Mano’s & GO OUTSIDE
While unintentional, I’ve noticed that sometimes my recs oddly align with the guest and story featured in our podcast of the week. The ethos of “Rachel’s Recs” has always been the same: to talk about the shit I’ve been liking in the city lately. Whether that’s my shoeshine spot or a hot cocktail bar, but never premeditated. But something about editing these episodes and sitting with them must seep into my brain! Because this week, we have Scott Wiener of Scott’s Pizza Tours on the show and wouldn’t you know it, I’ve been loving my local pizza spot as of late.
Previously, I’ve discussed my five fav pizzas in the city, and Mano’s was featured, but this time I want to give them an explicit shoutout because I've been eating so much of their damn delicious pizza. As you guys know, I eat pizza every Friday for Pizza Friday™️ and must have had Mano’s at least 4 of the last 6 Fridays. We had friends over this past Friday, got a pie, and then we couldn’t stop talking about how good it was the rest of the night. Even the next morning, when you do your little hangover group text, a couple of them were still talking about how they couldn’t stop thinking about the pizza! Mano’s is finally getting some much-deserved attention (number 4 slice in America) but I haven’t noticed a dip in quality or crazier lines. If anything, it’s gotten better. How good is this pizza? When we had our holiday party in December, we got a bunch of pies and a Margherita for the vegans. Readers, the Margherita was the crowd favorite. No cheese! The crowd favorite! It’s so good.
GO OUTSIDE
There’s no two ways about it, I’ve been a little bitch about the weather lately. But guess what? IT’S GLORIOUS OUT THIS WEEK. And we can not take this for granted. I’m talking bike rides, walks, stoop hangs, Citi Bike rides… I encourage you to do all the things. Do you know that it’s going to be 60 and sunny in NYC on Saturday? SIXTY AND SUNNY?! NYC is collectively going to lose its damn mind, and I can’t wait to be a part of it. I’ve already cleared my calendar all day Saturday and plan on heading into Manhattan to see what happens. I know, we all know, this is a tease. But all the more reason to savor it while we got it! Feel free to send me a DM of you doing shots with your friends near an open window, I promise it will bring a tear to my eye.
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