This, the first of our regional blogs, is authored by the technology and financial journalist Dominic Basulto. Dominic is a New York native, has been a senior editor at Corante since day one and has written for a number of online and offline media companies. Send tips or story ideas to: basulto@gmail.com.
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Dawn Eden, who writes the weekly "Blog On!" column for the New York Daily News, has a few pointers to New York City pizza blogs. For example, there's the Brooklyn Pizzeria in New Orleans, which was hard-hit by Hurricane Katrina ("My business was in almost 4 feet of water, everything gone.")
There's also "the city's own pizza blog," SliceNY: "We're Big Apple-based, with a special affinity for New York-style pies, but we're wild about pizza in general. We're even warming up to the idea of deep dish." In a follow-up posting, the editor of SliceNY explains that the site is not a "for-profit enterprise, modeled on corporate-owned blogs like Gothamist," as the New York Daily News implies:
"Well, if we're "clearly a for-profit enterprise," the ad sales team down on seven here at Slice corporate apparently didn't get the memo. I'll have to talk to HR about poaching some of the Gothamist Corporation's sales reps..."
"Pizza, pizza and more pizza! Calgary's most famous pizza parlour on Kensington Rd. at Crowchild trail. Bob has been making pizza for over thirty years - and a visit to his restaurant will leave you smiling. With a friendly lounge for refreshments after the big game, and a classic pizza kitchen to make you mouth watering pizzas seven days a week, Pizza Bob's is a time tested delight - just ask thousands of pizza fans that have eaten at that same location for thirty years! Come visit us in person or on line at http://www.pizzabobs.ca . Drop in today at 2610 Kensington Road N.W., Calgary, Alberta. Call (403) 283-2041 for fast delivery anywhere in Calgary!"
1. PizzaBob on April 30, 2006 04:15 PM writes...
"Pizza, pizza and more pizza! Calgary's most famous pizza parlour on Kensington Rd. at Crowchild trail. Bob has been making pizza for over thirty years - and a visit to his restaurant will leave you smiling. With a friendly lounge for refreshments after the big game, and a classic pizza kitchen to make you mouth watering pizzas seven days a week, Pizza Bob's is a time tested delight - just ask thousands of pizza fans that have eaten at that same location for thirty years! Come visit us in person or on line at http://www.pizzabobs.ca . Drop in today at 2610 Kensington Road N.W., Calgary, Alberta. Call (403) 283-2041 for fast delivery anywhere in Calgary!"
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