ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190205 who displayed it proudly. The sink showed the signs of the preparation ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190206 ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190207 and the tomato sauce cans were empty ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190208

Once seated, the dinner conversation was lively ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190209 ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190210 ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190211 ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190212 ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190213 on one side of the table ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190214 and the other. ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190215 There was a musical serenade by Benjamin ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190216 causing Olivia to take this picture of Suzanne and David ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190217 as we gazed over at her table ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190218 ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190219

This was what I ate. ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190220 Yum Yum . This is the person who sat next to me ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190221 and what she ate. This was the mess in the kitchen ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190222 when it was time ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190223 to go pick up Jane at her dance. As the table cleared ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190224 and the food was put away ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190225 Benjamin decided to show Cindy ../../../Sabbat/10.19.01ItalianCooking//PA190226 just how to play his video game.