The belated birthday surprise date night for Mike on Thursday Oct. 1 went very well. We arrived a little after 6 pm to Vino e Cucina (local wonderful
Italian restaurant at 4501 E. Carson Street, Ste. 105, Long Beach, CA
90808 ). Twice monthly the restaurant has a dine and learn italian
night. For $30.00 you and whomever else signs up are given a special
family style dinner and basic conversational lessons in italian for
travelers. The teacher is a wonderful, enthusiastic young guy from Sicily, who makes learning travel Italian so much fun.
His name is
Andrea Gianonne.
It's a great 2 hours filled with wonderful
food, wine and a fun learning experience (no language experience
needed).
Making it even more of a surprise for Mike was that my italian
language classmates were there saving us a space at the table to join
them.
At the end of the evening those who want to practice what was taught throughout the evening are given an opportunity to utilize the phrases learned.
I highly recommend Vino e Cucina (a family from Rome owns this
small, charming restaurant). If you want an informal, no pressure
italian language lesson try this. Andrea Giannone is delightful, enthusiastic and absolutely makes learning in this atmosphere so much fun! Reservations needed a week prior. A great night out. I highly recommend this little escape to Italy. Try it!
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