This entry is part 1 of 22 in the series Tuesdays With TinaThis is the first post of a new series: Tuesdays with Tina. Tina, for those of you who do not know, is my mother. Her name, Tina, is actually short for Immacolata, a popular Italian name, after the virgin Mary’s immaculate birth. She… Read More

This entry is part 2 of 22 in the series Tuesdays With Tina If you missed the first part of this story, you can catch up here. I left off last week promising that I would tell you the story about my grandfather’s sister making him eat the same thing for three days. Nonno (‘grandfather’… Read More

This entry is part 3 of 22 in the series Tuesdays With Tina If you are new to this series, catch up first and then come back and read. Part 1 Part 2 Me: How did nonno come to do the job he did? Was he apprenticed to someone? Tina: When he was 20 years… Read More

This entry is part 4 of 22 in the series Tuesdays With Tina If you are new to this series, catch up first and then come back and read. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Tina: I found out from Uncle Tonino that the single aunts favored the two nieces by letting my father think… Read More

This entry is part 5 of 22 in the series Tuesdays With Tina  If you are new to this series, catch up first and then come back and read. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 For today’s story, I interviewed my aunt, my mother’s older sister. She had to climb three flights of… Read More