My first day there I got to go spend some time with my mentor in his kitchen ... I truly love the love between him and I and his wife ... I didn't do much of anything real but it was just an all around fun time finalized with an amazing cheeseless pizza
and slices and wine ... Perfection
The second day I went in search of the I don't care whatever burger
"Everyday we asked our original cashier Tara what she wanted to eat; she said “I don’t care, whatever.” So, this is what she got! Pepper jack cheese, bleu cheese crumbles, cheddar, jalapenos,caramelized onions, pepperonicini, hot sauce and bacon." That's the menu description ... It was magnificent even though cooked beyond the medium requested ... My heart can't wait to get back to healthy foods ... This I know
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A little nap at the hotel and then off to the northside ... Pirates are playing so life has to be happening across the bridge
A few steps away I find the beer market ... Tis a bar with a menu that's a book with so many selections it can't even explain ...
This bad boy tastes just like espresso ... It's black strap stout ... Since I can't get a good cup anywhere since leaving Seattle this will have to do ... No seriously I have tried and tried again ... I have discarded 4 coffees ... Until I return to Seattle I believe my coffee days are over ... I almost want to go live there for a few months and work as a barista and understand the art that is coffee there
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This bar doesn't have food options but you are welcome to order in from anywhere that will deliver ... Seafood pizza it is
I have had so many pizzas this month that I am thoroughly over pizza ... Even had a dessert one
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Sunday comes in like a lamb ... Goes out like a lion ...
I head to lunch at the original oyster house ... Pittsburgh's oldest restaurant ... I also learn while there it's the first bar in the city to allow women ... It's the only restaurant I know that has buttermilk on it's menu ... And being Gurdon's granddaughter I always order one You can't get a better view of the city I love than from atop mt washington (top photo courtesy of the lookout and my iPhones panoramic view) ... I want to take the T back so I head to the back side of Mt. Washington and down the stairs ... One day soon I will complete my mission of walking all the public stairs of Pittsburgh ... One city, 712 sets of steps, 44,645 treads, 24,108 vertical feet ... I can and will do them all ... Redbeards for some drinks and then down the other side ... It might have been wise to stop there but I didn't ... It was by far my most interesting day yet ... Thankfully also the last ... From Bourbon Street to Pittsburgh the trip went in with and bang and left with a boom ... Some sleep ... Some primantis and then I get my bus to Philadelphia ... I am ready for it to end and yet saddened at the same time ... It isn't everyday I can have this journey ... And I am thankful I had my chance ...
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This may or may not be my final blog post ... I may write more about the things I have seen, the oddities, the dramas, the blessings ... Who knows ... But for now my heart is full and I am heading "home" and I now have so many more options than before as to where I might want to grow some roots ...