Hello #TeamFabio! I’m back for another week of my crazy Life After Top Chef and I couldn’t be more excited. OK, I exaggerate a bit... there is one thing that makes me more excited. But this week was special because my mom came to visit me from Italy! I had just cleaned my place and got it ready for my mom to visit, but I should have known that it wouldn’t be enough. I think she just loves to show me that I still need a mom, so she washed my sheets again. Thanks, Mom! I was so happy to see her, but she worries about me too much. If it were anyone else I’d be worried, but I know me, and I can handle it !! 

So the highlight of this week had to be when my mom forced me to get a mani/pedi!! Why do I need a mani/pedi?! That is girl stuff... I should have made a deal with her that if I got the mani/pedi and have a chance to relax that she would give me a break on my time I spend with the phone... She probably would have still made a scene at dinner about it anyway... But that's what my mom is for... Am I right?

We had a big celebration dinner when my mom came to town with all of us Italians... and my friend Dean, @TheHealerGuy. He is italian-adopted, so it was OK for him to be the only non-italian at the dinner. Italian night was something that my mom wanted to do, so we could cook a nice dinner and she could see Jacopo... I think because she doesn’t think I get enough Italy here in the United States. She may be right about that, but I really love my home and #TeamFabio!

Glauco was definitely trying to get on my nerves at dinner! He knows not to hit on my mom with me around... Having a young mom is a blessing and a curse... It is a blessing because you have a cool and hip mom; she lets you get away with a little more because you are closer to the same age... BUT it is mostly a CURSE because all of a sudden all of your friends are like... “Hey Fabio, your mom is a hottie” and then it gets weird because I have to knock them out...