To the Ed­it­or:

Well done, South Philly. While the Itali­an Fest­iv­al has evolved with the rest of the ever-chan­ging world, today it was like hav­ing a piece of the 1980s back. Grow­ing up an Itali­an, in South Philly, you looked for­ward to the fest­iv­al every year. You could flaunt who you were, where you came from.

You eas­ily knew that George's Roast Pork was the best and that DiBruno's Ab­bruzze cheese was amaz­ing and you un­der­stood why the line for an Is­gro's can­noli was about two blocks long. However, as a kid in the '80s, I con­sidered the greased pole the high­light. It was so much fun to watch all the men break each oth­er's stones about how they would be the ones to get up there.

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