"A sure cure for the blahs is a visit to Mrs. Leonarda Gianino of 2020 Marconi.  Her opening remark upon seeing me, whom she has never met but whose mother she had worked with some 50 odd years ago, was 'You're as pretty as you mother.'  True or not, it lifted my spirits.  The interview which ensued did nothing to dampen them."

 Enjoy the oral rendition of this entertaining 1977 newspaper article.  The journalist interviewed Leonarda Gianino and concluded that the article should be titled "Leonarda Gianino Shares Recipe for Happiness".  

This is the first of 3 articles which were written about Leonarda during the last 15 years of Leonarda's life.  Notably, Leonarda was 89 years old during this interview... and "yes," she still had another 15 years of life remaining then.  She was interviewed a second time at age 99... and then again at 103 years old.  Leonarda lived at 2020 Marconi Ave. in the Hill neighborhood until her death at age 104.

Perhaps you may be connecting a couple of the dots of this proud story.  Leonarda is the great grandmother of Pinnacle's Chris and Pete Gianino.  Leonarda immigrated to the United States  from Sicily in 1913.  Leonarda and her husband Pete moved into 2020 Marconi Ave. in 1922.  Today, that same Marconi address serves as the headquarters for Pinnacle Home Loans.  The oral rendition of the article about Leonarda was recorded in the same room where Chris and Pete visited with Great Grandma Gianino in the 1980s and 1990s as she humbly thanked God in broken English for her blessings.  Now, we are happy to share her "recipe" with you.

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