When I started to think of all the possibilities of what Chasing Vincenzo meant, I started to get dizzy. Was it children, was it a book, was it just some random word that the author threw together? Then the other question of why is he chasing Vincenzo? What did Vincenzo do to him? Does Vincenzo owe him money? Is like the modern day mob only on the internet?
The first thing I noticed when I got to the site was that there was a link that asked the question “Who is Vincenzo and why are we chasing him?” Finally I get an answer to all of my questions. Vincenzo as it turns out is a chef in a restaurant in Chicago. Er, actually he was. Currently the author is looking for Vincenzo again as he is now on his 4th restaurant in 3 years. Of course Vincenzo makes the best Italian food the author has ever had, and well he wants to always know where the chef is.
Unfortunately the chef keeps switching restaurants and for some reason no on at the old restaurants knows where he moves on to. This is a great premise for a blog, a book, or even a movie. I think this could fall under the comedy section for either a book or a movie. The posts are about different restaurants and different things going on in the author’s life though most are about food. This blog is new and he has not found Vincenzo yet, but hopefully he will.
The blog is well written. The author has taken quiet a bit of time researching all his different possibilities when it comes to presenting a blog. He has flags from all around the world posted at the top of each blog which will translate the page for you into that language. He also has seven different ad banners in the navigation column which I found distracting. I understand that people want to make an extra buck or two while blogging, but this is starting to get out of control. It took me two glances to find the archives since it has only been open for 2 months. Between all the other stuff in the navigation column it sort of got lost.
I really liked this site and I think it has a great premise to it. My biggest complaint however, is that the author uses the “more inside” type thing with his posts. I personally HATE having to click to read every single post. These posts are not like 10 pages long and deserve to have a little “catch paragraph” then the rest inside. Like a fine wine, let the posts breath. I am also a little curious as to what the author will be posting about in let say a year from now regardless of if he finds Vincenzo or not. I hope he does not distract too much from the idea he has because that will ruin this blogs quality.
There is fate, but it only takes you so far, because once you’re there its up to you to make it happen. That is why I really like this site because he is making sure that he is doing everything possible to find Vincenzo.
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