Post Office Pavilion

Date: 5/26/09

Location: Post Office Pavilion

In Attendance: garretthubb, gina mcg

My buddy gina was in town with her kids.  She moved last year from our fair city to Michigan.  Her 8th graders were on their class trip to Washington.  I meet her in the post office pavilion food court.  I got two slices of cheese.  It was pretty terrible.  The cheese was low quality, the crust was soggy.  However, the point of this trip was to visit a friend that I don't see that often and therefore my goals were meet.

Cafe Pizzaiolo

Date: 5/25/09

In Attendance: garretthubb, bflo, obama, andy g, Micaela

After a marathon session of Terminator movies (I, II and III Sunday Night, IV Monday mid-morning) we decided to get some post movie Pizza. This place in Alexandria was recommended by obama's coworker. It is a little off the beaten path, in a strip mall on the first floor of a large apartment building. We sat outside on the patio and the weather was quite nice. Three different pizzas were ordered. Bflo got a napoli pizza, garretthubb and obama split a white pizza and andyg and Micaela got "el diablo" but only sausage on half. There were also salads and beers consumed. Bflo got some gelato.

The white pizza was very good. The crust was hot, thin and crunchy. My only slight complaint would be that some of the cheese was clumped together too much, so you got a mouthful all at once. Overall I would say the white pizza was excellent. I also had a slice of the "el diablo" pizza (without the sausages). The Pizza was a little cold by the time I had a slice. The pizza was very good with a variety of peppers. It was "a spicy meatball" (Insert bad Italian Amercian accent here).

My overall rating for Cafe Pizzaiolo would be very high. It's location leaves a little to be desired but I would definitely return for more pizza!

Trader Joe's Frozen Pizza

Location: My Living Room

Date: 5/4/09

On The TV: Pens Vs. Caps Game 2.

I gave a potential ticket for this game to my buddy Elliot, to enjoy in person with the rest of pizza club. It looked like it was a good time.

I got my frozen pizza at Trader Joe's after work. There was some angry people in the store due to long lines. I think letting people with more than 15 items in the express lanes got certain customers around me very angry. I though I was in for my first grocery store riot, but I was able to escape unscathed.

I got a margarita pizza. It was solid, motz and grana cheese. I am a little unsure about the optimum baking time for said pizza. I let it go longer than suggested and it was almost two crisp on the edge, but nice in the middle. As frozen pizza goes, this was pretty darn good. The fact that our boy Dave Steckel scored his 2nd goal in two games and Ovie had a hat trick to beat the pens 4-3 for a 2-0 series lead was pretty great as well.

Z Pizza

Date: 4/30/09

Place: Z Pizza on Richmond Highway (aka Rt. 1, aka The Highway), Alexandria Va

Present: garretthubb, David Fink

I had to grab a quick pre-game meal before getting on the bus to coach an away soccer game. My buddy Fink, who need to grab a quick meal before a home soccer game, suggested Z Pizza. I had gone to one before in Silver Spring with bflo and maybe one other time to the one on Duke St. I was not impressed previously.

I got the "meal deal" type thing where you got 2 slices and a soda pop for $6.99. Not bad price. The soda fountain had Dr. Pepper, which I see as a +. Many times I have thought about making Dr. Pepper the only soda I drink. My two cheese slices came out of the oven shortly after sitting down so they were nice and hot. I felt like the cheese was a little runny and bare, and the crust was not crispy enough. In defense of Z Pizza I will say that for it's proximity to school and a pretty good price it was OK. Obviously any other choice would be superior. In other words, I might go again in a similar situation, but I would not go out of my way to go there.

to the victor goes the spoils

Date: 4/30/09

Location: 8500 16th St., Apartment 424, Silver Spring, MD

Attending: bflo

Consumed: Giant store brand Rising Crust 4-Cheese Frozen Pizza.

Notes:
I had purchased two of these pizzas since they were on sale with my bonus card. I ate the second last night after returning home from my softball game. And everything tastes better after you win. The work co-ed softball team had not won a game in quite a while, having rivaled the Detroit Lions and gone 0-14 last year. Thankfully this year we switched into the informal league and are facing competition more on our level.

I was also able to enjoy the NBC Thursday night lineup, minus My Name is Earl. Parks and Recreation has been good for a decent amount of chuckles, despite trying a tad too hard to be like The Office. And The Office and 30 Rock are always solid.