How To Have a Chance Encounter
Aaron Lazar, who plays helpless romantic Fabrizio Naccarelli in The Light in the Piazza, channeled the passionate Florentine to bring you some guidance in how to make the partner of your dreams fall for you. You may want to get out your Italian dictionary.
Io sono Fabrizio Naccarelli. Mi dispiace. Non parlo English, so I get some help dal mio traduttore d'inglese, Joe Siravo. Mille grazie, Joe! OK, ecco, these are my Valentine's Day tips for falling in love, or like we say in Italiano "innamorarsi." Allora.
Uno
You must be, eh… spericolatamente fissato, ostinato, capisci? This is to be recklessly determined, you follow me? Pursue you love il tuo amore con tutto il tuo cuore with all you heart e tutta la tua anima all you soul. Non essere tirchio! Don't be stingy; otherwise, sara' un casino—it will be a mess, one big chaos—because love, it just don't work without de heart and de soul. You not a machine, you know, you a human being! An Italian lover!
Due
It help to have amici in de right places. A friend o' me works at de nicest hotel a Firenze, another at de best gelato stand, and another at de Galleria Uffizi. Hai capito? You get the idea, amici miei? We all need a little help from our friends.
Tre
Questa e' la cosa piu' importante this is the most important tip! Devi essere, come si dice? Il "top" romantico "the most" romantico. Devi essere il romantico supremo. M'avete capito? Come Romeo in Romeo e Giulietta! Per esempio, io, io sono Fabrizio "Romeo" Naccarelli. Si? Che perfetto, no? I am de "ultimate romantic." Va be' I have no money. Ma che me ne frega di soldi? What do I care about money? Is OK. I am young… and I am in love, innamorato! I treat my woman, mia Clara, non solo come una principessa, ma come una regina! I treat her not just like a princess, but like a queen! She is my life! So, dress up nice, take her to the most special places, sing to her, le canto una bella canzone d'amore, sometimes I even read de poems that I have write for her. I buy her fiori flowers, and of course, I buy her de gelato, her favorite, cioccolato!
And so, cari amici miei, fidatevi di me… trust you friend, Fabrizio. And if you don't believe me, nobody says it better than Giulietta, to her Romeo on de balcony–these are parole immortali–words that will never die… "My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep. The more I give to you the more I have, for both are infinite." Incredible, no? I wish you luck in de love–In bocca al lupo! Sempre il vostro Italiano!