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D is for Dimmi Tutto

D is for Dimmi Tutto

Tell Me Everything

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Michelle Ciani
Oct 04, 2022
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D is for Dimmi Tutto.

This is not a place or thing but a phrase: Tell me everything.

And I want to. So much. Where would I start? But I don’t. Because that’s not really the invitation.

This common Italian phrase has been directed to me by a waiter and it’s an invitation to tell him what I’d like to order.

Dimmi Tutto and I smile. I smile because it is famil…

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