Blog: August 2004

Top 3 Chicken Parms...

#3... Maggiano's Little Italy -Philadelphia, PA

#2... Manayunk Brewery & Restaurant - Philadelphia, PA

#1... Geet's Diner - Williamstown, NJ

Just in case you are curious... :)

LOOK! My friend Josh & his dog made the paper!

This is to funny, on two consecutive days the same comic strip reminds

me of Josh & Floppie. I cant wait for tomorrows paper. ;)

I had to srink the pics to get them to fit, click both the links if you can't read them.

Drink more beer...

Home & Real Estate

peperoni pizza???

Here is an interesting tidbit of information I learned during my vacation in Italy. Pepperoni as we know it in the states - non esiste! That's right, there is no such thing! American Pepperoni to the Italians is nothing more than one of the many varieties of salami. So, you're thinking - Nothing called pepperoni, no big deal. Well you're half right. I went into a pizzeria while in Italy and oddly enough, guess what I saw? - You guessed it - a pizza with peperoni on the menu! Peperoni in Italian means "pepper" (as in the vegetable) I imagine more than one tourist received quite a shock when their peperoni pizza was delivered to their table!

Enough already with airport security...

I certainly understand that since 9/11 Airports have become more aware of security. As a frequent flyer (this year anyhow) I can appreciate most of the added procedures, but there is one recent policy that is bordering ridiculous. The ticketing of cars on the terminal recirculation road (see below) The airport alleges the policy has been in effect since 9/11 but they just this year have begun ticketing. WTF!

So what exactly is the risk of parking on this road?

To discourage terrorist bomb activity? Where the cars park is about as close to the terminal as I95. Not allowing cars to park is actual increasing the traffic in and around the terminal
To not have cars pulling on and off the shoulder and disrupting the flow of traffic around the airport?

I'm not exactly sure what their thinking is, but given the endless millions of dollars continuously spend for airport renovation, I think they could spare a few thousand dollars to build a small "rest stop" style parking lot to accommodate fifty cars or so in a "safe" area of the complex, at absolute least they should adopt the free first hour short term parking that other major airports have put into place.