Organ Stop Pizza

Photo - Wurlitzer Theater Organ - Marilyn Relf

My sister grabbed a pretty good photo of the world's largest Wurlitzer theater organ, and I thought it deserved a spot here in the blog. Organ Stop Pizza is a pizza joint with a very big organ.

You go here for pizza, beer, and loud organ music. The organ has more than 5,500 pipes.

There are other menu options, but it's pizza we ate, and it was good and reasonably priced. Bring cash or a cheque, no cards accepted. No reservations either, just show up. Don't worry about lineups, they know how to keep it moving.

The ceiling in Organ Stop is 40' high, and the acoustics are amazing. So is the highly skilled musician who puts the organ through its paces.

Find Organ Stop Pizza at 1149 East Southern Ave. (at Stapley) in Mesa, AZ. Hours, 5-9 pm.

Family Visit

Top: (L-R) Diane, Tom, Marilyn, Beth, Judy, Tim, Cam

Travel often brings family together, and this happened yesterday with a family visit here at VDO.

Diane is from Ottawa, Tom and Beth from Delta, Marilyn and Tim, Calgary, Judy and Cam from Kingston.

Separate by an entire continent during most of the year, in the winter we're all South. So yesterday we pulled a visit together here in Mesa.

In an earlier post there is a mention of cold weather, you see how we're dressed - it's cold here.

AZ Weather Report

There isn't too much more to say about the weather so far this season in Mesa, coldest morning in six years. And, the coldest stretch in 34 years.

What's different from home? The sun is shinning. So you dress for the weather and folks still get out and do things. Play tennis, pickle ball, golf, whatever.

The good news, it doesn't last.

New Years Eve Valle del Oro

Thanks to our friend David Park, we have some images of the NYs party at VDO to share. Given the evening, things go upscale for this event. Tickets were $38, which included the dinner and dancing. It was a BYOB event. The theme for the evening was Shanghai Moon. Over 500 people attended.