Noah's "america brunch"

This morning i made pancakes. my vermont based family would not have been impressed but my new italian family was psyched. in fact, they invited over about half a dozen friends for the occasion and i found myself making "america brunch" for a small party. It was a new thing for this group and it went over very well. I'm glad to have finally earned my keep with the chelazzi family.
so far i have not found much to dislike while i'm here. The food and wine are delicious and plentiful and i'm starting to feel like i have a decent handle on the city. every time i get asked for directions in a language that is not english i feel like it's a small victory. today i got interviewed for some italian television show and i almost pulled it off until i couldn't figure out how to say "romantic comedy" in italian and i was exposed as the straniero that i am. shit.
beginning to see the world in 1 point perspective.
noah