Luigi dis nou so half ekke, die een wat die storie vertel. Julle sal my meestal kry waar ek buite by my gunsteling hoek tafeltjie sit van Café Luigi, dit is nou my die pizza and tapas bistro wat ek begin het n jaar of so terug met my severance package. Ek was lank n public servant maar was te wit bevind. Thabo, wat nou n goeie vriend en customer is het my bestuurs joppie gekry. Ek begin my storietjies altyd so laat middag vertel terwyl ek n glasie rooi wyn skink ‘n Monte Cristo no 6 aan die lewe blaas en die son rustig beginne sak. Dit is nooit lank nie dan kom sit die manne ook. Die manneGewoonlik join Thabo altyd vreeslik bedroef oor die groot klomp lobola wat hy moet bymekaar maak en dan is daar Frikkie Wolraad, hy supply my van tamaties en groente want dit is die enigste wat Mamma in die kombuis toe laat. Jantjes Januarie is die one who owns the PC and bicycle repair shop oorkant die straat. Langs die francise pizza shop. Hy service ook sommer hulle delivery scooters. Then there is the women in my life.First Mother in Law she has a striving little business herself selling samoosatjie and also now introduced a line of koek sisters that Mama teach her how to make. Mama, she oversees the kitchen. She is the argitypically Italian Mama in the kitchen (Like that pasta ad where the Mama got lock in the cupboard) she sommer put regte boerekos skaapboud en aartappels en rys op die menu partykeer vir n special and improvised by substituting the salami with boerewors soms op die pizzas. Her mother now that is my Grand mother was the one who ran away and then married a Italian prisoner of war (‘n moes trou) caused a hellava skande in die boere familie. That’s where I got my little bit of Italian blood from.Then there is my dearest bride Laksmi,she now also works in the kitchen and introduced her own line of curry bunnies and breyani’s There is many stories to be told , how I met Laksmi tjie, Moleste met Skoon Ma and a lot of other characters such as my nefie met die mullet from Germiston who tydig en ontydig comes down with the whole family for a sea side holiday. Also nefie from Kanada, London and Australie all part of the afrikaner diaspora they send me regular updates per email on the happenings ander kant die water. Lindiwe is Thabo’s wife as is Anna’s Frikkie Wolraad’s wife.
