Word: garibaldi
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...with salt-and-pepper hair, mirrored sunglasses and a well-pressed blue uniform. But he's not cracking Mob cases. He's using the STOP paddle in his right hand to pull taxis over at random--checking if their meters are rigged--and show passing motorists in hectic Piazza Garibaldi that the Law is indeed watching, if mostly for minor violations...
...accompany this beverage, you could have the following: a custard cream, which was a sort of sandwich cookie with some smegma-like yellow goo between its baked bits; a wafer with some raisins stuck in it, known in our family as "squashed fly biscuits" but more properly called Garibaldi biscuits (though God knows what the hero of the Risorgimento had to do with it); an iced bun, which was a tube of dough and air (mostly air) with some white frosting on top; or a sticky bun, which was, well, pretty much what it sounds like...
...cameras clicked in wild anticipation. Was Big Mac ready to admit that he too had supersized himself with steroids? Would he acknowledge the danger and offer a lesson to the millions of teenagers who still look up to him? Would he take up the cause of Denise and Raymond Garibaldi and Donald Hooton, who testified earlier that steroids killed their young sons...
There's no such thing as a wrong turn in Genoa; one of the great pleasures of the place is getting lost amid the city's serpentine streets and undulating hillside avenues. But some roads should be sought out, notably Via Garibaldi, a majestic stretch of cobblestone flanked by 16th century villas just above the old port. One palace, Palazzo Tursi, has been the site of City Hall since 1848; others (Palazzo Rosso and Palazzo Bianco) have been turned into museums. When this city of 700,000 was picked?along with Lille, France?to be European Capital of Culture...
There's no such thing as a wrong turn in Genoa; one of the great pleasures of the place is getting lost amid the city's serpentine streets and undulating hillside avenues. But some roads should be sought out, notably Via Garibaldi, a majestic stretch of cobblestone flanked by 16th century villas just above the old port. One of those palaces, Palazzo Tursi, has been the site of City Hall since 1848; others (Palazzo Rosso and Palazzo Bianco) have been turned into museums. When this city of 700,000 was picked - along with Lille, France - to be European Capital...