For giving us a brief break from politics here in the US of A.
Congratulazioni, Italia for winning silver in the Women’s Gymnastics All-Around Competition. This is their first team medal in the sport in 96 years.
See Alice D’Amato’s floor exercise routine, which was a graceful and beautiful performance.
Kudos to Italia as well for debuting at the Milwaukee Air and Water Show with Frecce Tricolori, the Italian Air Force’s three-colored arrows who graced our skies last weekend with their aerobatics and smoke trails echoing the red, white and green of the Italian Flag over Lake Michigan. Impressive, even though Sunday was cloudy and curtailed the show a bit.
Back to the Olympics, my kitchen is sporting a tea towel with the Eiffel Tower and J’aime Paris! Vive la France for hosting this year.
The summer Olympics are really more my thing, as I fell in love with Olga Korbut in 1972 and switched from ballet to gymnastics myself. Not that I could touch any of the tricks these athletes perform today. Simone Biles and Team America are truly GOATs!
I do look forward to seeing the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City once again. It’s always great to see the nations get together on a world stage and strut their stuff. What wonderful things our young people are capable of! Freedom! Arrivederci alla prossima! Dee
Cooking with Dee 