One of my favourite Mama Neferus memories is sitting on the front stoop of the store, eating a half-pint of Purity Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream that she let us kids take out of the freezer without having to pay for it.
The boys bought me "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" for Christmas. The kind of movie that's great for rainy cold Saturday afternoon's curled up on the couch.
Of course, to really add to the entertainment of our highly sophisticated and intelligent society, now one of the networks is advertising some "offshoot" reality show called "My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance'". I think the premise is that this woman has to convince her family that she wants to marry a big fat obnoxious dude, although the two of them are in on the secret - they aren't really engaged and only met on the show. If she convinces them well enough, she and he split $1M bucks.
I think I wanna go back to the ice cream days.
- Pam
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From: This isn`t an orifice, it`s help with fluorescent lighting. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Creighton Brown
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 11:39 PM
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I heard about a month ago that Dino (hey babe) Nefarus died suddenly of a heart attack. I remember him taking the family car out every Saturday to keep it in shape and sometimes driving Moma Neferus down town to the post office or someplace. An immaculate woody stationwagon of what brand I forget. Dino was a good man and a good friend.
We just had 10 incredibly bright, polite and full of energy Argentineans here to dinner. I put on a samba CD which they listened to politely, then Simon found they really enjoyed 50cent. They all were happy to send a few moments with the horses, as they all grew up on farms. One buried his nose in the horses mane to collect the perfume another cried when we took out a map of Argentina.
Speaking of shows- did anyone catch Lonesome Highway - that was what stage is all about
Don't Cry for Me ctb
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From: "Gabriel Orgrease" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: [BP] Question for the NYC contingent
> Ruth Barton wrote:
>
> >There are two movies I have never been able to watch that everyone
> >else seems to like--"The Wizzard of Oz" and "Fiddler on the Roof."
> >
> >
> The "Wizard of Oz" gives me nightmares.
> You might like, though, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding."
> My mother took me to see it in an obscure theater in an obscure town
> called Dewitt. We have a shared past with Greek families. My mom was
> best friends with Mr.s Nefarus' daughter... I don't remember her name.
> Mrs. Nefarus owned the store nextdoor to The Palms and across the street
> from Johnnies Big Red Grill in College town in Ithaca.
> My Uncle Petrillous, his family owned Johnnies. CT Brown is a fellow
> alumnus of The Palms.
> My mom met her husband in Johnnies... she thought he was funny.
> As a kid I used to hang out in the house at the Nefarus residence above
> the store.
> Last time I saw Mrs. Nefarus she was going to teach me to make real
> Greek yogurt.
> Last time I saw her grandson was outside the store when he sold me four
> hits of two-way acid that I promptly ate.
> That was the last time I took acid. I did eventually learn to make
> yogurt... but ale is more fun.
>
> ][<en
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