Pizza week can also be a time of desperation and despair. My pizza week had been all planned out, but a change in my work schedule today resulted in my being unable to review the pizza I wanted. I had to shift my plan to have pizza for dinner, but my wife had planned an … Read more
Pizza Week is a time of joy and forgiveness. And it is the spirit of forgiveness that I returned to Rosati’s for lunch. As you probably don’t recall in a previous entry, (No Good Deed Ever Goes Unpunished, July, 2005) Rosati’s by my office seriously botched up our order and did a very poor job … Read more
To quote the blurb on the menu from Slice of Sicily: Founded in early 1999 by Bill and Donna, Slice of Sicily is now regarded as the pizzeria of choice in the Northeast Phoenix, with a combination of 25 years experience, old family recipes and using only the finest ingredients, the art of creating the … Read more
I can’t find an “official” Pizza Week in the US, but, gosh darn it, there oughta be one! …and so, it’s my pleasure to announce that from this year forward, President’s Day – a rather lackluster holiday at best – shall be the kick off of Pizza Week. In honor of Pizza Week, I’m going … Read more
I thought Godfather’s Pizza went out of business 20+ years ago. Once there were several of them, then they disappeared. It’s been so long since I’d eaten in one, I had completely forgotten what it was like. Now I find they’ve re-colonized the east valley and today I got the opportunity to try them. Even … Read more
I’ve got one last Mesa Southwest Museumstory. As you can imagine, dinosaurs can be big – really big. When a child looks at them, they’re even bigger. I’ve pointed out (leading to this story, actually) that Michelle is quite good at dinosaur identification – but that’s looking at books, or on the TV screen. When … Read more
Having established that my daughter is a wannabe paleontologist, I took her today to the Mesa Southwest Museum. It’s been several years since I’ve been there and they’ve made significant renovations, including a permanent dinosaur exhibition. They had a small exhibition before and I wasn’t sure what to expect. The permanent exhibition is quite nice, … Read more
If ever there’s proof that parents influence their children, my little dino aficionado, Michelle, is it. I nearly chose a career in Paleontology, and, although I managed to avoid that particular path to poverty, I’ve still got quite a lot of books and such on the subject. Michelle has an amazing ability to remember and … Read more
My kitchen window looks to the east. Last evening, while standing in the kitchen, I noticed and odd pink hue to the light. Looking out the window, everything from the sky to the ground had adopted this pink shade, so I grabbed my camera in hopes of capturing it. Of course, the source was the … Read more
Pizza Heaven has recently moved to a new location on 7th Street. It’s in one of those previously residential homes that have been converted to a business, and they’ve done a nice job. The move is so recent, the paint was still wet on the walls when we visited. It’s a comfortable restaurant, and the … Read more