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That's Amore: Love, Lust, and Pizza on Craigslist

Posted by Adam Kuban, October 4, 2007

In which Slice wades waist-deep into the plaintive muck of Craigslist's Missed Connections in search of pizza-related longing. So come with me, my love, to the swamp of love that spawns That's Amore. —The Mgmt.

You sitting there with a brown paper bag ... perhaps containing a slice of pizza? ... I reached within my gig bag for a piece of paper upon which I wanted to sketch song lyrics about who I thought you might be. —G train beauty - m4w - 47

Melissa A - m4w - 31: Hey I've been thinking about you since you came into my job with your mom.I haven't seen you in years lets catch up. Your favorite pizza guy, Dennis

Off the train to Ray's Pizza - m4m - 36 (Lower East Side): we eyed each other on the platform then you followed me out but didn't hang around. Me--Grey suit you in blue pullover and jeans. You went upstairs and to Rays pizza where I hung around but you just booked on. Wanna hook up sometime. Hit me back.

guy at pizza place on 112th and amsterdam - m4m - 21 (Upper West Side): Really wanted to say hi but was way too shy... Think u were a Columbia student. U were wearing a white/grey shirt with like a messenger bag. Tell me what color shirt I was wearin.

* Robin * - m4w - 26 (Union Square): We met at the bar on 21st, you are the beautiful sicilian social worker from Indiana. You joined my friends and I for some pizza and then we split apart. I looked for you at the bar on 105 eldridge but i dont think you made it. I enjoyed the short time we spent together. Hoping to see you again and continue our conversation...perhaps over a glass of red wine

We talked at Ben's pizza Friday night - m4w - 27 (Greenwich Village): You were very polite while I bitched about work. It was fun talking to you but I had to run. Let's hang out sometime and I promise I won't bring up work again...

WHY CAN'T CELL PHONES WORK IN THE SUBWAY!?!?!? (Harlem / Morningside): ...and to think that right now I could have been with you, eating pizza and watching a movie, sipping ravens' wood while playing backgammon, embracing you, lying naked on your bed, kissing you, caressing your soft skin, and giving you all my affection and love. Instead, I find myself in my apartment in brooklyn, so far away from you, no dinner and a movie, no wine or games, no hugs, no snuggling, no kisses, no you. To think that if only cell phones worked in the subway, I wouldn't be alone in my boxers typing this shit on my computer at 3 o'clock in the morning... Maybe I should be posting this under the "rants and raves" section? God, how I long to be with you, my sweet sugar muff!

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