SAN DIEGO MEET


REMEMBERING LOUIE


Saturday night in Little Italy is the capstone event where 40-plus cars lining both sides of the West Fir Street. RIGHT: Lamborghini friends relax with an iced tea. BELOW: Sunday brunch at Bali Hai with its views overlooking San Diego Harbor, caps off a wonderful weekend.


LOMBARDO


of Tuscan wine that about 100 club members had signed last year to honor Joan and Jim Heady. Te group toast to the Headys was a moving and well-deserved show of appreciation for all the work Jim and Joan put into the club for so many years. We also paid a solemn tribute to Louis Lombardo, a long-time club member who had died a few months earlier in a small-plane crash. After our wonderful feast and dedication, everybody recovered their respective Lamborghinis and returned to the Bay Club for some rest. Sunday morning featured a short drive to the Bali Hai restaurant for a spectacular brunch, which has won many awards and is considered the top brunch in San Diego. Our tables were situated near the windows overlooking San Diego Harbor. Te beautiful view accentuated the perfect weather we had enjoyed all weekend. Many participants then prepared for their trips home; however, a group of about 20 decided to stay over for one last evening. For those who remained, we had a Sunday night “straggler’s dinner” at Fiddler’s Green, not far from the Bay Club. We had a small yet lively crowd, and everybody brought a bottle of their favorite cellar wine. Steve, the restaurant owner, allowed us to bring in our wine—the only corkage he demanded was the right to sample some of our reds! It was a great send-off for a really enjoyable weekend. As I write this, I’m taking a short break… but planning for October 2017 com- mences shortly! Stay tuned to find out what’s in store.


080 LA VITA LAMBORGHINI | FALL 2016


Louie Lombardo and his fiancée Colleen would serve sand- wiches, chips, soft drinks, and more from the back of his Espada during the Concorso Italiano events in Monterey.


Louis Lombardo was a delightful guy who wore a perpetual smile and had an abun- dance of Italian charm, especially around the ladies. During the Concorso Italiano events in Monterey, he and his fiancée Colleen would convert Louie’s Espada into “Luigi’s Lamborghini Cafe.” They made a special canopy that fit over the open rear hatch, a plexiglass engine cover that was used as a table for various goodies, and each wore special aprons they had made for just this show. He supplied sandwiches, chips, soft drinks, and more for all the Lamborghini friends at Concorso, never accepting any donations for his costs. For years he flew commercial passenger jets for a living, but was forced out of that profession when his aircraft was taken over by a hijacker. For some time, he worked with Al Burtoni turning wrenches in Al’s restoration shop in Gilroy. He had not been to any club events in a number of years but popped up about five years ago and explained that he was working as a flight instructor at a small airport near Los Angeles. We lost Louie when a small plane he was teach- ing a student how to fly, crashed. He was in fragile health at the end but he always had an upbeat per- spective and commented that if he died tomorrow, he had no regrets. Louis was a unique human being and he will always be missed by those of us fortunate enough to have known him.


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