In Search of…musings for my grandchildren while riding my bike…
I mentioned in my last blog post (link here) that multiple blog posts are needed to cover our Purchased Pizza and Post Offices of 2022-23 season in Florida. This post continues the focus on the Sarasota/Venice, FL area. The pizza reviewed are from Angelo's Italian Market in Venice, FL. Full Purchased Pizza Table of 93 … Continue reading Florida Pizza Reviews & Post Offices – Part 2
This started out as a simple blog post. As I got going, it grew into a behemoth. So, I'm breaking it into multiple parts. This is part 1 focusing on Sarasota & Venice, Florida. Since buying the pizza oven in Florida, we've slowed down our pizza purchases this past season. But, we still purchased pizza 8 … Continue reading Florida Pizza Reviews & Post Offices – Part 1
I've not written since last fall when we were traveling, but now that we're traveling again, I have some time to write. So let me start with a recap of Homemade Pizza from late 2022 through mid 2023. But first a Word of the Day and a story: Nebaladan (Neapolitan-American) Word of the Day Finamen … Continue reading Global Entry…DENIED!? & 2022 – mid-23 Homemade Recap
To say that I wasn’t a fan of Midnight Mass would be an understatement! I was pretty young when I saw through the ruse that’s the church, and all of its draconian practices designed to extract money from people in the guise of that’s the path to eternal bliss (as if they know…but the Bible … Continue reading Midnight Mass or Booze Run!? Caputo Blue & Mercurio’s Experiments
A long one, so keep reading, it'll eventually be about pizza… We decided to make a bike trip starting in Pittsburgh's Little Italy and meandering westward to some of Ohio’s old Italian neighborhoods in Weirton, WV, Steubenville, Youngstown, Akron, and Cleveland, OH (PA-WV-OH). And, of course, check out some historical Post Office Art, and, with … Continue reading Yins & Yous Guys! PA-WV-OH – Day 1
It’s been over a month since my last blog post. Don’t worry…been riding (and wrecked) and making and buying lots of pizza (143 homemade and 32 purchased pizzas this year!)! I will catch you up on part of that in this post. Neapolitan Word of the Day Cheddar Cheese - there is no word for cheddar cheese … Continue reading St. John’s Cafeteria Pizza – Was it Brick or Cheddar?
I want to catch up a little on some recent GPS (Great Pizza Search) pizzas. If you want the short version, don't order pizza in Amsterdam! If you want the long version, keep reading… Nebelatan Word of the Day Agita (a-jee-ta) - Heartburn, acid indigestion, an upset stomach or, by extension, a general feeling of … Continue reading Pizza in…Amsterdam?
Here I am, typing this while flying home. The flight’s in-air entertainment has Stanley Tucci’s “Searching for Italy” series (WEB LINK) Of course I watch the “Napoli and the Amalfi Coast” episode. Where else would Stanley be other than NAPOLI. Tears fill my eyes, and I sob as the first stop is “Pizza Fritta.” The … Continue reading Funiculi! Funicula! Pizza Nepalitana, Part 4
Neapolitan Phase of the Day A' Fanabola' slang for "Go to Napoli" (aka Go to Hell). At the time of the great emigration (1880s - 1920s), Napoli was considered to be hell. And depending on the intensity of one's inflection and conviction , it means, "Go f¥€k yourself (or in the Justin Bieber’s immortal words … Continue reading A’ Fanabola’! Pizza Nepalitana, Part 2
ONCE AGAIN, LONG, BUT IT WILL EVENTUALLY BE ABOUT PIZZA! Most people believe that it’s possible to have “too much of a good thing”. I don’t subscribe to that; I prefer “to stick with what I know”. Dean Martin was thought to have too much of a “good” liquor, but the "true" stories say that he drank … Continue reading That’s Amore! Too much of a good thing?
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