This week, the Contafamily has another engineer: Nic gets his Batchelor in Electrical Engineering
Here is Nic bachelor graduation web page of the event, with some beautiful pictures with his schoolmates
Friday night, mammaVale makes it to LA for a first dinner celebration, straight from work!
the kids are celebrating already! Can you spot anyone over age?
Jacks grandmother is 96, coming from San Diego for the event!
a patio just for UCLA grads
lots of smiling smart young men
mammaVale is...pouring wine
a gift from Lucho's family of 15, which occupies a single table, all coming from Panama! Try it with your mouse
Lucho's mum speaks fluent Italian
papaTeo with rehearsal of his lifetime advice for UCLA grads
Sawyer's parents come from Connecticut!
where is mammaVale going to sleep? At Giorgetto's apartment...but we have a problem: his name is Tango, and that is his room!
papaTeo in adoration of 'la dea bendata': you do need a lot of luck in life!
at 8AM, Alyssa is back from work, a small snack, and straight to bed, brava!
papaTeo and mammaVale go for a morning walk to CVS to prepare a small surprise for Nic
Tango is...up and running
papaTeo gets some messages on his magnetic cards
Giorgetto is cooking...
it's a brunch: breakfast and lunch together
showcasing his coffee skills, try him with your mouse
this is the cats spot
papaTeo does the cat move in the cat spot, it's great for the lower back
a bit dangerous with Tango around, try it with your mouse
what does this remind you Nic? Try it with your mouse
Perogi gets his...automatically dispensed lunch
mammaVale laser playing with Perogi: "Teo, get ready!"
AI pulling off a Giorgetto...notice the hair coming off the chest, pretty good attention to detail!
OK, ready to go to Nic's graduation ceremony? That hand is pretty icing Giorgetto...
This is our man!
what's happening on campus?
Inter Milan is practicing, the Clubs World Cup is starting next week! We get to see from the net few players, Thuram, Sommer, Acerbi
mammaVale saved us a spot, can you see her?
the ceremony has a very interesting part: the speech from Samueli, Broadcom's founder and UCLA graduate from 50 years ago
you can see this YouTube video for the graduation speech, starting from minute 1h17
the interesting part is over, now there is a looooooong wait
some nice online conversations with the Desbans: try it with your mouse
Alex gets Gio the opportunity to get back to him: try it with your mouse
there comes the time of calling names: lots of names, one by one...
Claire is graduating at the same time in Chigaco, brava!
finally, after 2 hours: here is Nic!
the faculty finally leaves
...and finally we can hug Nic!
Giorgetto said he was 'elegant': Papi, what do you mean, I have a shirt, and as far as the pants...it's hot!"
papi, do you like this grandpa UCLA shirt? Just wait few years...
popular pictures spot, Kerckhoff Hall: running into friends, Rohan
Akash
Akash parents are very funny
thanks for taking the family picture...papaTeo did forget his selfie stick!
a funny family swap with Akash family, try it with your mouse
Akash and Rohan, ready for the hat toss?
here you go, try it with your mouse
hats flying, Bruins will fly into life adventures
lots of skins exposed in the graduation dresses, papaTeo has a difficult time to concentrate
Paolotto what are you looking at?
can Giorgetto pull off a nice picture of papaTeo with Nic?
congratulations buddy
Royce Hall building is difficult to catch without the 0.5, this is how you do it Giorgetto!
beautiful on campus tree
proud of you bro
yes we can use a little wind
lots of friends, lots of memories, lots of future connections
papi, we'll bring you to a special place, you will love it
in this room, with this equipment, the first Internet Protocol connection was done, between UCLA and Stanford
Nic gives access to the room to a curious mom with his son, and has a great speech, showcasing his engineering ambassador skills
on the way to the next party, a sign of times: the National Guard in LA
where now?
in Culver City, for a celebration party organized by Jack's family
Nic is just...a bit hungry
Giorgetto hasn't eaten in 8 hours: give him space!
a catering of Philippines cuisine, complemented with Paolotto's 'focaccia' and 'tiramisu': amazing!
Jack's sister
these Philippines dumplings are totally addictive, and easy to digest too!
what a party house!
two stories, Jacuzzi and pool
Nic, are you not going a bit overboard with beer?
Rohan's dad is going a little overboard too, with photography?
papaTeo gives Rohan his advice, he really wanted it hand drawn, not in picture! Good luck buddy!
3 brothers...times 2!
a good looking set of proud parents
Rohan giving his regards to Jack's grandmother, very nice
this is the 'career fair limoncello': it was made by Nic last month, while papaTeo gave him career advice
early in the week, Giorgetto was still in Milan
going around with zia Cippi, at the famous garden palace
playing intellectual in a 'libreria', with a book that has a very intriguing title
zia Cippi is "la solita burlona"
last supper
'Milan l'e' un grand Milan'
Giorgetto makes full load of delicious Milan food, from 'polenta' to 'cotolette'
then back to kiss his Alyssa in LA: she still likes the mustache, Gio gets to keep it!
Nic with his last PT lesson, hopefully his 'pubalgia' is getting better
Paolotto finishes his exams and goes on a fishing afternoon with a school mate
what is Paolotto doing now?
preparing the fundraising dinner at the Rome mansion, for 24 people! Look at this feast!
very successful event, Paolo and his teammates cook a delicious dinner and raise a lot of money!
Paolotto makes a good speech, he says "much better speech than the last fundraiser papi"
thanks Janet for hosting!
Thomas has impressive cooking dancing skills
during the week: papaTeo making measurements on the luggage, trying to comply with the very annoying restrictions from airlines
he goes a little overboard with measuring, trying to see if the wife is compliant with 90-60-90 rules: got no problem with the 90-60
we are a bit too shy on the 90 :-(...
Paolotto's bicep it probably 4 times the volume of mammaVale
wonderful golf week for papaTeo: best round of the year from the white, equivalent to a 68, inspired by a pairing with Connor, great player!
a good solo round at Oak as well, a bit more off with the putting
on Sunday afternoon, some reading for Giorgetto in preparation for his surgery recovery, while papaTeo watches the golf US open
then Giorgetto caddies for Nic and papaTeo
at the majestic Pelican Hill
papaTeo manages to hit the green on hole1 of the South course...and a coyote cub tries to move his ball
it's actually three brothers roaming around and cuddling, just like Gio Nic and Paolotto, try them with your mouse
automatic fences, try it with your mouse
some fishing...to get back all the lost balls
this time I got you papaTeo
perfect timing for the ocean holes at sunset, check out few swings
fantastic father's day round, grazie!!
to complete father's day, a nice gift, try it with your mouse
cugino Marco is back from China, welcome to Italy!
Zeno graduating, number1!!
Nico graduating from middle school, grande!
who is this beauty? Her name is Livia. She is the nephew of zio Paolo, one of Oscar's young brothers
