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Once in my life, I'd like to be offered a glass of DRC La Tache.
Perhaps only Petrus compares. Worth $5000 a bottle? I don't know, but I'd sure like a taste.

Adam: Is it the color on my laptop, the color on your camera or did those pies have a rusty-yellow tinge? You liked the pies, so I presume the unconventional color was either an artifact or not a reflection of any unpleasant taste.

Kerry: Wicked good looking recipe. As a non meat-eater, I'm going to substitute smoked salmon for the ham.

We spent a few lovely days in Cassis with French friends a few years back. Highlight, aside from lunch on the harbor (with a glass of the eponymous red wine produced in the hills overlooking the harbor), was a trip to the calanques, rocky inlets lining the coast between Cassis and Marseille. Great views, serene beaches.

@schodack:

What a great story. Like Cheers, the bar in the TV series of the same name, it's great to go "where everybody knows your name," even if the beer is warm.

I've advocated for Salvatore's of Soho in these pages since their early days.
Excellent product, but, by no means the best slice in NYC.
5-Boro Pizza Guys have missed the mark with this declaration.

Heard they have a wine and beer license already. Damn. Hoping to bring my own a few times to save some bucks.

I grew up not far from Cold Spring and have, through the years, returned there for a peaceful walk along the Hudson, a meal in one of the pleasant cafes along the village's main street and some antiquing. It has become a destination, with more and more New Yorkers visiting (it's an easy trip on Metro-North) and many New Yorkers buying second homes in the village.
Still, it qualifies as "quaint" and peaceful.

I see a Slice field trip in the future.
Paulie and I discussed a visit to Nomad in early October.
It would be great to have other slicers join us.
Unfortunately, Hopewell is a bit off the beaten track. New Yorkers would have to train it to Princeton or take the bus to Lambertville.
I suppose a shuttle service can be arranged.

V&T is indeed a source of nostalgia for many of us. My wife was a graduate student at Columbia in the early 80s and we made regular trips to V&T and the Hungarian Pastry Shop. I'm not sure whether my pizza chops have become more demanding in my old age or if V&T has jumped the proverbial shark, but, on a recent visit with the daughter of a friend, a Barnard freshman (or, is it freshwoman?), we were completely unimpressed with the pizza at V&T. The salads were generous and the bread tasty, but I agree with previous opinions in this thread about V&Ts pizza.

I answered 2, but that doesn't count picking from other people's plates: if you leave your crust over, I'm gonna grab it. If I'm having a really fine pie, then I might force three. Obviously, this applies to full-sized pies. Last night, for example, my daughter and I split a crimini mushroom pie at Toby's and we each had two slices, which is equivalent, I would say, to a single slice of a standard pizzeria pie.

For all of you who answered "8," I'll be treating your acid reflux in a few years.

just had a shrimp bibimbap for lunch....deelish

@HeartofGlass:

Typical order for family of four at "artisanal" pizza joint:
--2 pies (one with toppings, other di nonna or similar)=$45
--1 bottle of wine or 2 glasses of wine and 2 beers=$30
--appetizer (say, mussels or calamari)=$12
--salad (or tomatoes/basil/mozz with balsamic and extra virgin)=$12
--dessert (for argument's sake, one dessert and four forks)=$6
--tax and tip

I think that's nearly a buck and a quarter right there.
Where I go for pizza (typically, Brooklyn, Staten Island or Jersey), we simply don't order by the slice. Like others who have commented, pizza has become a special meal. And, pizza is just part of the meal. Accordingly, the cost of a pizza dinner for two adults and two college-aged children is at least a hundred bucks.