“My family has lived and worked in the heart of Rome for almost 100 years”
LORENZO VANNI, THE MAN IN THE STREET, candidate with his own civic list in the next supplementary elections of 16/01/2022 in the single-member constituency of Rome 1 …COULD IT BE THE REAL SURPRISE …?!
Lorenzo Vanni, you define yourself as the man on the street, can you tell us a little about your story…?
I am 56 years old, two daughters Leda and Ludovica, my family has lived and worked in the heart of Rome for almost 100 years.
From my mother Anna, professor of Italian, as well as writer, historian and journalist, I learned the ecumenical humanistic vision of life, while from my father and my grandfather that of practical life, of work, of constant sacrifice, of the necessary willpower. to overcome all obstacles, I put my creativity into it.
After completing my classical studies, I followed in the footsteps of my grandfather Giuseppe and my father Paolo, continuing to manage, together with my sister Manuela, the “all-round” restaurant business better known as VANNI.
What is Vanni…?
Vanni is a café-restaurant, a bit like the lighthouse of the Prati-Della Vittoria district, everyone’s home, for better or for worse, a sort of monument of the Eternal City.
I take up a line from the famous TV presenter Carlo Conti: “… where is the RAI headquarters…? Right there, behind Vanni… !? “
But, above all, to give an idea of what Vanni is, I suggest you read Carla Vistarini’s post, written by the great author immediately after the lockdown, every time I read it I get excited!
Since when did it open…?
Since 1967 in via Col di Lana, first it was in viale Mazzini and even earlier in corso Rinascimento.
What experiences do you live and have lived with Vanni…?
Vanni has allowed me to get to know the whole world, from the most powerful and influential characters in the world, to professionals, without excluding, propertyless and homeless, and thus to experience the most disparate stories.
This opened my mind, made me understand people, their needs, my eyes, my ears were able to hear, see and learn at all levels, even from behind the scenes, even things that cannot be repeated.
Who does Vanni go to?
All! Really Tutti, Vanni, as I mentioned, is a bit like Everyone’s home.
A sort of modern Agora, if you also want a circus, a court of miracles, in short, a place where the world passes by and everyone feels at home, at ease.
What stories can you tell us…?
We should have time to write an endless series !!
Who knows, one day …
Everything has happened and happens every day at Vanni’s.
However, I can briefly mention that secret meetings have been held, agreements signed between the most disparate, governments fallen, ideas born and scripts created for films, television programs, theatricals, music, films have also been shot, books written, companies created, born loves and disagreements… .in short, from Vanni every day life is on the air!
Who has passed by Vanni, who has known…?
Let me first say who has not passed by, all (or almost all) have passed by Vanni at least once in their life, the characters of the national and international jet set, even Michael Jackson came for a special ice cream at Vanni’s before the legendary concert at the Flaminio stadium, some even had their first “office” with Vanni, one of them all, Maurizio Costanzo to whom I have a deep esteem.
Renato Zero and Loredana Berté, whom I consider people of my extended family, are at home, without forgetting Renzo Arbore, Pippo Baudo, Nino Frassica, Bruno Vespa, Cristian De Sica, Giovanni Minoli, Sandra Milo, Giorgio Forattini, just to name a few and myths of the caliber of Rita Levi Montalcini, Pino Daniele, Raffaella Carra ‘, Mike Bongiorno used to frequent our restaurant.
I have always had the opportunity to serve with great attention and discretion most of the powerful of the earth starting from Pope Wojtyla, the candle unlit by the Holy Father on the occasion of his birthday is kept on the cake we made, to the Dalai Lama who he confessed to me that he knows how to recognize people by their ears … (?!), and again the President of the United States of America Bush Senior, Prince Charles of England to then review the various Italian politicians Moro, Andreotti, Forlani, Craxi, De Mita (to whom I am particularly fond of remembering the raids of boys with their son Giuseppe), Berlusconi, Meloni, D’Alema, Veltroni, Rutelli, Rizzo, Grillo, Salvini, Conte, etc.
To whom of your large clientele would you like to address a particular thought…?
I would like to underline the special relationship with the Jewish community of Rome, I remember with great esteem and deep affection its chief rabbi Elio Toaff who one afternoon hosted me at his home to talk to me and introduce me to the secrets of his creed (I will never forget that meeting. ..) and, above all, the president Renzo Gattegna who was for me an example to follow, a TRUE LORD of other times, with him every time we met at Vanni’s (often) it was an opportunity to discuss the issues of the moment and not only that, in short, He was a guide for me.
Excuse me if I go back for a moment like prawns, a little while ago you told us about unrepeatable stories, can you explain us better … ??
I can’t, these are matters covered by personal and corporate secrets… Vanni is a port, a safe harbor for everyone, open to everyone.
So can you tell us something else, some anecdote …?
I will never be able to forget the “monstre” meeting with the “prince” Vittorio Casamonica who wanted to organize a party for Vanni to present a record …, who continually told me: “… oh in Luré io te pagu, te pagu … capitu …?! ” sic!
In short, in front of my eyes the whole world has passed and passes and I understood the truth inherent in the ancient Neapolitan proverb: “Three are the powerful, the Pope, the King and those who hold nothing …”
In order not to miss the “justice” part, Luca Palamara also recently mentioned us three times in his book The System to highlight the daily meetings made by Vanni with various magistrates.
Let’s come to your choice to apply…?
The by-elections in the Lazio 1 college of Rome for the Chamber of Deputies are an opportunity not to be missed to give a STRONG SIGNAL of PRESENCE of the territory, a return to a proximity policy, at TRUE Km.
Politics today, on the other hand, like all of us suffer from adaptation to the times, it is in virtual mode, it operates in “smart working”, remotely, thus losing direct contact with people.
Progress, including technological progress, is running and it is difficult to keep up with it.
Therefore, politics is the first victim of inadequacy in modern and future times.
We are among the creators of this modernity, the cradle of culture where it all began, the Eternal City, the Mediterranean, the Western world, the “old” Europe, but obviously today we find it harder than China or India to go. in step with the times and modernity.
Obviously, in such a globalized world, large speculative families find fertile ground for maneuvers that increasingly move away from the needs of small communities, those of work, social and territorial politics.
Therefore…?
This is why we absolutely need a “keeper” of the territory so that the territory itself does not succumb to this impact and I, with the experience of the road and the road, I feel capable of being able to be.
What do you intend to do if he were to be elected…?
I undertake to give strength and visibility to the problems of the center of the capital which are also representative of those of the entire country.
Over time, despite ourselves, we have seen the neighborhood change and with it the whole of Italy, which we love and which, today, we like intermittently.
We are the most beautiful country in the world, let’s never forget it.
We must relaunch Rome and its center, together with the whole country.
WORK, CULTURE, INNOVATION, ENVIRONMENT, TOURISM AND SOCIAL ANSWERS to an Italy that changes rapidly, as the whole world changes.
Why vote for it…?
With great effort and substantially also with a certain diffidence (I have said to myself several times but who makes you do it …?!) Today I find myself (unexpectedly) vying for a seat in the Chamber right in the neighborhood where I was born, live and work, because I was asked by the people of the area.
Because I AM ONE OF THEM.
ME FOR EVERYONE, EVERYONE FOR US IS MY MOTTO.
ONCE ELECTED I AM AND I WILL (I would be) always available, always reachable by Vanni, always available to listen to people’s real needs, as I have been doing for several years now … without ever forgetting anyone.
Lastly, even following and continuing this “pandemic” crisis, more and more people, even wealthy ones, have begun to suffer … from the former Alitalia employee who lost his job overnight with an email, to the doctor accountant, professional or lawyer who no longer work as before and have to change studio and / or neighborhood, or work in smartworking, to young people who see their future hazy, rather those who have lost or are losing their certainties, their own activities, everyone asked me (knowing my “optimistic utopia”) to get involved to give a voice to people, to a territory that represents the needs of the whole country and thus raise awareness of the institutions that are now increasingly distant from the needs of people all genres.
One last line … why call his list THE N-EGG WORLD …?
Finally, I was waiting for this question!
She teaches me that the EGG has always, since the time of the Sumerians, a very important symbolic value, for all the creeds of the whole world.
As a symbol of the primordial origin of the world, the egg was considered the archetype capable of restoring every element to its original purity, healing the corruption of matter.
Therefore, ONCE ELECTED (if I were ever to be elected), I will carefully and carefully carry the EGG inside the Palace to allegorically and favorably SURPRISE all the deputies in the interest of all of them and for the protection of all of us, seen, moreover, my absolute neutrality.
Who knows what will come out of the Egg…? !!
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