Pittsburgh

i lived here for a year in college. near downtown. the view from my apt:

I was only here for a few hours to see the marching band competition.

had alot of fun. hung out with some friends. walked across alot of bridges and went thru a bunch of tunnels.

We just spent 24 hours in Pittsburgh and thought it was a decent city. The purpose of the trip was to see a concert in Millvale on Friday night. Traffic was HORRIBLE in Ohio on our way there and we almost missed the concert. Once the traffic cleared we didn’t have any trouble getting there.

We stayed at a hotel by the universities. This area was nice and busy. School was in, people were all around and it was a beautiful day. We walked around Pitt’s campus and just briefly saw a bit of Carnegie Mellon. The “Cathedral of Learning” was a very impressive building. It looked like it was straight out of a superhero movie. It could have easily been a fictional building in Gotham City.

My one main complaint was the construction around the city. There were multiple occasions when we had to alter our directions because roads were closed. Good thing we had my iPhone to help find alternate routes! I know it’s probably not always like that, but it really did make it tough to get around.

I’ve been here quite a few times. I cannot think of anything particular except that I went to the aviary and stuck my arm in bird poo. Not exactly a hilight, but hey shit happens :-)

I went here to see a baseball game. I had never been to Pittsburgh before, and frankly, I wasnt expecting much. I was expecting an old, dying, polluted, industrial city. I was pleasantly surprised. The downtown area had plenty of life, and I found the city neither dirty nor polluted. Its really nice how the city has small mountains all around it, and the city is built around them. There’s also a lot of green around, which I found nice. I really was pleasantly surprised, and I look forward to going back so I can explore more of the city.

Lived here over 1/2 my life.

You MUST, regardless of your vegetarian ways, eat at the O in Oakland. Avoid the hot dogs, or not, but you MUST have a beer and some fries in this legendary Pitt eatery.

I am going with my husband on Feb. 15 for our anniversary. Not sure what we will do yet but look forward to finding out!

The people are great. Friendly, generous! Great place to live.

Tim