That was my mom, the one who thought prices shouldn’t increase. We called her the coupon queen.
“Slippery nipples” lol! Bailey’s and Sambuca? Not sure, I’d have to look it up but that’s what I recall.
Sounds like you celebrated your Grandma’s life as she wanted :) Gotta love the Irish. We joke in our family, the Italian side tends to be so somber and the Irish side knows how to just have fun, enjoy life.
oh I don’t know about that!
I remember going on a trip and our bed & breakfast was 1/2 american, 1/2 italian guests.
I was pleasantly surprised to learn that it’s not just in the movies that the italians break out into song and dance over dinner.
Twink, did you get to the Philadelphia Flower Show a couple of years ago when the theme was "Ireland"? One of the exhibits was "an Irish wake." There in the middle of all the gorgeous displays was a platform with wooden chair on it, a coffin on the wooden chair, a glass of liquor on the coffin, and of course a large bouquet of flowers. LOL!