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  • Taming the Blurts

    Morning Pages apply a force of nature on me. They are a funnel cloud on my consciousness. My thoughts are flung skyward in a column of air, spraying in all directions until all I’m left with are the fragments of authenticity. After this 45-minute daily waterfall scribble, my electric block-letter frenzy is finally over and…

  • The Artist’s Way

    Yesterday marked the beginning of a new chapter – a fresh page to explore. Quite literally. I’ll explain in a moment. It’s been 10 days since I decided to move on from Hawk City Pizza. There was a transitional period where I walked around in a fog and collected heartfelt texts from friends. They were…

  • The Sweet Silver Song of a Lark

    It’s been almost 2 months since my last post and there is new information to share. * I’ve spent the past 6 months having conversations with family, friends, acquaintances and perfect strangers about deep dish pizza. I took a 10-hour online SERVSAFE manager course and passed the in-person test at PVCC. I commissioned a logo…

  • The Hawk Taking Flight

    Within the last two weeks, I’ve formed Hawk City Pizza LLC and received my business license with the County of Albemarle. I’ve also established a bank account and submitted a pending application with the Chef’s Warehouse wholesaler. I had a wonderful meeting with Ellen Martin with CVSBDC to discuss QuickBooks basics, meals tax, state tax…

  • Candid Convictions

    Shout out to Ariel Vaughan with Central Virginia Small Business Development Center and Tom Kelly with Crustworthy Pizza. They have both provided me with assistance in the past week which has reset my assumptions, guided my focus and bolstered my confidence. The process of starting a company involves painstaking detail, follow through, foresight and flexibility.…

  • New Year, New Resolve

    It’s been a month since my last update but the wheels have remained in motion at HawkCityHQ. I want to thank all of you that have reached out with your kind words of support and encouragement. They are invaluable gifts that I handle with most grateful hands. This process has been exciting, challenging, humbling and…

  • West Coast Debut

    The Hawk has landed in Marin County with much ballyhoo and rejoicing! I’m currently in Novato, California taking in the uncharacteristically soggy vistas, winding hikes through the mountainside trails and watching the 49ers succumb to the same playoff fates as my Bears. Last night I was fortunate enough to provide two pies to my left…

  • I Got Prospects! I’m Bona Fide!

    Recently I passed my ServSafe Manager Certification and will be submitting my application to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services this month to become licensed to prepare and sell packaged foods in Virginia. I’ve also arranged for Santa to stow away the 44kg Fiero Forni spiral mixer in his sleigh which is very…

  • Forza Napoli

    The newly arrived Pi-Napo Pizzeria on the corner of JPA and Maury Ave is without a doubt my new favorite restaurant in Charlottesville. From the Serie A football matches on the televisions to the rotating gelato display case to the dual behemoth pizza ovens burning at 900+ degrees, this is the genuine article. As an…

  • Bear vs. Packers

    I was a sentient being, aged 10, capable of forming long term memories when Brett Favre debuted against the Bears in 1992. Since then, the Bears are 15-50 against the Packers. My Dad and I went to the NFC Championship Game in Soldier Field on January 23rd, 2011 and watched in frozen horror as Caleb…

  • Should The Knead Arise  

    Tom at Crustworthy Pizza was kind enough to show me around the Bread and Roses kitchen this week. I got to witness the Fiero Forni spiral mixer in person and garnered much valuable knowledge along the way. While there are still many hurdles to clear before I open up shop, there is a palpable excitement…

  • I’ve Got My Mojo Workin’

    Autumn is here and I’m in high spirits. The Hawk City Pizza venture is moving forward and I’m tracking milestones. Waking up with a side hustle injects so much purpose into my hours. I’ve limited my Instagram time to 30 minutes per day using the Screen Time App Limits. I’m rising at 5am every weekday…

  • The Haliey Welch of it all

    Thinking of a company name is maddeningly difficult. You want something that conveys information without being too generic. You want something that is clever but not esoterically so. There is “Windy City Pizza” in Chesapeake and there is “The DC Chi Pie” in, appropriately enough, D.C. I needed something to separate myself from my esteemed…

  • Kiss My Wounds

    I wanted to take a quick break from my pizza journey to mark this solemn date. Anees, who I fancy a tremendous songwriter and performer out of northern Virginia, is of Palestinian and Lebanese decent. My favorite tracks from him are: Sun and Moon, Drunk on Myself, Slip, What Lovers Do, Free Me and Sunny…