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Introduce Yourself

Good Evening Steemit community! Thanks for welcoming me aboard, and I'm very much looking forward to spending some time here with all of you!

My name is Dav, I hail from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area of Pennsylvania, and was introduced to Steemit by a good friend and coworker who had a lot of great things to say about the community here.

I am a very active automotive and motorsport enthusiast, owning and having worked on many vehicles of varying types, and having followed Formula 1 racing for over 15 years. Here are some of my favorite takes of the cars I've had the pleasure of owning and/or restoring!

I'm very passionate about my cars, and the automobile in general. I believe man and machine to have a special bond, and our desire for speed to be insatiable! Yes, I'm a little obsessed, but It's a healthy obsession to have!

I grew up working in the restaurant business with my family, who own an Italian restaurant in Exeter, PA. We are a unique little place, called a Pucceria, which specializes in an old-world Italian bread called Puccia, that we prepare and serve!

The puccia is unique, historically, to a very small region of southern Italy, as it was a bread made by peasants. Today it is still produced by some special shops in southern Italy, but we are the only one in the US, introduced by my dad in 1988.

There are 27 different kinds of fillings that we prepare for the puccias, which I'll be sure to share with you guys as I continue to post!

We also have traditional round and square pizza, and all of our dough and products are handmade in small batches.

If you're in the area look us up and drop in!

Thanks for checking out my intro! I'll be sure to post more car porn and savory puccias along with my other hobbies, thoughts, and experiences as I go!

Replies (28)

Welcome! My dad is a mechanic by trade but worked as a machinist for most of his life. He worked on all sorts of cars, trucks, and motorcycles when I was a kid, and I'll always have fond memories of being his little helper. I'd hand him tools that he needed!

He has done some restoration jobs as you have as well.

You've made my regular fasting today that much more difficult with all the delicious food images above. ::shakesfist:: haha It looks like you and yours know what you're doing when it comes to cooking! If I'm ever in that area, I will definitely stop by.

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https://steemd.com/ (This site is used to keep track of your voting power and other stats. You do not want to run out of voting power, and you only get so much per day. I keep my voting power around 80% for example.)

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