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Happy Alberti Day

Tonight we went out for Chinese food (!) to celebrate “Alberti Day.” Yes, Bob recently discovered that June 2 is Alberti Day, as declared on a plaque in New York City, in honor of Peter Caesar Alberti, apparently the first Italian settler in New York back in 1635. Whodathunk?

(You can see the plaque on this sight, click on the little picture to read it.)

I changed my name to Alberti because it’s easier than Jarosz and gets me to the top of lists with that A-name (I swear I’ve gotten opportunities by having an A-name!). And I like the name. And so even though Bob’s adopted so we’re not a bit Italian (and even though we named one of our sons Dante), we celebrated!

It reminds me when we were in this palace in Munich a few years ago, a long hall with tons of large, gold-framed portraits, and we started seeing the name Alberti all over. How odd… I guess it’s not that uncommon of a name in the world and has Spanish and German connections, as well as Italian.

And now your history lesson for the day is over. ;-)

Posted by sapphire at June 2, 2008 9:05 PM