Guitarman,
welcome to our Forum! We have something in common, in fact I am italian-american too.
Yes, I was born in Italy and still live there, but have been so many times to U.S. that I consider myself almost an immigrant...
Besides, some of my best friends live there; I have already met those on the West Coast (except Terry, but I hope to catch up with that) and plan to meet sooner or later all the others, both on the East Coast and in the middle.
Where in Italy do you come from?
By the way, on this Forum there are a lot of italian-americans and -believe it or not- even our dear Uncle Dave is half-italian.
Andrea