They tore down Buca Di Beppo.
It’s funny- we went there more than Tomaso’s. The spot where we went on the night we got engaged disappeared in favor of Grimaldi’s. I’m heading there tomorrow to celebrate my birthday. We went there a couple times. But Buca was our spot. The spot we would take the kids. It was reasonably priced for a family of 6 and it featured in many important meals over the years. My underaged bachelorette party where I celebrated that my parents were “letting me” get married to you. My little sisters who were still in middle school and braces, sitting there with my broke ass “maid of honor” who was also 19 and had NO idea what to do or that she was supposed to pay the bill. My mom was there. She paid. It was a weird dinner. It felt like a regular Loper family dinner with my MOH instead of my dad. I don’t remember if your sister was there to be honest. She never really liked me anyway so it doesn’t matter now.
We went there the night you found out I had been assaulted.
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