In Search of…musings for my grandchildren while riding my bike…
Table of Contents Podcast of Review (for those who'd prefer to less over reading)SandropizzettaThe Tasting!The DoughThe CheeseThe SauceThe ToppingsThe ValueThe RatingWould I Go Back? Podcast of Review (for those who'd prefer to listen vs read) This is my first attempt at doing this. The results are not totally as I expected, but I wanted to … Continue reading Sandropizzetta, Napoli – Worth a 5 Hour Train Ride – May 17, 2026
Table of Contents Is it PicWay or Thatta' Way?Nebaletan Word of the Day - Nebaletan!Pizza Review - GG's Pizzeria, East Rochester, NY This is Part 3 of 3 about my job at PicWay , my first "real" job. Is it PicWay or Thatta' Way? My first responsibilities at PicWay were to re-shelve shoes after a … Continue reading PicWay or Thatta’ Way!? Part 3
In this post, I will start with Santa Catharina and end with Great Pizza Search #36.At the lowest point of my life, I met Santa Catharina. The luckiest day of my life, she asked me to dance! As they (who’s they?) say, “the rest is history.”Other guys say that they have a saint for a … Continue reading Santa Catharina, More Upstate History, GPS #36!
My last few posts reviewed my bike tour to a couple of Upstate NY Pizza Meccas. Before the tour, I had several undocumented Great Pizza Searches. So, I’ll catch up in this post.But before that, while riding lately, I’ve been thinking about other “70’s V4” songs. if you remember, I defined a “70’s V4” song … Continue reading 70’s V4 Part 2 and GPS #30 – #32!
This was the 3rd and final day of 220 miles of riding with this leg being 80 miles from Utica to Schenectady, NY. Strava Link.This ride would take me through some of the most historic and beautiful parts of Upstate NY. I didn’t even know that until I made that ride! As I think back, … Continue reading Upstate Pizza Mecca Tour – Day 3, GPS #35!
Day 2 of a 3 day bike tour to Utica and Schenectady, NY, two Pizza Meccas of Upstate NY. This day ended in Utica where I’ve been wanting to try their Tomato Pie, THAT WAS THE DAY! Neapolitan Word of the Day – Scugnizz Scugnizz (or Neapolitan shorten form of scugnizzo) is a word for … Continue reading Upstate Pizza Mecca Tour – Day 2, GPS #34!
With summer coming to a close, we decided to try something new! We’d not been out in the camper since the gravel bike races had ended in early August, and I really wanted to go to the Upstate NY “Pizza Meccas” of Utica and Schenectady, NY.So, off we went on a 3 day bike tour … Continue reading Upstate Pizza Mecca Tour Day 1 – GPS #33!
On 9/9, I rode 99 miles (actually, 106 (Strava Link – Part 1, Strava Link – Part 2)! I have an affinity for #9 since I was born on 9/9. I try to do something “epic” every year on that date. Though I’d ridden 100+ many times, I’d not done a century since my last … Continue reading La Bicicletta #2 – Have a 9 on 9/9! GPS 29 and 30!
When I ride, my iPhone is usually in my jersey pocket playing my 70’s playlist. I have about 12,000, 1970’s pop songs cataloged, tagged, rated, and organized in iTunes on our server! (Doesn’t everyone have their own server...remember, I’m anal).As most would agree, every song in our memory has at least two versions: The version … Continue reading 70’s Music! & GPS #25!
Recently, I've explored the Neopolitan based slang used in our HS locker room and mentioned Coach Mel. But, there were many coaches from youth through college. I remember most, and each had some effect on my development as a player AND as a person. I respected my coaches, even those I was not close to. … Continue reading Man On, Front Side, Back Side! & GPS #24!
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