Opa and Jane were in town for Jake’s farewell and we took them to our ward valentine activity, which was a restaurant called, “Martino’s,” which was really the stake center made up to look like a real Venetian restaurant. It was awesome. They turned those rolling things you stack the chairs on into gondolas and had the youth all dressed as boatmen and servers and you got in the gondola and they rowed you across half the cultural hall to the restaurant, i.e., the other half of the cultural hall. They took the pictures before we got on the gondolas. Then they had singing and stuff. It was really cool and Opa and Jane loved it. We had a great time. The chef, Martino, was really our second counselor, Marty Kurtz, with an Italian accent. He was less chef than host, but the food was really good, too.
