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My Big Fat Italian American Century

Patrick Fraioli
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Stuff you just cannot make up. One Immigrant Family's journey intersecting with every major event, crisis, movement, cultural moment and theme of the 20th Century, and into the 21st. Told with love, sarcasm and all the photos I could find.

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Diamonds Were Not My Dad’s Best Friend

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So, you may recall, from the earlier posts in this series, that my Dad and Uncle Tommy started and grew a very successful import-export business in the Philippines after World War II. Well, as a Haole (as the Hawaiia...

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“Hey, Joe – How Much for Your Watch?” (Part 8)

From our Series: The Philippines

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If you recall, in two prior episodes, (here and here), I talked about a few odd parallels between my family and the Kennedy family. Well, here is another one.

On July 16, 1999, a Friday night,...

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Hey, Joe – How Much for Your Watch? (Part 7)

From our series: The Philippines

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The import-export business Tom and Pat had built in Manila had expanded from watches into all sort of luxury items, including jewelry. They had the kind of money where, if they wanted a nice ca...

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“Hey, Joe – How Much for Your Watch?” (Part 6)

From our Series: The Philippines

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The Philippines is where my Dad learned to use chopsticks, something he later taught me to do. He used to display his prowess by picking up one grain of rice and even an ice cube. Naturally, I...

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“Hey, Joe – How Much for Your Watch?” (Part 5)

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So, now my Dad and Uncle Tommy were making money hand over fist in the Philippines. They were hosting local businesspeople at gorgeous banquets, they were traveling back and forth to Hong Kong, London and New York, and they wer...

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    A Century of stories - in search of myself. One Immigrant family. From my hometown of Mt. Vernon, NY across 3 continents & 100+ years. Am I worthy of my Mom's sacrifice of her life for mine? Springsteen meets The Godfather meets Sophie's Choice.

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