Sunday, December 18, 2011

Naked gods On Turtles and Giants in the Sand

Tier probably would want this in her house
Best Christmas Tree of all Time
Now that Linda's had a solid 7 hours of sleep, we are ready to tell you more about her evening last night.   After they finally found a parking space (which cost $21!) the group of 10 headed to their dinner reservations at at a place called Fiorella's.  The entire dining room was built in Italy, and shipped to the USA. Artist and carpenters from Italy who have never been to America were sent over to assemble and build the restaurant by hand. There was one puzzling sculpture.  A 9' fat naked man standing on the back of a large tortoise.  Linda was very confused, but after she got home and did some research. It is actually a replica of the Greek mythology god  Bacchus that dates from the mid '500's.  Another funny thing is they sell only "sexy" wines.  Their party did not order wine, but she saw it on other tables and didn't see any hanky-panky going on, so she was not so sure why it was so risque. There are 35 different pizzas to pick from, and the regular Italian dishes you would expect.  Linda ate a salad with handmade cheese. Before they headed to the Gaylord, they took photos in front of ginormous Christmas tree right on the Harbor. Behind the tree in the sand,  a Giant is buried in the sand trying to claw his way out.  Linda said kids will probably get nightmares about it.
The Awakening