On Friday 8/19/11 I got a most wonderful e-mail from my friend Bob Bendesky. He has time to take a long lunch would I like to go get a Tacie? Let’s step back. About 2 weeks ago, I went to my new favorite take out place Sarcone’s Deli. They have excellent hoagies and the most excellent cheese steaks. Justin & Kurt and the rest of the gang are FOCUSED on customer satisfaction too. I had a hankering for a piece of pizza and they have what they call Flatbread pizza. It’s kinda like Stouffer’s French Bread Pizza only better – MUCH better. I was in the mood for pizza and got my taste buds all hopped up for mozzarella, sharp provolone, red sauce & basil. And guess what – they made it for me! And it turned out to be an awesome combo of flavors. And low and behold the Guys at Sarcone’s made it their Flat of the Week and called it the Tacie. (Ok…. I’m EXTREMELY flattered and vaguely embarrassed.) And of course I had to promote the Flat! Not that I wasn’t already promoting Sarcone’s. They put Mountain Dew in for me too! How awesome is that?!? You don’t have to answer that. It’s AWESOME!
I met Bob through Mare. I’ve known Maribeth since High School. Mare suggested Bob & I become FB friend because “Bob is really interesting.” It’s true. Bob & his wife Cozy are really very interesting. They are Revolutionary War re-enactors (http://6pahome.com/).
Cozy is an artist/seamstress/wonder woman. She makes the authentic clothes they wear for the 6th PA. Very cool. One of these days I’m going to have to get my butt to one of the re-enactments and get some smarts from the 6th. The 1st time I met Bob we had dinner at … some sports bar in King of Prussia. It was fun. He and I got there 1st and so we had a bit of time to chat before everyone else got there. The next time we got together for a FB lunch … our 1 lunch took 6 hours. It was fun. Our next lunch only was 4 hours because we all had things to do. =) I’m sure there will be another of our “short” lunches after the summer is over.
So after bragging about my pizza on FB, Bob decided to join me for a piece of me. Luckily Bob works in West Chester and could take a long lunch on Friday. So in to WC he came and because I sent him the wrong way out of the parking lot he discovered Carlino’s Italian Market. It’s one of my favorite places to eat, but they didn’t name a pizza after me nor do they have Mountain Dew, so they are a bit further down the list. But they do have a remarkable variety and really good food too. Back down the street we went to get a Tacie. Bob enjoyed it and we had a delightful lunch and talk about a lot of different things from Cancer research to cheese steaks to cruise and more.
I always enjoy talking to Bob and enjoyed lunch. Now I am full of me and looking forward to our next meeting. Next FB meal will be Monday with some co-workers and then Thursday I go winging off to Idaho to meet the Lewistonians!