Event
Friday, May 21st was our trip to Santa Cruz, CA to visit Gelato Mania. An Italian ice café located on the downtown strip. We were scheduled to meet our tour guide Fabrizio at 7:30pm , which meant that in Italian time we arrived at about 8:15pm. It's all good though because Fabrizio didn't end up showing up till about 9pm! HA, HA! Anyways, he ended up giving all of us a sweet (no pun intended) tour. Which included a sampling of any of the gelato he had available and a try at the refreshing oxygen bar he also has available for customers to enjoy. Place looks great and we would definitely recommend it to everyone to try out. All of us are sure looking forward to going back as soon as possible.
May 21, 2004
December 3, 2003
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We arrive! Gelato Mania 110 Cooper Street Suite B in Santa Cruz, California 95060 |
Group photo of everyone that made it to the event |
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(From left to right) Sergio Oliveri, Angelina Tufo and Marco Sanguinetti chillin' out |
Matthew Olivieri and Sergio Oliveri enjoying a beautiful Santa Cruz night |
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An interior shot of Gelato Mania |
Dan Scauzillo and his girlfriend Heather enjoying one of the many different choices of handmade gelato |
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| Our host Fabrizio, describes the gelato process | Fabrizio, emphasizing with the hands, "I start making the gelato at 7am every morning." |
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| Fabrizio shows us the main mixing unit | Two other giant mixing tubs used in the creation process |
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| Fabrizio, true Italian, takes a moment from his tour to pose with one of his employees for a picture | Fabrizio, explaining how he uses fresh vanilla from the stems themselves |
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| Interested in the Oxygen Bar, Fabrizio gets Sergio and Matthew hooked up to try it out | Heather liking the oxygen bar |
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| Sergio Oliveri and Matthew Olivieri, enjoying the effects of all that flavored oxygen | Angelina Tufo and Adrienne Miller |
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| Fabrizio, hanging out while we all try out the oxygen bar | Bella foto! All of us together for a Thank You photo (Was later printed and mailed to Fabrizio) |
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