The Good Life – November-December 2016

a go-out-and-party kind of guy, and
neither was he. He worked hard.
GL: What is one prank you can recall
pulling on your younger sister?
DI: My favorite team in the whole
wide world is the New York Mets. I
bleed blue and orange. They’ve been
my favorite since I was 5 years old. I
don’t know why I remember this, but
we were at my grandmother’s, and
there was a taped broadcast of a Mets
game on television from the previous
day, which I had already seen. So I
told my sister, “I bet you $5 the guy
up hits a home run,” knowing full well
he would. So, of course, the guy hit a
home run, and I was like, “Hey, you
gotta pay up!”
GL: What is your heritage?
DI: My mom is kind of convoluted. I
think she’s German, for the most part.
My dad’s side is completely Italian,
which is fabulous when I go home.
The eats when I get to go home…
That’s no slight to the Italian joints
in Fargo-Moorhead, but it’s nothing
compared to anything back in upstate
New York.
GL: What are some habits or traits
you acquired from your Italian side?
DI: I think their flare for loudness.
We talk with our hands. That’s the
Italian way. I definitely do that, and I
definitely have the loudness. They’re
very outspoken people, and I love and
hate it about my family. There’s no
filter, but that’s a good thing. We wear
our emotions on our sleeves, and I’m
certainly like that. I have no poker
face whatsoever. Could it help me in
certain situations? Absolutely. But I
wouldn’t change who I am.
GL: If you were to personify yourself
as a type of food, which would you
choose?
DI: Oh, my gosh. So you’re asking my
personality reflected in a type of food?
GL: Yeah! Just your typical Tuesday
question.
DI: Oh, goodness. I would say chicken
parm. It’s my absolute favorite food,
and I don’t know many people who
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