Gus Gallucci's/Gust Gallucci's

Years ago, I posted:

3. Gust Gallucci's (aka Gus Gallucci's)

A fine Italian grocery, somewhat incongruously located in an industrial wasteland at Euclid and E. 60-something. Where we get our Italian sausage.

And they do mail order -- if you've ever wanted to mail order a whole truffle, Gallucci's is the place. And try the Castelevetrano olives.

Lately, I've been getting a lot of hits from google with "Gus Gallucci's" (without the "t") as the search term -- my blog appears to be first on the list for this particular phrase. I'm guessing the real Gallucci's website (see above) just doesn't contain the phrase anywhere.

So: if anyone reading this is actually associated with Gallucci's, I suggest that you put the phrase "Gus Gallucci" somewhere on your website. Not that I mind the traffic of course.

And, if you're coming here looking for Gallucci's in Cleveland and you're not actually from or near Cleveland (and a lot of the hits apparently aren't, if Site Meter is to be trusted), then what brings you to Gallucci's? Are you a Cleveland native? Does Gallucci's actually have substantial business outside of NE Ohio? Are there any TV ads involved? (I say that because I saw ads for Gallucci's during the postseason run of the Indians, but I assumed those were only going out locally). Leave a comment and fill me in!

Update 2011-11-26: Happy Thanksgiving! I realized that the URL for Gust Gallucci's that I formerly had above doesn't actually work any more. Sorry for leading all of you good people astray, but it's fixed now. 

¶ 1/02/2008 07:17:00 PM 3 comments

 
Waiting for Columbus

What a great album Little Feat's Waiting for Columbus is. Geez.

It's been several years since I listened to it, I think. I have it on vinyl, and made a cassette tape, which I listened to (in my car) until it became unusable. But I received it on CD for Christmas (thanks to Mrs. Beckley!) and listened to part of it on my way to work today.

Yes, Yes, Yes, Atlanta....

It's really kind of cool listening to music that you know really well and really like after a long absence like that. Many of us are so inundated with music now that it probably doesn't happen that often.

I saw Little Feat live on the Mall in Washington in January 1993 as part of the festivities leading up to Bill Clinton's inauguration. I was just walking around down there for reasons I can't remember, and walked into a tent and there they were. I only saw the end of "Dixie Chicken" but that was great. All of those middle aged Washingtonians swaying back and forth standing on their portable chairs....

I remember on that same occasion I happened to run into an old friend of mine down there -- he was walking around on the Mall in the cold with his wife and baby daughter. I took some pictures, I should dig them out and look at them. His daughter's probably 17 or 18 now, geez.

Little Feat was always really popular in Washington, I don't really know why. Part of Waiting for Columbus was recorded there, at GWU's Lisner Auditorium. 

¶ 1/02/2008 11:25:00 AM 0 comments