{"id":5118,"date":"2017-01-31T12:06:39","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T19:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/?p=5118"},"modified":"2017-01-31T12:06:39","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T19:06:39","slug":"patrizia-cugina-bravissima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/patrizia-cugina-bravissima","title":{"rendered":"Patrizia &#8211; cugina bravissima"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/patrizia-217x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/patrizia-217x300.png 217w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/patrizia-600x831.png 600w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/patrizia-108x150.png 108w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/patrizia-768x1064.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/patrizia-739x1024.png 739w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/patrizia.png 911w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/>When I was young, my grandfather gave me an address so I could write to my cousins in Italy. 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