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Sunday, December 14, 2008

Books Reading Today

Posted by Paul Constant on Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 10:06 AM

An open mic and one event today. Up at the University Village Barnes and Noble, Vincenza Scarpini signs and reads from The Journey of the Italians in America. One of the saddest things about Seattle, in my opinion, is that it doesn't have a Little Italy. I wrote about that in the Chow section over a year ago.

And that's it. Happy Christmas shopping, everyone.

The full readings calendar, including the next week or so, is here.

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I think it used to be one - early in the last century. There were so many Italians living in the Rainier Valley, around the vicinity of where the Loew's is now, they used to call it "Garlic Gulch".

Posted by COMTE on December 14, 2008 at 10:18 AM

Misprint in your review, Paul? It places Da Pino's on Rainier Ave, but the title says it's on NE 65th St. in Ravenna. Did they move to the neighborhood of Zeek's and Osaka?
Don't play with my stomach like that.

Posted by hairyson on December 14, 2008 at 10:38 AM

"I told you never to talk about the Family in front of strangers!"

Posted by Tubuc the Capo de Tutti on December 14, 2008 at 10:43 AM

Here's one of the saddest things about Seattle: people assume that it's okay to use cheddar for mozzarella and cottage cheese for ricotta because it "tastes the same to them".

Posted by An-Tow-Neeeeee !! on December 14, 2008 at 11:06 AM

Don't feel bad, Seattle - New York doesn't really have a Little Italy anymore either. Chinatown swallowed it up years ago. I think there's a block or two of token Italian restaurants that are protected by some sort of historical designation - basically a tourist trap.

Posted by anon on December 14, 2008 at 12:11 PM

and it's appropriate to include a clip of "The Godfather" because ???

Posted by james on December 14, 2008 at 11:08 PM

When you take I-90 from I-5 across to the Mt Baker tunnel, you are basically driving over Seattle's Little Italy in part of that drive. Much of what was left of it was destroyed in I-90 construction.

Oberto's and Borrachini's on Rainier are remnants of the Italian presence in the Rainier Valley.

Posted by litlnemo on December 15, 2008 at 3:59 AM