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Best of your best - Your Top 25

Hello.

Something light for a change...

As we all know, each region does certain things best. Whether it be chicken wings in Buffalo or bratwurst in Milwaukee or cool cars and hot girls in Southern California.

What does your area do the BEST??? This could have been a Top 10 list, but a lot us would have more, so why not go all the way to 25?

In Philadelphia, we are tops for:
1) Hoagies - you call them submarines or heroes

2) Cheesesteaks - but you already knew that

3) Pizza - thin crust, and traditional toppings

4) Soft pretzels - no doubt, and one of my weaknesses

5) Italian water ice - fruit flavored ice, NOTHING can cool you down faster on a hot day. You'll still be cool even an hour or two later on a humid 95 degree East Coast day

6) Macaroni and gravy - you call them spaghetti and meatballs

7) Fishcakes - as opposed to crabcakes which belong to "Balteeeeemore"

8) Pierogies - heaven from Poland/Ukraine

9) People with "addytood" - as if I haven't shown it here

10) Jersey girls - BIG hair!

11) Rowdy sportsfans - the Broad Street Bullies are still our favorite team

12) The South Jersey Shore - we say "down the shore"

13) Ben Franklin - would have been a MAJOR audiophile

14) Rocky - YO Adrian!!!

15) Frankie Avalon - well, before he got to those California beaches

16) Bobby Rydel - the one who stayed

18) Warren Zevon - your adopted city REALLY misses you

19) John Coltrane - as above

20) Gamble and Huff - The Philly Sound

21) The Fresh Prince - now he's Will Smith

22) Pat Croce - a real Philly guy - see addytood again

23) Grace Kelly - Princess Grace to us

24) Yo - yes, you guys took that word - a greeting, a question, an exclamation

25) Yous - fills the English language's need for the plural form of you. No, you guys didn't steal that one, because you hate it so

When you come to Philly, make sure you try everything on the list. And, when I visit your town, I am going to try my best on your list. Thank you!

Trelja (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

04-03-04

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04-03-04 What about cream cheese? i've always wondered if "phila ... Metralla

04-03-04 The town i reside in really offers nothing except 1. the sa ... Tireguy

04-03-04 Really, tireguy? wow! ok [nyuk, nyuk], here do you live? a ... Gunbei

04-03-04 Metralla, i'm green with envy. fortunatly, trejla makes my t ... Jmcgrogan2

04-03-04 Not in order of significance: 1) harley davidson 2) victo ... Nrchy

04-04-04 I dwell in las vegas, nv. i'll have to think about this one. ... Dweller

04-03-04 I am from south georgia and here is my top 15 1. college f ... Chuck

04-04-04 Metralla, i hope someone corrects me if i am wrong, but crea ... Trelja

04-04-04: Rsbeck
I used to live in San Jose. San Jose has more than perfect weather. But, you have to think outside the box, so to speak. In other words, it isn't San Jose so much as all the places you can get to in just a short drive. So, with that in mind, even though I don't live there anymore, I grew up there and feel the need to defend it a little --

1) Santa Cruz -- home of one of the oldest wooden roller coasters, some fine beaches, and vintage hippies.

2) Lake Tahoe -- in just a few short hours, you can be swimming in one of the most beautiful lakes in the world in summer, skiing on some incredible slopes in winter, mountain biking, or gambling.

3) Berkeley -- Lots of great restaurants, Telegraph avenue is like a trip to several countries and states of mind -- vintage hippies, vintage beat-niks,
and you might even see the guy who roller skates around naked except for a
propeller hat.

4) Yoshi's -- Great Jazz club in Oakland.

5) Palo Alto -- Great University town, home of Stanford, great place to meet women who can think circles around your behind, great restaurants, different vibe from Berkeley.

6) San Francisco -- needs no explanation.

7) Santa Cruz Mountains

8) Mt Tamalpais -- amazing mountain biking and hiking trails.

9) Muir Woods -- Just north of SF.

10) Napa/Sonoma Valley -- Wine country.

11) Monterey/Carmel/Pebble Beach -- can you say amazing golf?

12) Yosemite National Park -- Needs no explanation.

13) Winchester Mystery House -- Home of the widow of the inventor of the Winchester Rifle. The woman was said to be haunted by ghosts who told her to "keep building" so she did -- in every direction, with stairways leading nowhere, halls that dead end for no reason, etc.

14) Silicon Valley -- you don't want to visit it -- it is the major industry. This is what happens when other inventions like deep-dish pizza, hot-dish, and soft pretzels, are already taken.

15) Pac Bell Park -- When Barry Bonds homers over the right field fence, the ball goes into the San Francisco Bay. Is that great, or what?

16) 49ers -- no, they don't play in San Jose -- they play at Candlestick Park,
which is just a short drive. Things have quieted down recently, but some guys named Joe, Jerry, and Ronnie used to play there.

17) Raiders -- If you live in San Jose, you can root for either NFL team. Things have quieted down recently, but some guys named Jake The Snake, Plunk, Tooz, Freddie, Lester, Jack, Phil, and The Mad Stork used to play there.
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04-04-04 Dweller your #1 being from las vegas should be strip clubs t ... Mejames

04-04-04 Gunbei- really! i live in this town called kinderhook. its t ... Tireguy

04-05-04 When your psrents name you ichabod, you know things aren't g ... Rsbeck

04-06-04 Hey, metralla.....we've got the san jose sharks... pacific d ... Bigpowerballs

04-06-04 Tireguy, so good ol' marty van buren started it all?! i'll ... Gunbei

04-06-04 While i can't top joe's (trelja) list as i live in the phila ... Slipknot1

04-08-04 Trelja: hey how about them eggles' fans throwing snowballs a ... Shubertmaniac

04-09-04 I think you are right about the chamber music shubertmaniac, ... Trelja

04-09-04 "i thought the women from the greater northeast had the ... Tubegroover

04-09-04 Sorry about that....no pun intended, should be hard earned, ... Tubegroover

04-09-04 I forgot the main point in bryn mawr, i saw muddy waters the ... Shubertmaniac

04-09-04 Ah shubert, we need to catch up at some point... the main p ... Trelja

04-12-04 I moved out of the philthadelphia are about 25 years ago. th ... Snook2

05-01-04 The leafs, italian gelato, the leafs, italian food, veal and ... Natnic