January 26, 2012
They are the charmingest of men, with a hint of mischief.
Not that I have a wandering eye or anything.
Sicilian men favor cigarettes, cool sunglasses, and brilliantine. Many accessorize with gold and maybe a crucifix, or a corno–horn amulet–to ward off the evil eye.
When my sister Linda visited Sicily for the first time, she took a look around and her jaw dropped. “We should be Hollywood scouts! Take these pretty boys to Tinseltown!”
“Linda,” my Sicilian friend–a divorcée–replied, “Are you insane??”
Dear Reader, I’ll let you be the judge.
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You asked for this, girls. Hope you enjoyed it! For more, see Beauty Boys of the Polizia or Sicilians in Speedos.