South Florida vs Pittsburgh CFB (Travel Day)
Well you all know the dread I woke up with today…. I was headed to the worst city in the world – Pittsburgh! (Sorry, Mark & Lori)
Flights were relatively uneventful.
Made my drive past the Ikea that you can see from the road, but good luck actually getting to it!
Then, faced the gates to hell:
Shocking as it may seem, I missed my exit once crossing the bridge. Because you have to drive 3 miles to make a turn, I ended up way off course. But thanks to “Linda”, I soon was headed back in the correct direction. Only had to circle the block once to get to the correct lane to enter the hotel. Beats the last time I stayed here!
Spent the afternoon downloading paperwork, updating my graphics hard drive… printing… fun & exciting stuff!
Migraine setting in. Good, this should be a great night!
I went downstairs for a late lunch – or snack of sorts. The hotel restaurant is a seafood place, but there has to be some non-seafood options at the bar.
Nope! It’s *&+(^#%$ Pittsburgh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I ordered a side order of mashed potatoes and a side order of edamame. And a BOTTLE of IC Light – the only good thing in the god-forsaken city. Iron City Light beer…. Which of course is no longer sold in aluminum bottles – only glass. I’m telling ya – those old aluminum bottles made it a beer worth bringing back to Ohio!
ANYWAY… of course, the idiot server, brought me a draft beer. I was too tired to fight. The edamame was still frozen. Forget it.
Went back up to my room to rest. Hoping the mashed potatoes would cure the impending migraine. Sometimes I think I get them on travel days because I don’t eat all day. I dunno?
Later that evening, I met a few of the guys for dinner. We were headed to “The Church”.
It is actually kinda cool. It’s a church from the 1800s that has been restored and turned into a brewery and restaurant. It’s rather sacrilegious in some ways – with the altar being the brewery and all. None of my photos turned out – but if you google it, you can see it for yourself.
Dinner was pretty good, service was terrible.
Well you all know the dread I woke up with today…. I was headed to the worst city in the world – Pittsburgh! (Sorry, Mark & Lori)
Flights were relatively uneventful.
Made my drive past the Ikea that you can see from the road, but good luck actually getting to it!
Then, faced the gates to hell:
Shocking as it may seem, I missed my exit once crossing the bridge. Because you have to drive 3 miles to make a turn, I ended up way off course. But thanks to “Linda”, I soon was headed back in the correct direction. Only had to circle the block once to get to the correct lane to enter the hotel. Beats the last time I stayed here!
Spent the afternoon downloading paperwork, updating my graphics hard drive… printing… fun & exciting stuff!
Migraine setting in. Good, this should be a great night!
I went downstairs for a late lunch – or snack of sorts. The hotel restaurant is a seafood place, but there has to be some non-seafood options at the bar.
Nope! It’s *&+(^#%$ Pittsburgh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I ordered a side order of mashed potatoes and a side order of edamame. And a BOTTLE of IC Light – the only good thing in the god-forsaken city. Iron City Light beer…. Which of course is no longer sold in aluminum bottles – only glass. I’m telling ya – those old aluminum bottles made it a beer worth bringing back to Ohio!
ANYWAY… of course, the idiot server, brought me a draft beer. I was too tired to fight. The edamame was still frozen. Forget it.
Went back up to my room to rest. Hoping the mashed potatoes would cure the impending migraine. Sometimes I think I get them on travel days because I don’t eat all day. I dunno?
Later that evening, I met a few of the guys for dinner. We were headed to “The Church”.
It is actually kinda cool. It’s a church from the 1800s that has been restored and turned into a brewery and restaurant. It’s rather sacrilegious in some ways – with the altar being the brewery and all. None of my photos turned out – but if you google it, you can see it for yourself.
Dinner was pretty good, service was terrible.
2 comments:
Hey, if you would stop knocking my city I would tell you how to get to IKEA! You know it is only 10 minutes from us. I am an expert at Robinson Township shopping!
My apologies again to my friends Mark & Lori, who live outside of Pittsburgh.
Unfortunately, my blog has offended a few friends over the course of its existence... from my rants about Pittsburgh, to certain models of rental cars (that friends own).
My apologies to all!
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