...and at 3am you have a slice!

There is a small suburb in the northern part of Washington DC called Adams Morgan. It reminds me of Melville in Johannesburg, or even Rocky Street, Yeoville, as we used to know it back in the early 90’s. It is an eclectic mix of pubs, clubs, restaurants and coffee shops servicing a smorgasbord of people from all walks of life. On one side of the street, within the space of about 50m you will come across a bikers bar, an Ethiopian restaurant, some standard issue sports bars, a jazz lounge, a night club and a piano bar. With names like “Anarchy”, “Tom-Toms”, "Millie and Al’s" and “The Reef”, you can just imagine how it makes for an interesting evening of people watching.

And at 3am, after all the clubs, bars, restaurants and lounges have rung the bell for last round, everyone spills out onto the sidewalk and makes their way up to one of three little pizza take away spots and ends the evening (or should that be early morning) by having "a slice” of pizza. What is so remarkable about that you might ask? This “slice” is not your standard issue “slice" of pizza. It is a "slice" of pizza, not a whole pizza, which measures about 40cm from crust to tip and about 30 cm at its widest point along the crust. And it tastes great!!! NO! That’s not because we were all on a "good beer buzz early in the morning!" I have had one of these slices at about 4 in the afternoon and it was just as good. In fact my good mate, Andrew the Aussie, actually packed away two slices on one particular night. But that’s another story!