Culture Clash: Red Duct Tape and the Ghost of La Bella Figura

Sometimes the things we pick up off the street reveal everything we've buried.

Last weekend I got a text from an old friend of mine. A non-Italian American friend. A friend whom I once thought of marrying. That kind of friend. We knew each other back when my father was still alive. People from that time are precious to me, as through their memories I sometimes get to re-experience a moment of Fortunato.

Matt Jeffries (name slightly…