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I do not kiss ass. I suck face.

"A Pizza Epiphany" I went back for my usual Wednesday pizza meal. Came out of it, with a great respect for Olive Oil-Based pizzas! It's the truth, I have never had a pizza without a tomato sauce base on it. Till Wednesday. And it was awesome! Of course, all the toppings made it extra special, too. Certainly worth repeating, eventually. For now, I have four more of these styles of pizza to enjoy. With a good Pilsner or lager beer, too. Not every day you see a fire truck, lights blazing, in front of your house. Couldn't see much activity, until I walked past it, up to the pizza place. Turns out "something was happening" across from us. No ambulance showing up, tho. Then, the truck took off. Fini. Hmmm. Which side to choose, this visit? I went with the table on the right. This week's choice was the Filetto. And next week's pizza is below it. "Four Cheeses." Future yum. A nice draught Pilsner beer, with a "sidecar" of water. View of our house. Check. View of Victoria Drive, looking south. Check. Oops! Nearly forgot to get a shot of this great pizza! I realize that this one still has tomato on it. Just not as it's base. All finished! And looking forward to more of this kind of pizza in the coming weeks.

Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) here in Vancouver just announced their two shows, scheduled for next summer. Hopefully, everything will "sort of" turn back to normal. It's two musicals I know of, but am wondering how the general public will take to them... "Something Rotten" and "We Will Rock You", that latter of which has music by Queen. Should be a very interesting summer, next year.

We did the annual PNE thing on Thursday, Sept.02nd. It turned out to be only a few hours, there. We ended up leaving near 5 pm. Photos will be posted eventually. We were not that impressed. But hey - we got our ribs fix, with corn bread!

I'm dizzy from seeing all those 'go-rounds' lol. Awesome report on all the parks you visited, thanks!

Interesting to see, that for one attraction only, Lumberjack Lifts for the kids, has a maximum heat allowance, heh. I am wondering though, what happens to it, after 95' ? Causing it to be shut down, etc. ? Just curious of me.

Geez, can't wait to see how brand name theme parks' annual passes are gonna cost ya, after ten years or so from now.

^ and ^^ I'm pretty sure they're making sure Coaster is in top notch operating order when the 2022 Season begins.... I'm hoping,

^ "Ohhh, Mr Grant!"

Pizza and a beer, yesterday (with tip) = $35 Cdn. And it was sooooooo gooooood.

I forgot about this one, too! Such a crappy day there. Half of everything was closed, food was so-so, and their main wooden coaster (Anaconda) was totally CRAP-TACULAR! My Humble Opinion of Walygator Park. TPR 2008 Europe Tour.

Yesterday, I had what is simply the most expensive pizza on the menu .... $22 Cdn. Which is what? Twelve bucks in U.S. money? But it had artichokes, black olives, salami, mushrooms and a couple of other things to make it a really loaded pizza, lol! And I enjoyed it so much, I decided to finally save a piece for David, since he kept bugging me to do so. Been over a year since I cut the middle out of the rhododendrons, finally exposing our front porch. What they wrap the utensils and napkin in. The Capricciosa. And "fior di latte" is Italian for "milky fresh mozzarella." And ecco qui! So beautiful, I hate to cut it up. But this is what $22 Cdn. gets you. Down to the last slice.... Which is saved for David. And he loved it, of course. Next visit: An olive oil-based pizza!

When I did TPR tours, Robb and Elissa always made sure we had the best advantage (i.e. tickets and passes) for a day at any park. So I would easily say YES, if going to park far far away, Fast Pass would be the way to go, to enjoy the whole day. IMhO.

I'm going to take the "never again" remark to a... "you can never go back, again" kind of comment. Two parks come to mind for that. Both in Japan. One is Toshimaen and the other by Tivioli. And Tivoli was where Kristen/Kidtums got her first coaster ride. Truth! And they are both closed, forever. So ..... "never again", but for sadder reasons. The Tivoli park ..... TPR Japan Tour, 2007.

The coaster is fine. It's the riders that are screwed up.

I am in total agreement, with those above who agree with you at the top, there.

So I recently read A RUMOR about ShDL "shopping around" coaster companies with an attraction plan involving two launches and at least two switches in the design. It sounds something like the Grizzly Gulch Runaway Mine Train ride in Hong Kong DL. But that only has one launch to it. I'm pretty sure this has nothing to do with the ZOOTOPIA land they're building there, already. That's possibly test track-style or trackless they're going for IMhO. But you never know, hmm? And as I started with, it's A RUMOR. But ..... anyone else read about this, or have more information?

What I enjoyed about the scissors, is that I could cut these enormous slices... or just an itty bitty one, to test the chile oil on. I suspect that the take out pizza orders and delivery ones are sliced, unless asked not to, otherwise. P.S. They do ask you at the table if you'd want it sliced, or "do it yourself" etc? But for myself, I have now been there so often, they just bring the scissors over, along with the small plate and utensils. Which I appreciate them remembering.

^ Yeah well, you have to remember when he posted this all, right yes? No? Eh.... Shakey's Pizza in Bellingham, WA Forever! So, it's been several weeks since "My Very First" visit to https://viateverepizzeria.com back in May. Since then, I've been back to the place five times! Each visit a different pizza. I did skip one, but will explain that later. This was again the Margharita pizza, but with salami added. This was also my first introduction to "the chile oil" on the table. Great pizza! I am definitely a meat eating kind of guy, lol. The next visit (usually on the Wednesday, when they open at 4pm) I went with the Marinara, which is a pretty basic kind of pizza. But instead of a tomato 'sauce' they used crushed tomatoes on this one. I felt that made all the difference. They also threw in some garlic cloves and oregano, which was a nice touch. And I still got a kick out of getting slices with the pair of scissors! I still used a knife and fork to enjoy each slice. No "rolling" at this point for me, heh. And they switched it up, from a little one server metallic cup, to a good sized bottle of Chile Oil! Good choice. Sat looking the other way up Victoria Dr. Three things, the crust .... and that's it for a Marinara! Noted. I did enjoy the crushed tomatoes part of it. Now I can slather on as much chile oil as I want to, bwa - ha - ha! The following Wednesday, it was this pizza totally blanketed in Arugula! The prosciutto was nice, cooked in the pizza. I enjoyed having just more than a couple of 'things' on my pizza. The bottle of chile oil awaits, too. So the rest of it must be ...under the arugula? It was good. I would order this one again. Hmmm. I really think their Flag of Italy could use a replacement flag? After this one, there was "the one with anchovies in it." I am only a fan of these fishies if they are (usually) in a paste, and used for creating one of those Caesar Salads, hmm yes? Whatever the case, I did enjoy it, but the anchovies here and there made for a jarring, very salty, taste in my mouth. I would not order this one again. But I liked the taste novelty of it all. Looking out front, from our porch. Great sunny day, it was. The view of Victoria Dr. from this chair. Fuzzy, but readable. Note: anchovies. And basil. Utensils of choice. Looks beautiful, even with the anchovies in there. And lastly, just eaten this past Wednesday, was a real fave of mine, now. With funghi, too! Note that I skipped the VESUVIO pizza. Too much spicy meats for myself. Piccante = HOT! So I skipped it. Yum right?!! Again all the meat cooked in the pizza. As well ....Chile Oil! A no-brainer to eat it all up, hmm? And....there it is. Five more visits to our local pizzeria, Neopolitan style.

An article about the PNE's Opening weekend in today's newspaper (yes, we still read those), does mention that "Coaster will not be running, until next year." And that, as they say, is that.... hmmmph. Oh well. We're going to the PNE on Thurs. September 02. And enjoy what's there for us. But EDIT TO ADD: In the article, they give The Main Reason that Coaster is still down and will not open till next season... What I find a bit disappointing in all of this about Coaster, is that they could have explained this, right at the beginning of this season. If they'd already decided to go ahead with the major renovation, why not tell the public ASAP, too? Instead there was this "Coaster will not be operating/running this weekend," on their website. And on and on. Well, at least I hope I'll be able to ride and ride and ride Coaster again, next year!

Happy Birthday, H.P. Lovecraft!

A 'modified' PNE starts this coming weekend, with everything mostly outdoors. None of the main bigger buildings at the west end of the fair grounds will be used. It's all outdoors, rain or shine. We're planning to go on Thursday, Sept.02 for the day. And they are still not mentioning whether COASTER will be "up and running for the Fair". <sighs> http://www.pne.ca

Here's another one.....

We saw Jungle Cruise this past week. It was fun. And 'busy'. And 3D! And I like Dwayne Johnson doing comedy/action roles. They suit him. And - the central female character had My Last Name! Houghton. I loved it!

I didn't know where to ask this question, but... There is now a white band about 2 inches high, running along the bottom of my screen. This is the only site that this is happening. There is nothing in the band itself - just white. Thought I'd tell you, and ask if you know what's going on? P.S. Why is it, that even though I am in a specific thread, it lists as "No registered viewers viewing this page" ....?