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Restaurant Review: Santora’s Pizza

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Buffalo has a lot – A LOT – of pizza places.  There almost seems to be one on every corner, and even the smaller towns have multiple (local) pizza shops.  This past trip we branched out and tried a new one, Santora’s Pizza.  It’s rather small inside, so get there early (by 5pm on weekends), and uber casual.  Which is fine with us, since we’re more focused on the food than on fancy surroundings.  And the food is good.  We got two pizzas – ham and pineapple, and mushroom and pepperoni.  The crust is closer to NY style than Chicago, and very good.  The sauce is plentiful and surprisingly sweet.  This made the ham and pineapple the preferred pizza that night.  However, this pizza is almost better as leftovers the next day.  Warm or cold, it makes a fantastic lunch.  The sauce also mellows a bit (becoming less sweet), and is also good with the spicy pepperoni and mushroom topping combination.  Overall, would definitely recommend the pizza here!

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Congaree National Park

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This Barred Owl was the highlight of the trip.

December 10, 2011 – Since it was already a week since our last road trip, we took a road trip to Columbia.  Since we like to travel through food, we stopped for lunch at a local place called Albert’s Deli. We tried a couple great sandwiches, one with roast beef/turkey/pastrami and melted cheese (the Better Boy), the other with Lebanon bologna and on toasted rye. Both sandwiches were great, we’d definitely go back.

This yellow-bellied sapsucker was the first bird sighting of the day.

After lunch we continued on to Congaree National Park. We had a few hours before the park closed and wanted to explore some of the elevated boardwalk. We had fun on the boardwalk, and took a few photos.

We finally saw a Red-Headed Woodpecker on this trip.

The Barred Owl was enjoying the peace and quiet in the late afternoon.

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Festival of Lights

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The lights were bright and plentiful.

December 8, 2011 – James Island County Park in Charleston hosts the Charleston Festival of Lights; it runs from now through the first of the year, but gets progressively more crowded as we get closer to the holidays (and probably on any weekend night). We went on a Thursday (Dec 08) and while there was a bit of a line to get in, it wasn’t a long wait (no more than a few minutes). Plus there are lights to look at on your way in. :-) We did the three mile drive, and parked at Lot B to walk through the Enchanted Forest on our way to get hot cocoa (tasted just ok, but was nice and warm!), a funnel cake with cinnamon and powdered sugar (excellent), and a stick with three jumbo marshmallows on it to roast. Louisa was able to get the marshmallows hot, but Tony roasted the last marshmallow perfectly. Now we know who the dedicated s’mores maker is going to be. ;-)

Hope everyone has a Happy New Year!

Our favorite lights were the poinsettias with flickering candles, an owl, a display synchronized to music (including 80s pop ballads and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra), and a random spider in the woods. This one was just funny since we’d previously driven by Little Miss Moffet and the spider… and here was the spider by itself. :P