It's raining here! I actually like that it is raining here because I was ready for a change of weather at some point. I saw that it was snowing pretty good in the mountains for the events you'll see on TV tonight.
Also, I've secured a ticket for curling. I know it was a hit when it was in Salt Lake City in 2002 and it's been somewhat important here too, only they are bogged down by tons of round-robin play.
I will be seeing the men's bronze medal match on Friday (Feb. 24). For anyone in SoCal that also means I might get to see Fred Roggin, the NBC sports guy on Channel 4 in L.A. He is part of NBC's curling coverage team. I actually ran into him last week before the games started and chatted with him a bit. I know I didn't mention it before in my blog, but there you go.
My Olympics in-person viewing calendar is getting full now. I have the women's hockey bronze medal game (US and, I believe, Finland) on Monday. Tuesday is the speedskating, Friday is curling and Saturday is the men's hockey bronze medal game. Sunday I'll watch the closing ceremonies ... from either a TV in Torino, Volpiano or I may be somewhere else with Giusi and her friends on another adventure.
OK, I've got to go now and get to Cafe Robberto. I am meeting Giusi and three or four of her friends for dinner and drinks and another chance to TRY to speak Italian.
Ciao!
P.S. For the poker night crew in Orange, best of luck to you all. Perhaps you should find an Italian market and get items from there for the food and drink portion of the evening. If you do a pizza, another one I recommend is what is called "four seasons". The toppings are mushroom, ham, olives and artichoke. Yup. Artichoke. I recommend the wines from the Piedmont region. If someone does have a beer, Moretti red is good. OK. I've got to run.
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