On Monday night, Trivia Art, my friend Suzanne, and I headed out for my final Philly meal before the road trip began. I figured I’d hit up Jim’s and grab a steak. Man it was awesome. Jim’s is always great, but sometimes you get one that goes beyond great, and this was one of those times. Well, I figured that I was going to have to take it to the next level, so after Jim’s I wandered down the street and, you guessed it, hit up Lorenzo’s for a slice.

Lorenzo’s is way hit or miss. Sometimes it is so-so, and sometimes it makes a solid pitch for best pizza in the city. Unfortunately, this was one of those so-so times. It’s still entirely edible when it’s so-so, so I chowed down. The follow photo was taken three hours later. It was not a joke.

Me and Lyle are heading out of the nation’s capital and off to Batimore to grab crab cakes. Lyle’s a west coast guy, so he’s never had one. Then, believe it or not, it’s back to good ol’ Wayne, PA tonight before we head to Pittsburgh manana. Art tells me that things went pretty well last night. Rock on. My night was pretty wild, as I hosted a little quizzo in DC. The DC crowd was plenty smart, but I’ll still take y’all in a head to head match up. In fact, that’s something that would be awesome-a city vs. city quizzo. If anybody’s got any great ideas for how we could do that, post ’em below. I just visited the Ford Theatre, where Lincoln got shot, and I’ll be posting about that this afternoon on the traffic.com blog, as well as a crabcake report, so be sure to check back then.

How old does Gerald Ford turn on July 14th?

Alright, gang, today is takeoff day, and I’m currently located in the exotic locale of…Wayne, PA! Yeah, the truck needed to get inspected. The hope is that I’ll make it to DC in time to host quizzo, but that is a crapshoot due to the late departure and the type of traffic that DC gets. So we’ll see. I’m gonna start blogging on the other site soon. Here’s the deal for the next several weeks.
1) Quizzo will be hosted by Trivia Art and Jam Master Sean. They both have plenty of quizzo hosting experince and both do a good job, so you’re in good hands.
2) You may only play once a week. With as much as I’ve got going on, there’s just no way for me to find time to come up with more than one set of questions per week. Sorry.
3) You will be able to follow me for the next several weeks on roadtrip.traffic.com, where I’ll be relating my adventures across America as well as asking for your advice on where to go and what to do. I hope you’ll follow my exciting trek!

Well gang, I met Lyle Lovinit a couple of hours ago. He flew in from Cali this morning, and he’s definitely West Coast. Real laid back, real tan, and he’s wearing an aloha shirt. Not a very stereotypical trucker, but sems like a real nice guy. We should get a long fine. Also, possibly a slight change for tommorrow night. Thinking about maybe hitting DC instead of Baltimore. I was hoping to host quizzo. I know a guy who hosts it there, but I haven’t been able to get a hold of him. So I’m still trying to figure out what exactly I’m gonna do. Oh well, the best adventures are always the ones you play by ear. Stay tuned, and feel free to give me any tips you’ve got for DC. Just nighttime stuff, won’t be doing any cultural stuff. We’re just kinda swinging through DC and Baltimore in the next couple of days to work out whatever kinks we might encounter, then back to Philly and heading off to Pittsburgh on Thursday.

Aw man, about 24 hours to go on the countdown and my to do list (which includes a visit to Jim’s Steaks) is still enormous. Starting to get a bit nervous. Not about the trip itself, but about the preparations for the trip. Lyle (the truck driver) flew in this morning, and I’ll meet him this afternoon. I’ll let you know how that goes. Had meeting with a “media advisor” this morning. To make a long story short, I was advised that, when on air, never say anything like this. I’m currently trying to figure out what I’m gonna do in Baltimore tommorrow night. I’ll let ya know. I hope to talk a bit about the World Cup and those sniveling wusses that won later in the day, if I have time.

As you all know, I head out next week for my cross country adventure, brought to you by the good people at traffic.com. And I need you to help me decide where to go and what to do. I’m gonna start by swinging through DC and Baltimore next Tuesday, but those are gonna be fly-bys as we get the ball rolling, so I probably won’t have time to do a whole lot. But I could take suggestions on where to eat, at least in Baltimore. Then, on Thursday the 13th, I head to Pittsburgh. I need to know where to eat, and what bar to hit. That’s about all I have time for, as I’ll be heading out for Cleveland the next morning. Hoping to hit the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame, but other than that, need to know where to eat and drink in Cleveland (not that I’ll be staying drunk during this whole trip. Oh, who am I kidding? I’ll be staying drunk this whole trip.) I’ll of course be asking again in future days and weeks about what to do in other cities, but this is just to get us started. And heck, if you know of a perfect bar to host quizzo in one of the aforementioned places, I could possibly take my show on the road. So post below the places you think I need to go. Oh, and I got my first bit of info on the truck driver who’s going to be taking me cross country, though I won’t meet him until next Monday. His name is Lyle.

The Great Pizza Hunt continues to limp along, as Johnny finally grabbed some more pizza. Geez, about time. Anyway, he went with Eric B. of the Axis of Evil Knieval to Pazzo’s (41 South 19th Street, just north of Walnut). It’s a pretty nice place, a little more upscale than your typical pizza joint, and it has a full bar. More importantly, it has a jukebox. The jukebox was OK, lots of classic rock standards, could use a little more soul and hip hop, if you ask me. The pizza was extremely good. We got a sausage and pepper pizza. The sauce was excellent, but they didn’t give us nearly enough of it. They should double up on the tasty sauce. The service was kind of blah. Here was Eric B.’s take:

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Emotional Blowjob won at a packed house at O’Neals on Tuesday, but after the match quizmaster Johnny G. was just worried about the peopleof Manayunk. “Man, oh, man, they are in the midst of a major flood, (That’s the Manayunk Brew Pub, below) and I don’t think Abercrombie and Fitch even makes a bathing suit. How are the Manayunkers supposed to deal with those Bad Flood Blues? My suggestion: Throw on your favorite tube top, crank up the Dave Matthews, make an extra appointment at Hollywood Tans, and start drinking those Red Bull and vodkas!”

Who once said, “When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.”