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Yesterday, I posted about salt in pizza dough and talked about how I am always collecting tips and tricks and ideas when it comes to pizza making.  So, whenever I get a peek behind-the-curtain of a pizza place, I usually sit up in my chair and try to learn something.  But, when that place is the home of my childhood pizza (and...the source of my own Pizza Cognition Theory basis of pizza), then, I look over the video like I'm watching the Zapruder film.  Here, below, is a TikTok from Aurelio's that shows off their Homewood location .  There, you'll usually hear about the 'old ovens' as a source of the best pizzas.  But, it appears that in addition to older ovens, they also have some other, pretty great, old equipment.   @aureliospizza Simple ingredients perfected by 67 years of practice. #ItsTheDough ♬ original sound - Aurelio’s Pizza There' so much to see in this video. From the mixer (the mixer!) to the dough trough.  The liquids.  ...

I took this photo below back on March 21st, the first day of Spring 2026 and it shows a flock of Sandhill Cranes flying over Downers Grove, Illinois (60515) in DuPage County.  We are fortunate that twice-a-year in both Spring and Fall, we can hear that familiar croak of these big birds flying in clusters overhead. Over the years, I've posted photos and videos documenting their migration pattern over Downers Grove, Illinois. Here is a video from late November 2025 showing them flying south .   Here is a video from March 2025 showing them flying back north for the warm weather .  Here is a video from March 2024 with these large birds over Downers Grove, Illinois in Spring .  And a photo from March 2020 showing them flying in a v-shape over Downers Grove, Illinois (60515).

Top point-zero-two-percent of listeners for The Band?  I'll take it.  This is one of the badges that YouTube Music gave me at the wrap of last year.  Either there aren't too many people listening to The Band or I'm over-indexing on their music.  I'm good with both options.