I’m Italian! Not Italian enough to be accepted in my Guido neighborhood in New Jersey, but Italian enough to be considered Italian everywhere else. My maternal grandfather was from Italy, a rural area in the mountains north of Naples. My grandfather was Anthony Festa. Grandpa changed his name from Festa to Foster, because of the discrimination all Italians endured during the 1920’s and 1930’s here in the United States. Despite the discrimination, my grandfather became a very successful businessman. He died 8 years before I was born, so I never got to meet him. I cannot thank him enough for my life.
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On Fire With Danny Dwyer! and other SL musings... 
With a last name like Dwyer you would think this would be titled Be Irish!
well, I’m half Italian, on my mother’s side, and half irish AND redneck on my father’s side. Commence with the jokes!