It was Calabria night at Marco Polo!

So we were stuck in the store on Wednesday night before the holiday because it was pissing down rain. We did a bunch of work but we also cranked up the ipod and put on some disco from back in the day and took periodic dance breaks. We were dancing to the Bee Gees and people were looking pressed onto the glass and wanted to come in but we shooed them away.

Since it was too late to cook we decided to go across the street to Marco Polo for a cocktail and some appetizers. Well Lisa had a cocktail and I had cranberry juice. As we are sitting at the bar we notice that there are a bunch of regulars sitting at the tables and Joe the owner is about to make a speech. Our friend Nancy comes over to tell us that it is the annual "Calabria" dinner where they promote the products of Calabria like pasta and olive oil and what not. It is a free dinner paid for by the promotion board of Calabria and they invite a bunch of the regular customers for free food and drink. We had one question:

"WHY THE FUCK WEREN'T WE INVITED?"

Of course it was an oversite on their part and definitely not intentional. We have been very irregular patrons lately and they just forgot. Joe and Marco were very embarrassed. So they came over and loaded us up with free stuff to make up for it. Pasta, crositinit's, crackers, olive oil and something I never heard of:

Donkey chocolate. That's right chocolate made from donkey milk. Eat one piece and make an ass out of yourself!

Joe sent over this great dessert of fig ice cream in a waffle cone that was out of this world.

You can see all the business men from Calabria talking with Joe in the background about how the night went. What was really great about this dessert beside the ice cream was the candied fig that they stuck in it. That was superb.

Check out all of the booty behind the fat guy in the neon Hawaiian shirt with the alligators in it.

I was one happy fella!