Juliet and I were feeling cooped up yesterday after poor weather forced us to cancel our 4 day weekend in Moab, UTAH. On a whim Juliet suggested we go to Boulder to eat Salumi and Pizza at the wonderful Pizzeria Locale.
This wonderful and true Italian pizzeria always delivers an outstanding product indicated by the perfect pie above with mushrooms, buffalo mozzarella, and a wonderfully tangy tomato sauce.
The wine in the glass there was from Sicily – A Cerasuola
The electric Aperol Spritz was Juliet’s starter drink for a lunch that would continue for nearly 3 hours. While this lovely beverage may appear like Kool-Aid is it actually wonderfully rounded with flavors or orange, prosecco, and the brilliant Aperol aperitivo liqueur.
I chose the venerable Americano a drink made from Campari, Red Vermouth from Turin, soda, and also an orange. Once you down one of these the appetite is ready for full consumption.
After salumi (prosciutto, salame, and mortadella) we both had lovely salads, meatballs, and the pizza you saw before. We each had a cocktail, 2 glasses of wine, and finally this wonderful Amaro from Nonino to wash down this Butterscotch Pudding called a Budino
These drinks cause clumsiness and Juliet dropped her iPhone onto the very cool subway tile under our table. This photo indicates how my head feels today.
Of course after a big Italian lunch one must partake in the coffee ritual. So we headed across the street to the wonderful Boxcar Coffee Roasters for a couple of killer Macchiati - espresso with a spot of milk and more people watching.
We decided it was too soon to drive after all the yummy booze and we headed up to Table Mesa for a short hike (I was wearing a sports coat and dress shoes)
Juliet looked so hot in her scarf and that always makes the hike more fun.
It was a steep grade up and Juliet and I were both huffing
This tree really spoke to me (see my poem it inspired from last night)
On the way down it began to rain/snow/sleet on us and so we double-timed it back to the car and drove home.
We invited Juliet’s colleague over where we made Insalata di Caprese as well as Risotto with Saffron and Gunaciale. We drank a killer Gruner Veltliner and a lovely Barbaresco from Paitin
Sorry no photos from last night, it was just about chatting and laughing together. I could honestly host people at our home for dinner 5 nights a week.
This was a wonderful day and I am so excited Juliet is off again today for us to explore.
Cheers Bliss Adventurers 
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Yum. I think I need to go get some pizza right now! That looks delicious!!
thanks Molly..it was indeed
I’ll second that!
Thanks David! It is always so easy to 2nd pizza
What can be more perfect that a delicious pizza, a great tasting coffee and a view that takes your breathe away….wonderful post.
Thanks you island traveler! I look forward to seeing your blog
Looks delicious.
it was indeed
Great photos! You’re living the life out there! Doesn’t look quite as beautiful as Connecticut (sarcasm), want to switch?
Hey, there are some great parts of Conn. At least you are close to NYC and we would love to spend some time there
Thanks for the comment and I hope you have a great week
Lovely pictures
. Now I’m hungry, love the look of your wife’s drink, very inviting. Ah well back to my workout 
. Thanks for sharing.
what kind of workouts do you do Boomie?
Deep question
because according to one of the trainers at my gym, everyone at the gym thinks I am either crazy or extraterrestrial Lol. I run…today 9.5miles, I do weights, stair climber, floor exercises…anything and everything but mostly I run.
9.5 miles? ???!!! Wow! I can barely drive that far. I love exercise but clearly you are a pro…congrats!
Sounds like an excellent save. Now I want pizza though! (And to go off on a proper wander.)
It was a Save indeed..yesterday was actually pretty brutal for me. A proper wander is the only way I keep myself moving forward and avoiding “stases”
Wonderful post. Wonderful pictures. Wonderful everything. How am I supposed to go eat cereal now, Mike?!
Just chew with your eyes closed
It seems…you two are the ones to go dining and wining with!! Yum
yes Sherry! You would have so much fun with us!
Really nice post, Michael.
Thank you very much George. This was a fun endeavor
Another awesome post, which won my heart with the first picture! I am a nut for pizza, and that one looks fantastic! I used to work for Shakey’s Pizza when I was just startin out, and I ate pizza 2-3 times a day and STILL loved it. My co-workers used to say my blood type must be oregano-positive.
AND, my grandparents lived in Moab for many years. We used to go there every summer for a couple of weeks, and when I was in my late teens/early twenties, I lived there for a while. Fabulous place! I love the Arches, and Dead Horse Point was one of my favorites, too. Many great memories of Moab.
Charles,
This is really great info and I am so excited you lived in Moab. We really look forward to our trip there this summer. I wish I could eat pizza like that. Sadly, Gluten makes me ill and so even only 2 small slices I ate hit me pretty hard
Bummer!
It’s in my living will that if I reach the point where I can’t eat pizza, it’s time to pull the plug.
Did you hike up at NCAR?
Sounds like a day of feasting! You should get outside today. The sun is shining!
we are going to hike somewhere today…want to keep it under 20 miles form home
went to El Dorado Springs today
We invited Juliet’s colleague over where we made Insalata di Caprese as well as Risotto with Saffron and Guanciale. We drank a killer Gruner Veltliner and a lovely Barbaresco from Paitin.
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That’s the paragraph that grabbed my attention the most.
Perhaps you could enlighten your readers who are unawares what guanciale really is. As for me, I am envious. Your choices of foods is without peer, truly.
I am assuming my readers have Google
I had only a limited time to post today so I could not elaborate on the details. I will fire off the occasional recipe blog but mostly I just want to tell stories. I do however very much appreciate your support 
Seemed like a wonderful lunch!!!
But if you could “host people at our home for dinner 5 nights a week”, how would you have time to all this interesting blogging you create…? 
Trust me, I would like them here 5 nights a week, but I know I would run out of energy for that after about 1 week
Thanks for your comment!
YUM!!!
yum indeed!
Fantastic post! The pizza looked amazing and your knowledge of all things cocktails and wine is impressive! I struggle with wine, cocktails not so much.
Juliet is beautiful! You share life with a lovely lady. And I wish I could entertain guests with your ease. Entertaining is not my strong suit. Although I can pull off a crab boil or barbecue. But this country gal never learned the art of gracious entertaining. LOL!
Karista,
Was this the first post you have seen Juliet? She is such a knockout so I try and include her as much as possible in my posts. We love to host and Juliet is a total master of entertaining. It is now second nature for us and our guests do seem to enjoy themselves
I would love to come to your crab boil!
Best to you my friend!
I think I may have seen Juliet in other posts but didn’t realize she was your wife. I should be paying closer attention.
You two are adorable! Life is so much more fun when you enjoy it with someone who shares your passions. Have a fabulous week! And when I throw my Mega Crab and Crawfish Boil Event, I’ll be sure to send you and Juliet and invite! 
Yum! What fun. Great post.
thank you! It was a blast
Sounds like the absolute perfect day… right down to the wet dash back to the car
I’m glad you two get these incredible days off together- truly a treasure! Thank you again for the invitation, and I’ll catch you guys one of these times… 
we aren’t accustomed to people too busy to drink wine and eat Neapolitan pizza
I hope you crush the rest of the semester and that you take some time for rec and rest this summer. 
you do know I am just giving you a hard time. I have opened 3 restaurants 3 bars and 4 75k sq ft grocery stores so I know what it is like to be all consumed
It’s good
I definitely will (and do) make time for rest and rec, I just have to time it right. Wow- from the sound of it, you have been much busier than I currently am! I didn’t know you’d done all that in past lives 
yeah, I may share a bit of unsolicited advice but it does not come without the wisdom attached. I was the wine director for a top-tier grocery retailer and opened 3 of their stores along with managing mine. I was the wine director for a chain of upstart restaurants and wine bars in Houston. I eventually became director of biz development and wine guy for a concept I helped to create along with some really amazing people and I did this while developing a travel company in Puglia, Italy which is now one of the most successful tour operators in Southern Italy. 80 hour weeks and multiple phone and email checks from 2 continents throughout the night were not uncommon at all. I worked the day of our wedding and worked through our honeymoon (hence our makeup Moon last year) In all of this I discovered that it was totally useless to work like this unless the entity was wholly and completely my own and this is how TBA was born
Love, love, love BOULDER! Was just there (lots of relatives in Denver/Boulder/Erie area) during your great snowstorm of 2012 (Jan-Feb week)! But DIA didn’t hold me up.
Great pics, once again.
let me know when you get back this way..would love to meet you
Same here!
cool! we will be here till Sept.
Oh – the teahouse in Boulder. The Best. Would love to go in the spring/summer when it’s 110 degrees here!
this is why we moved here
smart. last summer here was HELL.
Went to Boulder, Vail and Jackson Hole. just awesome.
have not done Jackson Hole yet but we want to
If you had called me, I would have gone with y’all for pizza! lol
Are you in Colorado? Feel free to join us anytime
It would have had to have been a virtual pizza on my end, but I’m up for pizza anytime — breakfast, brunch, lunch, midafternoon snack, supper, evening snack, midnight snack….
That would be one hell of a party!
I’m on a diet
but you just fed me with this story. lol. Thanks to you and Juliet! 
cheers to you CB!