Daily Archives: October 4, 2008

Luigi’s

Luigi’s is a local Akron place that you have to go to at least once. It’s a great Italian place that has been in Akron for almost 60 years, which I know, because there was a newspaper article at the table we sat at that said that Luigi’s had been around for 36 years, and the article was dated 1985. Most of the other tables have Funky Winkerbean comics, since apparently the animator for that newspaper comic strip is a local guy who has a Luigi’s in his comic strip that is supposed to be the same.

Renee had never been there, so it was nice to have a chance to take her there. You can’t do it too often, because even though it’s great to go there it’s a bit pricey. She enjoyed the food and so did I. They have these little touches that make the place so good. Like the parmesan cheese is really shredded parmesan cheese, not that dry powder stuff. They have the red pepper shakers. The food is just incredible. Get the cheese on the salad. It’s not good for you, but it’s so good.

What is even more bizarre about this place is that I used to live right down the street from it and I never even knew about the place until Leonard took me there one night. It’s weird how much of Akron I missed out on the first time I lived in Akron.

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Inner City Dogs

I think as long as I’ve lived and no matter where I have lived there have always been stray dogs wandering about that occasionally end up in your yard. Typically I would say that this is a rare and very much uninvited event, because dogs carry disease, could bite you, and can even damage your property. Having been in Akron for two years now I have seen my fair share of stray dogs.

We had one dog that followed Patty home. She asked if she could keep it, and I said no. Later we found out that the dog belonged to a family a few houses down. The dog came loose again a few times. They were really horrible at taking care of the dog and eventually sold it to some other family.

We had another dog that was down the street for the longest time and when the kids would walk that way to see any of their friends the dog would run up to them and sort of block their path. They were afraid of that dog, so that was rather unpleasant. I never personally saw the dog, and when I’d walk with the kids it never came out.

There was one dog that used to pace up and down the street. There have been several dogs that stopped traffic crossing the street. This all brings us to this dog. This dog apparently wandered into our backyard and wouldn’t leave. He apparently tried getting inside and kept everyone trapped inside the house for a while. I was sleeping so I didn’t take this picture or see any of this.

Grandma called the police who showed up and tried coaxing the dog into the car. My Grandma kept calling this dog a pit bull. I don’t know if it is or not, but it doesn’t look like it. I don’t know that much about dogs though. The owner drove past just in time to claim his dog and so this story has sort of a happy ending. I hope he takes better care of his dog this time.

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Red Controllers

The limited edition red Xbox 360 controller is finally in stores. I thought we were getting a green one as well, and while I had no real intention on getting it, I still thought it would be there. Turns out, according to the clerk at GameStop, that the green controller had an “improved d-pad” for Europeans, because apparently that’s how they play soccer games. I don’t know if that’s true or not, and to be honest I have no intention on looking it up. It seems plausible enough explanation.

I think everyone should get one. I mean, look at this thing. It’s read with black trim, and not even the black controller has black trim. I wish the blue controller had black trim. It’s pretty neat looking.

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