Ho mangiato troppo!

[mojosmom]

In other words, "I ate too much!" It was the last Italian class of the summer, and two classes met together at our instructor's home, and had dinner in her garden. Molto vino, molto cibo (much wine, much food)! The "class" part was that at the last session we were split into three "families". We had to choose roles, and tonight a "secret" was whispered by an instructor into the ear of one family member. Then we had to act out reactions to that. In my family, we had decided our name was "Borgia"! And I was "la nonna" - the grandmother. Gosh, I was a bitch! The secret for us was that my (married) son was having an affair with the neighbor. So I called them both names, pretended to have a heart attack, and, being a proper Borgia, slipped poison into the neighbor's food. Such fun! The other two "family" secrets were that one son was gay, and that in the other the drunkard sisters were pregnant. Much fun was had by all, and after all that vino, we didn't care if we stumbled in our Italian.

I had actually had some good preparation for this yesterday, because I went to see Jerry Springer-the Opera at Bailiwick Repertory! You know, when I first heard about this opera, my reaction was, "You've got to be kidding!", but then it got rave reviews on its London début. So when it was announced that Bailiwick was doing it, it was on my radar, but, not unusually for me, I didn't get around to getting tickets. Then it was extended, and there were discount tickets on Hottix, so off I went yesterday. It was marvelous! You must see it if you get a chance.