I just got home from work and was checking my emails and I have so many memories of home (Altoona). We moved from there in 1968 when my husband returned from Turkey and was transferred to Columbus Ohio. We were married in 1966 and had a small apt. on 16th St. across from Pal Mino's Pizza Shop. We lived on the 4th floor, and I was pregnant with our first. I craved pizza then. Well, it was a hot August night and I was in my ninth month, had the swelled feet and was miserable. I called across the street to the pizza shop and told them I was across the street, on the fourth floor and was unable to climb the stairs and begged them to deliver a couple slices (my husband was in boot camp in Texas). They took pitty on me and in a few minutes they had delivered the pizza. At that time they didn't do delivery. I was in seventh heaven and if I could remember to this day who the kid was that brought that pizza to me I would give him a big kiss. Another memory I have is Texas Hot Dogs. To this day, when we make a trip back home, we always pick up a Texas Hot Dog. We have three grown kids with families of their own and they also make it a habit to get one when they go back to visit relatives. When we moved to Ohio I was surprised to find their version of pot pie. Pot pie to them is a pie made with the gravy, peas, carrots, meat and potatoes. That is what I always called meat pie. My mom made the best pot pie. She would add potatoes to the ham and broth and then she would drop square pieces of dough into the boiling pot. I haven't had that dish for years. I remember when the first fast food hamburgers came to Altoona. I must have been about 10 or 11 and my grandmother took us. We thought that was just the best. For the life of me, I can't remember where it was located. Maybe someone on the list has a better memory of that than I do. Keep the emails coming, I am really enjoying them. Maureen ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

Herb's? On Plank Road near the Drive In. ................................ Valerie A. Metzler, M. A., C. A. Valerie Metzler Archivist/Historian 114 Ruskin Drive Altoona, Pennsylvania 16602 814 940 0493 fax 940 0493 [email protected] On 15.10.2007, at 17:18, [email protected] wrote: > my grandmother took us. We thought that was just the best. For the > life of me, I can't remember where it was located. Maybe someone > on the list > has a better memory of that than I do. > Keep the emails coming, I am really enjoying them. > Maureen > > >