Pizza Intensity

Spent a few hours this morning at the new pizza restaurant under the Brooklyn Bridge, it's a good vibe but I get the impression that the chef-owner-proprietor is a bit sensitive about his trade secrets, so I'm not going to repeat here what I'm experiencing and learning there -- suffice to say, it's pretty humbling to be in the presence of someone whose so passionate and committed to elevating the humble pizza into something fantastic.

Had lunch with B with the restaurateur and the embryonic staff, really amazing Italian-American style slices, high quality with a deft touch on the dough and a nice olive-wood aroma from a technique he's experimenting with (my lips are sealed!) We took off and visited the park we married, got a snack at Jacques Torres, walked over to where B used to live and all the landmarks we courted each other.

Spent the evening working the phones and the counter at the Prospect Heights restaurant, very busy for a Monday night. It was pretty intense, and the 5 hours flew by in a second. AND the restaurateur from the Brooklyn Bridge spot came by for dinner, to check out the operation I've been talking up a little to him. A long day of pizza intensity

BREAKFAST: 8:30am, good granola with industrial milk, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

LUNCH: 1:45pm, 1 slice marg, 1.5 slice white, small amount of chicory salad, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 3pm, 3 chocolate covered graham crackers, half a hot chocolate, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 8pm, cheese cake, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 9:45pm, small pizza with moz, spicy sausage, fresh bell pepper, black olive, cherry tomato, ginger ale, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5

EVENING WATERING: 11:30pm, quart