"Dee.Dee" wrote in news:fgj5l9$b2j$1
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"Andy" q wrote in message ...
Edwin Pawlowski said...


"Andy" q wrote in message news:Xns99DD97F2512A1cotd@
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Andy said...

Now I'm 50 and when I was half your age I was drawing plans for
classified
aircraft, slept on the beach, got laid with a snap of my fingers,
drank at
work, etc. What does that have to do with Giada or her Mom?


Make that "half MY age!"

Andy

Works either way with my off internet age of 62.

I remember seeing you sleeping on the beach when my yacht was in the
harbor to pick up Giada's mom. We were going to Monte Carlo.


Hughes Aircraft, Northrop? Name the beach!

Andy

Huntington?
Dee Dee




You're both crazy...everyone knows that a stove is hotter.

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

It'll be a sunny day in August, when the Moon will shine that night-
Elbonian Folklore

On Nov 3, 10:36 am, sf wrote:
On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 07:52:14 -0600, justen wrote:
Andy wrote:
Of course, you know, Andy, I'm a woman, but I can still answer this from a
woman's viewpoint: I'd say both are equally; depending on the age you
prefer.

I prefer Giada's Mom based on her causality, grace, charm, figure and humor.

This thread is useless without pictures!!! ;-)

Google (Images) is your friend, buddy. Her name is Veronica De
Laurentiis, daughter of Dino and his first wife...
(http://www.nndb.com/people/828/000022762/). Why Giada uses her
maternal grandfather's last name is a mystery to me.


The answer to that is in the wikipedia article.... In a nutshell,
Giada's Mom married a guy named Dibenedetto. Had 4 kids. Divorced
Dibenedetto, moved back to California where Mom reclaimed her maiden
name and changed the kids name to the same as hers.
It's not all that uncommon, actually. If the father is completely out
of the kids' lives after the divorce (which may or may not be the case
here, I don't know), there's no reason to "honor" him by having his
kids named after him. and if they are little enough, they won't even
know the difference.

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On Nov 3, 10:36 am, sf wrote:
On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 07:52:14 -0600, justen wrote:
Andy wrote:
Of course, you know, Andy, I'm a woman, but I can still answer this
from a
woman's viewpoint: I'd say both are equally; depending on the age
you
prefer.

I prefer Giada's Mom based on her causality, grace, charm, figure and
humor.

This thread is useless without pictures!!! ;-)

Google (Images) is your friend, buddy. Her name is Veronica De
Laurentiis, daughter of Dino and his first wife...
(http://www.nndb.com/people/828/000022762/). Why Giada uses her
maternal grandfather's last name is a mystery to me.


The answer to that is in the wikipedia article.... In a nutshell,
Giada's Mom married a guy named Dibenedetto. Had 4 kids. Divorced
Dibenedetto, moved back to California where Mom reclaimed her maiden
name and changed the kids name to the same as hers.
It's not all that uncommon, actually. If the father is completely out
of the kids' lives after the divorce (which may or may not be the case
here, I don't know), there's no reason to "honor" him by having his
kids named after him. and if they are little enough, they won't even
know the difference.


I think it is quite nice that she has kept that name. Wasn't it her
grandfather that was very interested in food and started some sort of
grocery (that failed, sadly). I believe I heard Giada say this on her show.
If so, she has inherited that love of food from her grandfather very
befittingly (is that a good word) and certainly earns a right in that
respect to his surname.

Just my opinion,
Dee Dee