I’d like to reiterate Get Up Early.  There is no more important piece of advice.  People are on vacation.  They want to relax and not get up when it’s still dark.  That’s fine, but you will wait in line, and your pictures will be full of people.

Yeah, someone asked me for my #1 tip for visiting Rome, and I said FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, BUY A TICKET FOR THE VATICAN MUSEUM AHEAD OF TIME. The tickets tell you your entry time, and if you show up at that time, you will wait no longer than 10 minutes to get in. The line for tickets at the gate was literally 200+ yards…

I mean.... what kind of aliens are we talking?

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Ok then - my GPS only works if I can’t get a cell signal.  Maybe I need a new phone.

The key part here is: “He really thinks.”

Your GPS only works if you can get a cell signal.

This is exactly what I thought when I saw the title.

Also, in order to take that much pride in the accomplishment, I would think you just have to shut off the part of your brain that remembers that there are Sherpas who walk up and down the mountain with about the same amount of difficulty as I would have climbing a particularly long flight of stairs.

Maybe she was only mostly dead?

Wait... they give awards for tamales? I would like to attend the ceremony. Do they have separate categories for banana leaf style and corn husk style? 

Like we’re all surprised someone named “Beanie” is wrong on the hot dog/sandwich debate.

Maybe he developed the provincial arrogance in NYC and just transferred it to Portland when he moved back?  I’m no psychologist, I just know that anyone who thinks actual Roman pizza doesn’t qualify as “pizza” and that Chicago isn’t a great pizza city either has significant problems or is mind-numbingly stupid.  Or…

I’ve had major problems with this in the past (I once went over a week without going after traveling), especially during the 5+ years I gave up drinking coffee. Now, getting my morning coffee usually does the trick. Still, I usually try to have a bag of prunes or a can of prune juice packed in my carry-on just in case…

He subsequently said he spent 10 years in Manhattan. I’m guessing this is where he got the idea that he was qualified to tell Roman pizzeria owners what does and does not constitute pizza.

Yes, extremely well. The vanilla kind of “smoothed out” the mint, and while it wasn’t listed on the can, I think they used a little bit of lactose to further smooth things out. The hops are also a strong competing flavor, so the mint was always present, but never dominating.

I’ve had haggis on pizza in Edinburgh.  Verdict:  pretty tasty!

Only been there once, but it is damn good.

No, likely just someone who has never been to Chicago and thinks that all pizza in Chicago is deep dish.

I’m gonna guess New York. Because New Yorkers seem to have collectively developed a strategy of (1) convincing everyone that New York style pizza is the only thing that qualifies as “pizza”, and (2) then claiming that New York style pizza is the “best pizza in the world” (which is by definition true if nothing else…