GIOVANNI'S AGAIN!!

March 05 – We returned for two weeks at TT Peace River on March 04. Sally called on Friday and invited us to Giovanni’s with a group from Torrey Oaks. We of course said OK!! The restaurant had a special “Choice of Two” where you could sample two items from the menu for one low price. Most of us ordered that. Ken and I had Eggplant Parmesan and Spinach Ravioli with Soup and Salad Bar. UUMMMMM!! Actually, we shared the entre and bought an extra salad bar.

Here’s our group:

Around the table Left to Right: Gene, Nell, Cis, Sally, Stan, Joe, Ken, Faye, Carol, Lou.

The Odd Couple - Stan and Joe!!

I was talking across and down the table to Sally and Cis and told them about Ella and how she had approached me because of the Pickleball name pin I had on my hat; and how she had met Diane and Jack in Texas, and they had told her to look for us, and how Diane was the Happy Hour Queen, etc. etc. Anyway, Nell jumped in and said “I know her!! We met them in Texas. The Happy Hour Queen!!” You see – it IS a small world!!

I had heard a story about the wood burning brick pizza oven at Giovanni’s and I was fascinated. Later I asked the Giavonni son (red shirt) about it. He explained to me that the oven had been shipped from a restaurant they had owned in South America through Texas to Wauchula. His father is Italian and his mother is South American (or vis-a-versa); that is why they were in South America.

He said the frame of the oven is steel. It was so large that a hole had to be made in the east wall so it could be brought into the building. Then the outer layer of brick was reinstalled. Large glass windows and doors were put in place of the hole in the wall (see behind Carol and Lou).

I think that’s a neat story. Dumb me, I never thought to ask how they ended up in the small town of Wauchula, FL.