Alice

[gallianoparfait]

She wore men’s clothes and a sailor’s cap. She had arms with real muscles you wouldn’t want to mess with. Her hair was cut short as with most men of the time. She did heavy yard work and could fix cars. Her name was Alice, Alice Pulchano, anglicized from Pulciano. I was a child of nine or ten or eleven when, together with other neighborhood kids my

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[gallianoparfait]

Thank you, and a slightly belated happy birthday to you, Lianne. Keep all those frogs smiling and blissfully croaking through 2006!

[hatemostcordial]

this is the kind of thing which shows us that all people, all "others," are deserving of respect and admiration, no matter how different they seem. i got a little choked up myself.

[allan138]

What a brilliantly written recollection. I enjoyed it thoroughly and hope that there are many more awesome tales to come.

Awesome LJ username too!

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[gallianoparfait]

Thank you. Allan, do you know the origin of that phrase? I've told it a number of times, but I'll repeat it in case you haven't. It's appropriate, since it involves Twin Oaks where you and the gang dined with me after Christmas.

Years ago, on one of the many occasions that Ted Dambruch used to go to Twin Oaks, he would order for dessert what was called a Cherry Heering parfait, Cherry Heering liqueur over vanilla ice cream. On one occasion Ted asked the waiter, "Do you think you could make a Galliano parfait, substituting Galliano for the Cherry Heering?" (Ted would have said this in his mock-British accent.)

The waiter said it was indeed possible. Well, after that, Ted would continue to order Galliano parfaits for dessert, to the point where they decided to include it on the menu! It is still there. I told the story to Milena, Bianca, and my niece Nina when we were there the night after your dinner and pointed it out on the menu. But we shared a tiramisu instead.

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[myq_kootz]

Re: Galliano parfait

[gallianoparfait]

Neat! And in typical Twin Oaks form, they misspell everything. There are two l's in Galliano. I didn't notice the misspelling two weeks ago. Maybe they've corrected it. Anyway, the Galliano parfait is Ted Dambruch's enduring legacy in the pantheon of desserts. How many of us achieve that level of immortality?