google
yahoo
bing

Archive for October, 2007

THE CHASE SCENE

Friday, October 5th, 2007

Richard Kelly and his guests experienced a ride to the Fior d’Italia straight out of the movie Speed.

Richard, wife Karen and friend Charlotte Saleebey had their bellman flag down a cab from the Marriott on Columbus Avenue. It was obvious at once that the man from the Asian subcontinent spoke very little English. But…

Read the rest of this entry »

MOMS RISING FOR FUN

Friday, October 5th, 2007

Alicia and her birthday hat

Alicia Uecker knew something was up but wasn’t quite sure what. When her 12 female friends also from Ripon (San Joaquin Valley ) drove her to San Francisco for her 40th birthday in August nothing clued her in on the surprise awaiting her. It happened their journey coincided with the day when the Raiders and…

Read the rest of this entry »

UNORTHODOX!

Friday, October 5th, 2007

Jim Francisco of Sacramento is a sales rep for insulation provider NCFI Polyurethanes, a company that employs the services of independent contractors. But none of them had ever met each other. So on September 21, Jim invited 25 of these important professionals for dinner at the Fior d’Italia.

“I wanted them to get together to…

Read the rest of this entry »

NO FIRE, JUST FIREMEN

Friday, October 5th, 2007

Firefighters tumbled into the main dining room of the Fior d’Italia on September 20 but this time not to quench any flames. They were enjoying the wedding rehearsal dinner of Marc Kasper and his bride Carla Cirelli.

Cirelli-Murphy wedding

Marc Kasper (from left) and his bride Carla Cirelli, with Marc’s mother Victoria and her husband Richard Murphy…

Read the rest of this entry »

IT’S GETTING L-A-A-A-T-E!

Monday, October 1st, 2007

If you are planning festivities for family or business during the holiday season,book now. Our holiday calendar starts filling up in October.
Call us at 415-986-1886. (Remembering the phone number is easy if you reflect that the restaurant was founded in 1886.) Or log onto our web site at www.Fior.com.

Read the rest of this entry »

Enjoy your new Rolex

Monday, October 1st, 2007

Rich Holmberg wanted to honor the longtime employees of Concord-based Grabber, a national construction supply company. The event on September 20 feted 23 employees who had been with the company other 20 or 30 years.

It was founded 40 years ago, May 1967, in San Francisco,” said Holmberg proudly.The participants who hailed from across the…

Read the rest of this entry »