WIAW: A Search For the Best Local Pizza Begins

HEY GUYS!

It's Wednesday!

And you know what that means?

It's time to party again!

"it's a celebration every time we link up"

~Nicki Minaj [Moment 4 Life]

I'm linking today's post with

Peas + Crayons'

What I Ate Wednesday Link Party

#10

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Everyone:
meet my friend LaVerne.

LaVerne and I met over 10 years ago as freshmen
at the University of Northern Iowa.
[go Panthers!]

We lived in neighboring dorms and his dorm hall was our "Brother dorm."
Let's just say we've had our fair share of good times.
LaVerne has been a really good friend to me over the years.
He always stays in touch even when I fall off the face of the earth.
There's a group of us former Panthers that frequently get together to catch up.
Remember in January when I went out for an all-raw sushi dinner with friends?
LaVerne was with us!

So why am I introducing LV today you ask...


You see-
LaVerne has always been what I would consider a
"social butterfly"
He's everywhere it seems!
He is also my go-to tweet buddy if ever I have questions about Twitter.
Recently LV, along with some other friends of his, came up with a genius plan
that involves PIZZA.

They decided to organize a city-wide competition to determine
just WHO'S pizza in our fine city and its surrounding cities
will be deemed the best pizza of the Greater Des Moines area.

They've organized a "tournament"that's gaining some momentum...
It's called
The Greater Des Moines Pizza Tournament
and Ryan and I couldn't wait to declare ourselves judges.

I don't do March Madness and I rarely {if ever} watch sports-
[except UFC and SYTYCD]
so these are the types of brackets I can get down with filling out!

 This past Sunday I put my game face on
and headed to a local joint called
"El Chisme"
which means
*gossip*
for round 1.

It was nice to be seated and find a rose.

{original photo from yesterday's rose shot}

With an entire menu of pizza that sounded awesome
Ryan clearly needed complete concentration in order to make the best selection.

We settled on two "personal pizzas"
{which were HUGE}

My choice was
El Chisme #2

I was planning on omitting the pepperoni but I forgot.
I wish I would have, but otherwise this pizza was stellar.

I was a big fan.

We share our pizza
(only because I wanted his)
so here's how we scored
El Chisme #2

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Ryan's choice was the legendary
*Al Pastor*

 [Marinated pork, Cheese and Green Sauce topped with Cilantro & Onions]


Even though this was "his" choice...

can I just say

*holy yum*

In fact...it was so good I even had to tweet this:

Here's how it scored:

Chef Jesus heard that there was a celebrity judging his pizza

so he rushed out to get my autograph.

{hehe...kidding}

He asked how we liked his freshly made pizzas.

We told him we didn't enjoy them one bit.

Lies.

In fact...

after eating all this pizza and feeling soooo stuffed-

I finally understood the artwork on the wall.

So that's how I made Ryan carry me out the door.

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Local peeps-

If you want in for Round 2 of the GDMPT...

let me know!!

stephanie@mythornshaveroses.com

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WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE KIND OF PIZZA?

I love Hawaiin. Something about pineapple and cheese.

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"Ideas are like pizza dough, made to be tossed around."
~Anna Quindlen