Happy National Pizza Day!!!

[Roar More]

If they clear the roads, there may be a pie in my near future.

 

[mrtailgate]

Hey, that's my pie!

 

[Woodpecker]

Let's split a pie!

 

[EPC FAN]

Nice pie from Salvatore Ruffino's or a tray from Biaggio's. Both in Allentown.

 

[siff]

Nice pie from Salvatore Ruffino's or a tray from Biaggio's. Both in Allentown.

Born and raised in Allentown. Salvatore's is the best! Used to go there as a kid with friends and a roll of quarters to play Donkey Kong and get a few slices. Good times......

 

[Nitt1300]

I was supposed to be in New Haven CT today- home of Frank Pepes, the best pizza on the planet. Instead, I'm sitting here watching the snow pile up

 

[MtNittany]

I see a call to Bonzo's in my near future...

 

[fairgambit]

I typically eat pizza at least once a week, and I have eaten at many hundreds of pizza joints over the years, from New York to Miami. I'm a basic cheese & pepperoni type guy. Perhaps it is the Penn State connection, but my favorite is Hi-Way Pizza in State College. I am talking about their Square, Sicilian Style, which I starting eating in the late 60's. No pizza on this earth satisfies me more.

 

[Woodpecker]

I typically eat pizza at least once a week, and I have eaten at many hundreds of pizza joints over the years, from New York to Miami. I'm a basic cheese & pepperoni type guy. Perhaps it is the Penn State connection, but my favorite is Hi-Way Pizza in State College. I am talking about their Square, Sicilian Style, which I starting eating in the late 60's. No pizza on this earth satisfies me more.

Welcome back, Fair. You back for good? Tom McA has tried to keep your memory alive as best he could.

 

[fairgambit]

Welcome back, Fair. You back for good? Tom McA has tried to keep your memory alive as best he could.

Thanks, but for the foreseeable future, I am just dropping in for a few minutes here and there. (Tom has been doing an admirable job, probably better than I did because he is more regular with the birthday posts.)
I took the time recently to look back to what my life's goals and dreams were when I graduated from Penn State. Some of them were delusional (making the Olympics in race walking) but most were realistic, given my circumstances. Many were achieved (becoming a lawyer, marrying the love of my life, having a family) but many more were not and, with advancing age, never will be (climbing an 8,000 meter peak, which I was very serious about 40 years ago). I won't go into more specifics, but I am now devoting nearly all my time to pursuing those goals that I might still reach. The list is still long, and the sands of my life's hourglass continue to fall. Damn, this is depressing. Anyway, you'll see me here now and then but for the most part I'll be elsewhere, chasing my dreams.

 

[Bob78]

If they clear the roads, there may be a pie in my near future.

No harm in trying?

 

[Woodpecker]

Thanks, but for the foreseeable future, I am just dropping in for a few minutes here and there. (Tom has been doing an admirable job, probably better than I did because he is more regular with the birthday posts.)
I took the time recently to look back to what my life's goals and dreams were when I graduated from Penn State. Some of them were delusional (making the Olympics in race walking) but most were realistic, given my circumstances. Many were achieved (becoming a lawyer, marrying the love of my life, having a family) but many more were not and, with advancing age, never will be (climbing an 8,000 meter peak, which I was very serious about 40 years ago). I won't go into more specifics, but I am now devoting nearly all my time to pursuing those goals that I might still reach. The list is still long, and the sands of my life's hourglass continue to fall. Damn, this is depressing. Anyway, you'll see me here now and then but for the most part I'll be elsewhere, chasing my dreams.

Soundslike you've got the big ones covered - they're the most important. Best of luck with the rest.

 

[ILLINOISLION]

Remember to tip your Pitt delivery drivers well; it's their special day!

 

[fairgambit]

Sounds like you've got the big ones covered - they're the most important. Best of luck with the rest.

Thanks. I know you're right, but those others gnaw at me, especially since so many would have been much more easily accomplished when spread over 30 or 40 years. Ah well, I will do the best I can.

 

[Roar More]

I typically eat pizza at least once a week, and I have eaten at many hundreds of pizza joints over the years, from New York to Miami. I'm a basic cheese & pepperoni type guy. Perhaps it is the Penn State connection, but my favorite is Hi-Way Pizza in State College. I am talking about their Square, Sicilian Style, which I starting eating in the late 60's. No pizza on this earth satisfies me more.

One night around the time you mention, I went to Highway Pizza with two friends and we downed a Sicilian between us... all 33 slices. They had a nickle juke box and we played J. J. Jackson's "But it's Alright" quite a bit. To this day that song gets my saliva glands going.

 

[ILLINOISLION]

Fair - you are missed here in McAndrew Land!

Trying to make your bucket list easier for you, Fonzie and I will try to get the guest room cleaned up so your visit to Chicagoland can be plugged into your schedule whenever you have an opening.

He's two on 2/16/17 and you know of course you're welcome then or anytime!

 

[Frabjous]

Here's to you Vinnie, spinning pies in the sky with a Kool on your lip....

http://www.vincentspizzapark.com/

 

[OXLion]

Hey, that's my pie!

from Revenge of the Nerds!

 

[fairgambit]

Fair - you are missed here in McAndrew Land!

Trying to make your bucket list easier for you, Fonzie and I will try to get the guest room cleaned up so your visit to Chicagoland can be plugged into your schedule whenever you have an opening.

He's two on 2/16/17 and you know of course you're welcome then or anytime!

Thanks ILLINOIS. I miss being here more often, but those dreams continue to haunt me. As to your kind invitation, seeing a game at Wrigley Field (and Fenway) is on my extended bucket list, so if I get to that one, I promise I will let you know. In case I'm not posting on the 16th, Happy Birthday to Fonzie! It seems like only yesterday when you were bringing him home. Time does fly.

 

[john4psu]

Thanks. I know you're right, but those others gnaw at me, especially since so many would have been much more easily accomplished when spread over 30 or 40 years. Ah well, I will do the best I can.

Good to hear from you FairG. The past few years, I've knocked off quite a few places on my sports bucket list. A friend asked what will you do if you complete them all? I responded, "I'll have to come up with more. The alternative is worse."

Don't forget to keep thinking of new things to add to your list.

It relates to striving for perfection. No one can obtain perfection but in that noble quest, you can achieve excellence. The more things on you cross off your list, the more you've accomplished.

 

[olelion]

I typically eat pizza at least once a week, and I have eaten at many hundreds of pizza joints over the years, from New York to Miami. I'm a basic cheese & pepperoni type guy. Perhaps it is the Penn State connection, but my favorite is Hi-Way Pizza in State College. I am talking about their Square, Sicilian Style, which I starting eating in the late 60's. No pizza on this earth satisfies me more.

Me too. '66-'70 I ate a lot of that Pizza and loved it. Last time I had it was 1997 when me and a few friends attended the OSU game. We bought student tickets from a girl that worked there for $125/ticket. The girl wouldn't take a check so we tipped her $500. The guy who paid for the pizza carries the reciept in his wallet to this day.

 

[fairgambit]

Good to hear from you FairG. The past few years, I've knocked off quite a few places on my sports bucket list. A friend asked what will you do if you complete them all? I responded, "I'll have to come up with more. The alternative is worse."

Don't forget to keep thinking of new things to add to your list.

It relates to striving for perfection. No one can obtain perfection but in that noble quest, you can achieve excellence. The more things on you cross off your list, the more you've accomplished.

Good points. I have added a few this past year.

 

[fairgambit]

Me too. '66-'70 I ate a lot of that Pizza and loved it. Last time I had it was 1997 when me and a few friends attended the OSU game. We bought student tickets from a girl that worked there for $125/ticket. The girl wouldn't take a check so we tipped her $500. The guy who paid for the pizza carries the reciept in his wallet to this day.

Great story.

 

[Locolion]

I was supposed to be in New Haven CT today- home of Frank Pepes, the best pizza on the planet. Instead, I'm sitting here watching the snow pile up

Concur on New Haven pizza!!! Sal's, Pepe's, Bar - all stellar

 

[olelion]

Great story.

There's more. The three other guys were westerners. Arizona, S. Dakota, and Wyoming (where we all worked). None of them had experienced an eastern autumn. So its mid to late October and we started by picking up an RV at Gr. Pitt airport. First stop is Laurel Valley Cc in Ligonier. It is the last day they are open and the staff is waiting on us. We wheel in in the RV (slightly listing) like the Clampetts, play 18 holes and have lunch as the only people in the dining room. We left there with the obligatory cases of beer(Ferrous Metropolis)and headed to State College. I had to do all the driving 'cause thes guys are going gaga over the fall foliage. Had to make several stops for photos. Everyone but me was pretty trashed by the time we hit the RV lot. One of the guys immediately asked, "wow, is this what a West Virginia suburb looks like? A friendly stay, a great game, then back home. We did at OSU in '98, and the Arizona game in '99. We have all since scattered but we stay in touch and get together occasionally.

 

[ILLINOISLION]

There's more. The three other guys were westerners. Arizona, S. Dakota, and Wyoming (where we all worked). None of them had experienced an eastern autumn. So its mid to late October and we started by picking up an RV at Gr. Pitt airport. First stop is Laurel Valley Cc in Ligonier. It is the last day they are open and the staff is waiting on us. We wheel in in the RV (slightly listing) like the Clampetts, play 18 holes and have lunch as the only people in the dining room. We left there with the obligatory cases of beer(Ferrous Metropolis)and headed to State College. I had to do all the driving 'cause thes guys are going gaga over the fall foliage. Had to make several stops for photos. Everyone but me was pretty trashed by the time we hit the RV lot. One of the guys immediately asked, "wow, is this what a West Virginia suburb looks like? A friendly stay, a great game, then back home. We did at OSU in '98, and the Arizona game in '99. We have all since scattered but we stay in touch and get together occasionally.

Laurel Valley ----- I'm impressed! (And I don't impress easily!)

 

[91Joe95]

Now why couldn't Hallmark invent this holiday?!? Talk about a marketing scam.

 

[olelion]

Laurel Valley ----- I'm impressed! (And I don't impress easily!)

Ironically our other option was Oakmont but we chose Laurel Valley because it was sort of on the way

 

[supermatt24]

Crossroads in Hellertown and Maria's in Conshohocken make a tasty pie.

 

[Nittany Ziggy]

Thanks, but for the foreseeable future, I am just dropping in for a few minutes here and there. (Tom has been doing an admirable job, probably better than I did because he is more regular with the birthday posts.)
I took the time recently to look back to what my life's goals and dreams were when I graduated from Penn State. Some of them were delusional (making the Olympics in race walking) but most were realistic, given my circumstances. Many were achieved (becoming a lawyer, marrying the love of my life, having a family) but many more were not and, with advancing age, never will be (climbing an 8,000 meter peak, which I was very serious about 40 years ago). I won't go into more specifics, but I am now devoting nearly all my time to pursuing those goals that I might still reach. The list is still long, and the sands of my life's hourglass continue to fall. Damn, this is depressing. Anyway, you'll see me here now and then but for the most part I'll be elsewhere, chasing my dreams.

Thanks for sharing this aspect of your life. Good luck and God bless in achieving your goals. It is my sincere hope that your pursuit of these goals is rewarding and fulfilling. Do me a favor and just, on occasion; stop, smell the roses and be a total fu@k off every once in a while. I respect your mission but you need to occasionally be a kid for a day once in a while.

 

[fairgambit]

Thanks for sharing this aspect of your life. Good luck and God bless in achieving your goals. It is my sincere hope that your pursuit of these goals is rewarding and fulfilling. Do me a favor and just, on occasion; stop, smell the roses and be a total fu@k off every once in a while. I respect your mission but you need to occasionally be a kid for a day once in a while.

Good advice Ziggy. I do have to remind myself not get too caught up in the pursuit of goals and forget to enjoy the sweetness of everday life.

 

[Nittany Ziggy]

Good advice Ziggy. I do have to remind myself not get too caught up in the pursuit of goals and forget to enjoy the sweetness of everday life.

Please let me know when you solve the equation! I, myself, am totally clueless in this life balance issue. I would elaborate but I just received an email from my boss!

 

[artsandletters]

Thanks, but for the foreseeable future, I am just dropping in for a few minutes here and there. (Tom has been doing an admirable job, probably better than I did because he is more regular with the birthday posts.)
I took the time recently to look back to what my life's goals and dreams were when I graduated from Penn State. Some of them were delusional (making the Olympics in race walking) but most were realistic, given my circumstances. Many were achieved (becoming a lawyer, marrying the love of my life, having a family) but many more were not and, with advancing age, never will be (climbing an 8,000 meter peak, which I was very serious about 40 years ago). I won't go into more specifics, but I am now devoting nearly all my time to pursuing those goals that I might still reach. The list is still long, and the sands of my life's hourglass continue to fall. Damn, this is depressing. Anyway, you'll see me here now and then but for the most part I'll be elsewhere, chasing my dreams.

I'm hoping to break the American record for the high jump in my age group -- 5'5 1/4". First step is losing a lot of weight. That's the hard part. 5'5" will be a breeze. It's the 1/4" that has me concerned.