For Josephine DiDio’s 99th birthday last year, family members were only able to spend a few minutes outside her door to offer congratulatory greetings. But this year for her 100th, things changed.

Family members were thrilled to gather in Italianissimo Restaurant for the birthday girl’s 100th celebratory dinner and extend to the new centenarian good health and good wishes. They laughed over good times, chatted about her loving advice and marveled over her incredible cooking and the steadfast traditions she’s instilled throughout the years.