I'm beginning to think that escaping from Long Island is one of those things my friends who live there have to do to keep their sanity. It's consistent enough that even I can sense a trend.
Yeah. Seriously. Long Island Italian culture is crazy. They overhauled the deli in my town from just the plain ol' "Sound Beach Deli" to the "Sound Beach Italian Deli" replete with giant paintings of Tony Soprano and "The Godfather" cast...oh, and in the backroom John Paul II. The owner told me he was losing business because in the next town there was a deli with "Italian" in the name.
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Date: 2008-06-12 06:44 pm (UTC)Now it's a pizza place. Natch.