Pizza in Colorado blows. Pizza in Utah blows. Pizza in Wyoming blows. Pizza in Montana blows, too...although they do have a beer called Moose Drool which is pretty good...
Midwesterners think good pizza is several pounds of dough, a mediocre tomato and basil concoction, processed cheese and canned vegetables. Has my life in New York spoiled me for all other pizzas? Probably. And as for the wines out here...I haven't seen or had a good Pinot Noir in weeks...I'm hoping when I head to San Francisco this weekend these two issues will be remedied.
Yesterday we celebrated Thanksgiving with my brother-in-law's family. During family holidays, I usually hide on a porch, in a room with a large television or in a running car in the garage...no such luck this time around...I was forced to be social. The night before the turkey sat in the bathtub for several hours for reasons I couldn't understand. My sister and her husband headed to some neighborhood block party thing that I refused to attend, so there was no one to ask why the turkey was in the tub. I managed to sprain my wrist last weekend during my excursion north...sadly, I wasn't even on the mountain at the time, but standing outside the lodge and fell back and landed awkwardly enough to sprain the damn thing. Yes, I'm awesome. Along with a busted wrist, I've got a cold from hell and all I really wanted to do Wednesday night was take a hot bath.
I stared at the turkey in the tub for a good twenty minutes. I thought I could lug the 16-pound bird upstairs to the other tub, but my retarded wrist wouldn't allow it. I seriously considered throwing in some bubble bath and just climbing in the tub with the turkey, but in the long run, I'm not sure how that might affect me emotionally and mentally. I took a poll of my closest friend via text message to see if they would get in the tub with the turkey: about 30% said no way, and 70% said do it...I'm not sure what this says about my friends, or their opinion of me for that matter. After much deliberation, I decided to put on my headphones and crawl into bed ultra early.
I can't go to sleep early in New York. Even if I don't have any plans, I fear that going to sleep early might make me miss out on something. However, here in Boulder, it's much easier to be asleep by nine...because there's nothing really to miss. I fell asleep to Real Estate and do anoint them the best napping/sleeping music of the week...FYI.
It's quite warm here today and I'm seriously debating climbing out the window and laying on the roof to work on my tan...because tanning oneself on a snow covered roof seems like a great idea to me...
xo.Mandy.
6 comments:
you totally just burst this midwesterner's bubble - I must try one of your pizzas!
I want names and addresses of pizza shops you've tried out here because I don't think you're going to the right places.
You may not like the pizza, but the Mexican food should be awesome. There are no good Mexican restaurants in NYC, and only a couple of decent ones.
You really may not ever like the pizza out west, because the crust will taste different. I think it has something to do with the water. I'm from an Italian family in CA but I live in NYC now. I've yet to eat good pizza sauce in NYC but I've eaten a lot of tasty crust. Even in SF you may be SOL when it comes to pizza.
As for wine, you should absolutely be able to find good wine. Everywhere. And it should be cheaper than NYC wine, and there is usually a wider selection available. Oftentimes grocery stores in the west sell wine, and their selection is more diverse than wine shops in NYC.
pixie 7211:
you're absolutely right about the mexican food out here...i can't get enough of it!
as for the pizza, you may be right about the sauce but i guess i just loved what sauces i've had in nyc...i live three blocks from little italy and have always managed to find good spots...however, being from an italian family, you know your shit so i'm going to trust in your pizza and wine evaluations...
i don't know if san francisco will satisfy your new york pizza craving, but we do have delectable gourmet pizzas with locally grown seasonal toppings created by worker-owned cooperatives that run solely on green energy! ooh la la.
moose drool rocks! lol my stepmom turned me onto it.
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