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| Portrait of King Louis XVI of France with royalist flags |
Domine salvum fac Regem et exaudi nos in die qua invocaverimus te. Gloria Patri et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio et nunc et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. (1)
My Sanfedisti brethren and I happily returned to Joe’s of Ave U (287 Ave. U) in Gravesend, Brooklyn Thursday evening to commemorate the memory of King Louis XVI of France, the Feast of Sant’Agnese di Roma, and (most appreciatively) my birthday. After the miserable Wednesday we endured, admittedly more so for Napoli’s disappointing loss to Juventus in the Supercoppa than the sham inauguration, a convivial dinner was just what we needed to lift our spirits. While we can never truly forget what great evil we are up against and where our duty lies, its always nice to get together with friends, thumb our noses at our perfidious overlords and enjoy a few of the simple things in life while we still can. Evviva Sant'Agnes and Vive le roi!
~ Giovanni di Napoli, January 23rd, Feast of St. Emerentiana
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| Centerpiece with flags of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George, and the Spanish Cross of Burgundy |
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| Makeshift table shrine with St. Louis IX of France, Servant of God King Francis II of Bourbon Two Sicilies, St. Joan of Arc, St. Agnes of Rome, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, a green scapula, and reliquary with stones from the Apparition Grotto at the Santuario di San Michele Arcangelo in Gargano, Puglia |
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| Panelle e crocchè di patate |
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| Vastedda Palermitana |
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| Caponata |
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| Arancini speciali |
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| Vongole al forno |
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| Spaghetti aglio e olio |
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| Pollo alla Milanese |
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| Someone waggishly transposed the numbers on our dessert |
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| Caffe and spirits complete the meal |
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| Raffaele, Andrew, Tony and John with the flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies |
Notes: (1) Lord, save the King, and hear us when we call upon thee. Glory to the Father and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning and is now, and it shall be, for ever without end. Amen.
