Pittsburgh...Cleveland in the Twilight Zone.

Just got back from a lovely day and a half trip to Pittsburgh with my equally lovely lady, Nicole. I don't care what anyone says...I loved it. Sure it has what I like to call "Moutain Folk". You know the hill-side living creeps who may or may not be products of incest...close to those from The Hills Have Eyes. I might be acting dramatic and possibly a bit cruel...but that is what I think about when headed into Pittsburgh. Downtown is the bees-knees though. We checked out this amazing little coffee shop called Crazy Mocha on Liberty Ave. and it has an adorable picture of a goat. Had some yummy veggie and hummus wraps and iced coffee and it was just so lovely.

This is Nicole below. She's my bestfriend and adorable.

This is Nicole. She's my best friend and so adorbale

We also visited this little Pop-Up-Shop bookstore called Awesome Books where we most definitely bought some books. I bought Sex, Drugs, And Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman, who is absolutely brilliant. I am only about 15 pages in and I'm falling in love with him word by word...we can make Sim people and have a virtual - cyber relationship. I am so okay with that. I also bought a book with 13 horror stories. Just a collection of Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft and others. I'm excited to start that one too.

Basically this was a trip with one thing in mind.....food. Chocolate filled crescents, an entire large cheese and mushroom pizza, bread sticks, lots and lots of coffee, eggplant soup, mini muffins, hummus/veggie wraps....just tons of food for such little ladies. Normally I can't even force myself to eat that much or I will vomit...Exorcist style, but for some reason I was completely capable to shovel large amounts of food into my face and not even feel fazed by it. I love vacations!

Annnd of course we had to check out the Andy Warhol Museum. I was never a huge fan of Mr. Warhol. I don't know if it was just because of the pretentiousness of his "fans", which if I may add filled the air of the very large 7 floor museum from the snobby artsy peeps, or his ability to ruin lives, or even his lack of talent. I have learned there was more to this odd-ball than I originally thought...still not my favorite artist, hell probably not on my top 10 list - but I have a newfound respect for that weird creature we like to call Andy Warhol. Anyway, I think everyone should check it out at least once in their life...definitely not boring.

So after coffee shop goodness and books galore we walked...and walked...and walked some more. I have never had so much fun walking around aimlesslly...mainly because it was in a strange place that I had no idea where I was going.  Like I said, I don't care what anyone says...I still love Pittsburgh and will return frequently.