I wasn't at last year's sitdown, so I had no clue what the others were talking about (Sr. Vitelli's Ralph). When he showed me (the head in the bag) I was dumfounded... I just stared at it with my mouth open (great drunken reaction, huh?).

We had to wait about 10 minutes for the martini bar to set up accomodations for us (we had a group of 13 people). I had gone downstairs to speak with the restaurant manager (about setting up a large table) and as I was waiting, Don Cardi leaned over the railing and whispered that I should "warn" the manager (who also doubled as a bouncer/ID checker) about Sr. Vitelli's bag. Sensing that it'd be good for a laugh I told the guy to check out the bag before he let SV in (but he didn't do it ).

Evidently the name "Ralph" refers to Ralph Cifaretto (from "The Sopranos")... you may remember that Tony Soprano killed him and chopped off his head and put it in a bowling ball case. Now, it gets even better - Sr. Vitelli had a duplicate of the hairpiece that Ralph wore, too. He fitted it on my head and someone took a picture of it... now I'm just waiting for the blackmail demand to be made.

Funny how this stuff is starting to come back to me now.