In the Floridiana

CHRISTMAS 1956 NATALE

NATALE 1956, via Bernini 25, Napoli

Left to Right around table:

Umberto, Paolo, Rosanna, Maria, Marcello, Fulvio, Tina, Elda, Massimo, Nonna Assunta, Sergio

Left to Right in Back:

Enzo, Antonietta, Gino, Nunù, Giorgio, Mario, Pasquale

CHRISTMAS 2000

And now the group is smaller yet...
Please! Send me the names!
Especially that group of little people in the center.

Babbo and Pasquale, La Jolla

Mamma and babbo visited us in La Jolla in 1988.

Mamma, 1966

CIAO, BELLA!

Verdicchio men and women

Again probably something special. Could be Nonna Assunta's birthday.
Left to right: Mario/Elda, Joe/Anne, Alfredo/Nonna, Enzo/Antonietta, Gino/Nunù

Vancouver, Nonna and grandchildren

Here are some of the cousins with Nonna Assunta. This is probably during a Christmas celebration down at Peppi's Restaurant, Dundrave, where we often used to have family gatherings.
Back row left to right: Giorgio, Alfredo (my brother), me (Pasquale) and Marcello (Giorgio's brother)
Front row left to right: Marco (my brother), Robert (Giorgio's brother) and Lynn or Lisa (it was more difficult to tell back then)

' o surdato

Mario, 'o surdato, walking don't know where. Napoli, 1947

Joe and Enzo, 1958

Enzo trying to nap and Joe keeping him from doing so. Ottawa? 1958.

Pranzo in via Bernini, 1955

This photograph was taken in the apartment in via Bernini 25, where we eventually lived until we left for Canada.
Left to right: Alfredo, Tina with Rosanna and Elda with me, Pasquale.

FESTA DELL'UVA 1933

Here is a little group in front of the Verdicchio restaurant on via Bernini, Napoli. I'll do my best in identifying the group and you can send me corrections if need be:
Sitting left to right: Giuseppe (Joe), Vincenzo, Mario
Back left to right: Alfredo, Franco and Mena?

Spaghetti Spaghettini e Spaghettate

NONNO IN NEW YORK

Nonno Pasquale Verdicchio made a number of trips from Napoli to N.Y. He and Nonna Assunta Maraniello ran the restaurant that they had opened in the Vomero, on via Bernini. Their apartment in via Bernini 25 had a balcony that overlooked the steps going down to the restaurant's cantina. Today the Verdicchio trattoria is Sica's old Tavern...upgraded, updated but still pretty much the same as far as layout.
The phots above are from 1909 when Nonno Pasquale was in N.Y. during that period.