It takes more than the diameter of a pizza to pull off a road trip from Oregon to Massachusetts. More than sauce, cheese, mushrooms, olives, blah, blah, blah. Here's what you need:
1. A girl who loves to travel (must be another person aside from yourself). check
2. A required Outside Experience for your MFA in Creative Writing. check
3. More than a basic love for pizza. A need. check
4. An ability to crack out twelve stories on the road - all fiction of course. hopefully
5. A couple of friends and family who are willing to stay at your house and watch your pets. check
6. A super-delicious local pizza place (American Dream Pizza downtown) to kick-off a party the night before the journey. check
7. An enthusiastic friend who works at a graphic design place (No Dinx in Albany) to help you get the whole t-shirt business organized. check
8. An Etsy friend with mega-talent to design your logo - betttyturbo on Etsy. check
9. A mom who will listen to all the boring details. check
10. A bundle of friends who want you to succeed. check
11. A few friends from your MFA who want to let you stay at their home because if you had to book a hotel in every state you may never recover from the cost. check
12. An awesome work friend who is willing to write and record a jingle for the trip. check
13. A mentor that is flexible with packet dates. check
14. Someone to gather up a Pizza Road Trip playlist. check
15. The same girl who loves to travel, needs to be able to stand you in the car for 3,474 miles. check
16. More than 38 Facebook likes on the Pizza Inspired Prose page. Help me out here...
Alright. So.
12 stories
13 states
14 pizza joints
15 days
16 reasons how to pull off a Pizza Road Trip
