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@pizzablogger: What kind of "belt" is that?!? If you wore such a disjointed belt, your pants would fall down. I never thought Baltimore was "Rust Belt."

I like the pizzas at the Gruppo/Vezzo/Posto/Spunto group quite a bit. They've got that super-thin crust that I like at times. As you said, you have to keep the toppings minimal — but I've always advocated for restraint in toppings, anyway. I usually do no more than 3.

What version of IE and what type of operating system are you using? That might help us in troubleshooting this bug.

I feel lucky. I have no food allergies or sensitivities. Just some dislikes that are based on flavor/texture preferences but nothing that would affect my health or well-being.

@gambit50: I thought the same thing, too (re NY mag), but then I read the article — they talked to a French-bread expert (Cornell professor Stephen Kaplan) and had him do the tasting.

But ... if you really want to know ...

We go to Wildwood NJ every year in summer for a week or so. We both have a love of tacky things and boardwalk/coin-op amusement things. (Wildwood, I love you, but you're kinda tacky.)

We play this boardwalk game called fascination, which is sort of a mix between bingo and skee-ball. Just click that link, you'll see. You win tickets, like in skee-ball, that can be turned in for prizes.

Wildwood has the most AMAZING fascination parlor ever (also, the ONLY one we've ever been in FWIW). It's run by this guy Randy Senna, who is great. Actually, just watch this video about Randy and his parlor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVLJI-Z67ac You'll get an idea of what fascination is all about and of what a character Randy is.

Anyway, I knew I wanted to do it in Wildwood. And my initial thought was to bring the ring to Randy earlier in the day and have him put in in the prize case ... then we would "browse" the prizes and I would say "Oh, what's that ... " And it would be the ring....

But ... somehow I didn't want to involve Randy in our madness. I didn't want things to get unpredictable and I had no idea what Randy might do at the moment of proposal. So instead, I made sure we played long enough to win some tickets. Then, when we had our fill of fascination, we left. Then I said I was going back in to trade in our tickets for something. When I came out, I had the ring in its box.

At first "Girl Slice" was like, "What kind of crappy ring did you get for 77 tickets?!? I'm surprised it even has a box!" Then I had to explain I was proposing.

It's a weird story, and no one can quite follow it.

Oh, did I mention that this was on the day Michael Jackson died? (I was waiting till the last night of our vacation — there was no other day I could have done it because we were going back the next morning.)

And now it doesn't help that whenever we tell people I proposed on the Jersey Shore that people think of The Situation, Snooki, and that whole crew. That's a whole other town up the Shore!

Sorry, Jake. As talented as you sound here, the SE community has guidelines on self-promotion. This sort of thing — and the comments you've been making across the site — are frowned upon. You're welcome to participate in a meaningful way, but until then, I'm going to have to ask you to cease and desist on the shilling. Thanks.

Krista: If you're not wedded to the "Fast FOod International" concept, you can get tarte flambée at a few places around NYC, including The Modern, Benoit, Klee Brasserie, and August in Manhattan and 718 in Astoria.

This is the "new and improved" version for dummies. Please excuse the lame attempt at humor. ;)

@Rodzilla: I really liked the Margherita and was pretty impressed with it — especially considering that it was the pizzeria's second day. The crust was flavorful and just crisp enough right out of the oven. True to the Neapolitan form, it was a bit wetter than what crisp-pizza lovers might want (I ate it with knife and fork, as is the custom with Neapolitan pies), but the flavors were good. I'm looking forward to trying more Olio pies.

D'oh! Thanks, mcmvoices. Wipes egg off face.

Thanks, Simon! I loved the trip to France. I should clarify — because I have seen some SE'rs thinking that we only did Paris — that we only did 3 days in Paris and then did a walking tour along Mont-Saint-Michel Bay from Granville in Normandy to Cancale in Brittany. This is it for pizza — although I took a series of pizzeria-exterior photos that I may throw up here on Slice. I have one or two more non-pizza food posts ....

@thisgirl123: WHA?!?! WHO!?!

@Lingbo Li: You can tell diet soda from regular soda BY TASTING IT. No need to drop a goddam mint in it and test for sourness.

@spamalot: I understand the sentiment. How 'bout a compromise ... we'll keep the Week in SE post AND work on more original weekend posts???

@everyone: Thanks again!