Vacation Eats: Pizza in Lamezia

This is a post in my "Vacation Eats" series. I'm posting about various eating and drinking experiences I had on our 2011 Vacation Extravaganza -- Pittsburgh, Boston, Italy, Paris, Pittsburgh. A link to all posts so far is available here. The idea is to lose all the pounds I gained by the time I'm finished with this posting series!

We went out for dinner one night with hubby's cousin and his wife.  I can't remember the name of the restaurant, but it has something to do with the Italian word for a tantrum.

This marks pizza no. 7 for hubby, no. 5 for me.  And of course we had antipasto and gelato too!

Above, our antipasto plate.  There is fresh ricotta (which looks a little like banana).

Above, hubby's cousin and his wife and their pizzas. 

Above, our pizzas.  Again, I went with 4 cheese with olives. 

Gelato, complete with cookie. 

More gelato...

Vacation Eats: Ristorante Toscana in Pizzo

This is a post in my "Vacation Eats" series. I'm posting about various eating and drinking experiences I had on our 2011 Vacation Extravaganza -- Pittsburgh, Boston, Italy, Paris, Pittsburgh. A link to all posts so far is available here. The idea is to lose all the pounds I gained by the time I'm finished with this posting series!

This is where we ate right after we got engaged in Pizzo in 2007, and it was our first time eating there since that night.  We got the same table, which made it even more special.  We also had fun with the menu -- it was where my husband came up with his "spuma" (not a puma) joke (spuma actually means foam). 

Very pretty food, un po' costoso. The first pic is from the bar where we went for our aperitif.  Of the entrees, his is the seafood one with foam on top, mine is the red-sauce ravioli.  And our salads came afterward, in typical Italian fashion. 

A Travel Aside

I'll get back to the Vacation Eats series tomorrow, but I'm on the road now, hopefully just until tomorrow night, but who knows how long.

I'm in Indy right now for work and thinking about walking out for a solo dinner.  But it's raining and room service is tempting...

Hmm.  What to do?

I hate holing up in a hotel room, but it's so cold here!

Anyway, our friend who was running for city council didn't win, but neither did either of his competitors, so there is going to be a run-off.  That's good news b/c when I saw the vote count this morning and saw that he'd lost out on first place by only about 400 votes, I was immediately filled with regret.  Even though we don't live in the area where he's running, why didn't I volunteer to help him?  I asked hubby today (when he told me there would be a run-off) if we can help going forward.  Whether it's knocking on doors or making phone calls, this guy deserves a city council spot and I want to do what I can to help him get it.  He's got great experience and would be an asset. 

So glad what I thought was going to be a regret in life is something I can now correct!

Update:  I went out to dinner and had to walk home in the cold rain and wind so strong it almost blew my umbrella inside-out.  BARcelona was the name of the restaurant.  I got one thing I really liked -- baked goat cheese in a tomato sauce with a side of bread.  And I brought dessert back to the room to enjoy while I look over the case files for tomorrow's settlement conference!

Vacation Eats: Pizza in Pizzo

This is a post in my "Vacation Eats" series. I'm posting about various eating and drinking experiences I had on our 2011 Vacation Extravaganza -- Pittsburgh, Boston, Italy, Paris, Pittsburgh. A link to all posts so far is available here. The idea is to lose all the pounds I gained by the time I'm finished with this posting series!

When we got to Italy, and finally got off our connecting flight in Lamezia, got our rental car and drove to Pizzo, we were starving and it was late.  We worried most restaurants would have closed for the afternoon, which is common there.

We tried to go back to where we had our rehearsal dinner, but the restaurant has moved.  Instead we found a tiny new place for pizza.  Owned by a couple for just over a year, and she was sitting in the restaurant with their 10 month old daughter who was being entertained by her mother, while she gave us plates and menus while her husband cooked.

Good pizza and fries.  I got 4 cheese with olives (not pitted!) and hubby got mushroom.