Memories of zeppole? That's easy to recreate: wear dark pants or a dark jacket or both. Take powdered sugar and sprinkle down the front of your clothes. Walk around like that in public, preferrably with a full stomach.

Wish to conjure up other childhood memories? Watch "The Pink Panther" movie with Peter Sellers and David Niven. It was on last night. All I could think was how the Inspector Clouseau movies were a favorite of cousin Joe and how we'd wait for them to come on television. We laughed out heads off. Although after watchng it in its entirety last night I am certain that my pre-teen self never understood more than half of the plot. The chase scene near the end was still a hoot, with the two gorillas in convertibles and the police sargeants giving chase in a zebra suit ("Another move like that and I'll have your stripes!").

Alas, the boys fell asleep on the couch/floor before the movie really got going... and Alane bugged out even before that. Oh well...