Jersey Shore

On my orientation tour last Saturday, Lorenzo (director of CAPA) actually mentioned Jersey Shore so let me preface my sighting of them with this… First, the headlines of some newspapers are displayed by newsstands. He pointed out two that specifically mentioned the arrival of the cast of Jersey Shore, which happened to be last Friday (yes, the same day I arrived- weird). And they both dis them- “supercafoni” and “tamarri” insults like muscle-headed, rude, crude, backwards louts. Hey, they said it, not me. :P Also, Lorenzo took us on a slight detour to point out where they are living here in Florence. You can see the sound cables coming out of their rooms and a police car in front. There were a lot of people standing across the street from the building (probably like 30) just waiting, hoping to see them. A few legit photographers were in an alley down the way too. Also, I heard (and saw where supposedly) they are working in a pizzeria near that club which is near downtown Florence by the Uffizi and Duomo.

 So, club TwentyOne last night (thirsty Thursday)… we went because we kept hearing about it at CAPA and from flyers in Piazza del Duomo so we decided to check it out. It’s like 1:30AM and we’re waiting for a few people when we realize there are camera people sitting on the curb nearby with sound stuff too, so we’re like is Jersey Shore here? They arrived like 10 minutes later in taxis (one for the boys, one for the girls). I didn’t have my camera but Jessica and Christina did and took pictures. No flash though, the security and filming staff were very adamant about that and kept repeating it. We went in after. Before they had arrived, the security and camera crew were getting ready for the arrival… Some girls walked in the club shouting “we’re the real Jersey Shore” and one of the crew made some crack about Jersey whores that a few more crew laughed at. Thought that was interesting because in my CIS class we talked about Jersey Shore being here a bit and my professor wondered what their Italian crew would think of them and their antics. Guess that answered that question! Brushed against Pauly D and Ronnie, they kept going from room to room (dance floor to bar area). Also, the Situation stepped on my foot accidentally so like patted my arm and apologized which I found quite surprising- didn’t think he’d be so polite, definitely made me like him more (which I didn’t at all before so… not hard). The girls stayed by themselves mostly, grinding on each other by the bar (which was not a dance area) or by the wall on the dance floor (literally facing the wall and kind of rubbing against it with no one around them). Snooki was pretty short. The guys were more social- saw Ronnie greet a few like he knew them but the Situation talked to the most girls and was dancing (well, he stood and the girls like rubbed themselves against him). Pauly D let all these girls touch his spiked hair, haha. So they (well, the boys at least) seemed pretty friendly and socialized and soaked up the attention. They were still there when we left at about 3AM.