. The Krewe d’Etat mob had come over from the Monteleone and joined Everyone Else and I practically had to use sign language with my waiter. It is fun when you know everyone but God! is it loud.

in Hotel Monteleone for a Pimm’s Cup and Napoleon House for a Sazerac. More plugs from a shameless tourist. If you need a night in your hotel room, like I did, go by or get Verdi Mart to deliver a Muffaletta, or their french...

is in the Hotel Monteleone. (By the way, the hotel was a nice place to stay for a lot of reasons.)

reasonably priced. Acchiappiafantasmi – I do not go to Rome for pizza, and don’t care for Baffetto or Monteleone, but this Calabrian restaurant near the Campo is a bit different. They have a menu of pizzas, not paper...

either night: K-Paul’s Drinks: Carousel Bar at the Hotel Monteleone (it spins!) Live music: at least one night you need to o to Preservation Hall. Check the schedule on their website to find out what nights the PH Jazz Band...

For my money the best cannoli in Brooklyn can be had at Monteleone & Cammareri’s on Court Street between Union and President in Carroll Gardens. Other CHers will recommend places deeper in Brooklyn (Bensonhurst, Bay Ridge...

forgot to say that we also went to Villa Monteleone on our tour. Michaelangelo organzied it all and it was great. The driver, Ms. Lorenza, picked us up at train station, dropped us off to hotel to check in and drop of bags...then...

, cupcakes at Tres Pommes or Lady Bird Bakery, cheesecake at Monte’s or the obvious but often argued to be inferior Junior’s, Italian pastry at Monteleone's, key lime pie from Steve’s Authentic, more Jaques...