Entries tagged with 'politics'
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Where the Obamas Eat Pizza
From the New York Times: A good place to experience Hyde Park’s cross-cultural vibe is 57th Street. There are tweedy academics rummaging through the dusty shelves at 57th Street Books (No. 1301; 773-684-1300; semcoop.booksense.com), and dapper African-American families sharing deep-dish pizzas at Medici on 57th (No. 1327; 773-667-7394; www.medici57.com). Indeed, Malia and Sasha Obama have held pizza parties at this popular Italian restaurant; just refer to the menu, where new “Obama Eats Here” T-shirts are on sale for $18....Italian Fiesta Pizzeria: The Obamas' Chicago Pizza Favorite, Reviewed
Daniel Zemans, our man in Chicago, checks in with another piece of intel on the Windy City pizza scene. Daniel also blogs about Chicagoland pizza with his friends on the Chicago Pizza Club blog. —The Mgmt. But President-Elect Appears to Favor St. Louis Pizzeria Italian Fiesta Pizzeria 1400 East 47th Street, Chicago IL 60653 (map); 773-684-2222 to order; 773-924-5339 to reach restaurant Getting There: Metra to 47th Street or 6 Jackson Park Express bus to 47th Street and Lake Park Pizza Style: Tavern-cut thin crust Oven Type: Gas The Skinny: Greasy thin-crust pizza Price: $19.70 for a large pizza with...Italian Fiesta Pizzeria Serves Barack Obama's Favorite Pizza
The family that owns and cooks at Chicago's Italian Fiesta Pizzeria, which has a location in President-elect Barack Obama's Hyde Park neighborhood, is being flown out to D.C. to cook up a batch of its thin-crust pies. The pizzas will be featured in a preview of the food to be served at Obama's January 20 inauguration. Joliet Herald News Italian Fiesta Pizzeria makes Mr. Obama's favorite pizza, as was mentioned in an entry on his site. As Patti Harris-Tubbs, co-owner (along with her two sisters) of Italian Fiesta, told the Joliet Herald News, "My first response was, 'Is this a...Where to Go Obama Sightseeing in Illinois
While you still can, before the Obamas move to D.C., the Chicago Tribune lists places you might bump into the president-elect and family: "Medici on 57th Street in Chicago: Pick up your "Obama Eats Here" T-shirt and order a pizza." 1327 East 57th Street, Chicago IL 60637; 773-667-7394 (map)...No More CPK for Michelle Obama
"Mrs. Obama, a creature of the South Side and of habit, has spent nearly every Saturday for the past 10 years with the same two friends and their collective brood of children, lately at a local California Pizza Kitchen where the group hashes over their weeks together. Now all of that must change." [New York Times]...Numbers from the 2008 Presidential Race
As of October 15, Barack Obama's campaign spent $900 on Domino's pizza while John McCain's spent $550. Make of the data what you will....Domino's Analyzes Republican, Democratic Pizza Habits
Atlantic blogger Marc Armbinder finds some political research the folks at Domino's have done: Republicans Spend more per order than other consumersThey rely on credit cards to pay more than other consumersThey tend to order two large pizzas at a time, and they're usually specialty pizzasThey are more likely to order online, and more likely to pick up their orders Democrats Rely on delivery more than RepublicansPay cash more than other consumersLike more variety with their orders, opting for side items, chicken and beverages more than Republicans...YTMND: McCainy Love Pizza
This is one of the most bizarre submissions to make-your-own-meme site YTMND: McCainy Love Pizzas! The creator has used one of McCain's crazy faces and mashed it up with Ween's unreleased Pizza Hut Jingle "Where'd the Cheese Go?" (Warning: If you're at work, turn down your volume and/or put on headphones.)...Pizza at McCain HQ
GirlSlice: http://www.mccainblogette.com/ GirlSlice: they don't seem to have permalinks GirlSlice: anyway GirlSlice: if you scroll down NYCSlice: yeah. it's nuts. that blog is hard to link to GirlSlice: to the end of the first page GirlSlice: they have a giant GirlSlice: grandma pizza GirlSlice: delivered GirlSlice: it looks like? GirlSlice: I've never seen that big of a rectangular pizza before! NYCSlice: there's a way to find permalinks on that site NYCSlice: but it's screwy NYCSlice: http://www.mccainblogette.com/postings/101008.shtml GirlSlice: have yo uever seen a pizza delivery like that? NYCSlice: not really, but i'm wondering if it's just a trick of the...Slice is part of the Foodblog Ad Network. To advertise on this site or across a network of food-related weblogs, click here.
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