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FLUIDJ
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"Pittsburgh is pretty cool city. *aka, places you looked over based off ..."


  

          

Had the pleasure of stopping there overnight on our drive up to Detroit so the kids could see grandma's house finally...

I always imagined Pittsburgh to be nothing but grimy, dusty, factories & nothingness... .WOW..was I wrong. It's now on my A list. (A for Architecture & Artsy, Appealing).

I dig the yellow bridges....
I dig the gothicXbrutilist architecture....
I dig the "realness" vibe that it gives off....
I dig that the whole city feels like it was painted onto the side of a cliff and molded from clay onto a valley floor....

Went to the Carnegie Science Center which was epic for the kids...that model train set??? FAM!!!! ... yes... we need more of that in our lives...

Ate at Pork & Beans (https://www.porkandbeanspgh.com/) for dinner and Pamela's (http://www.pamelasdiner.com/) for breakfast ...

Stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn Pittsburgh Downtown...

Overall I was impressed...

Also we hadn't been back to my wife's home in Detroit in well over 6 years...and for some reason this trip made me seriously question WHY THE HELL NOT????
Detroit has either gotten way better as of late, or we just couldn't appreciate it back then. She moved away for college and never moved back. Every time we'd visit it was in winter so that was no good. We got married there and everything....but for whatever reason, Detroit never stuck with me. I never cozied up to it... Last week though...was pretty dope. The kids loved visiting grandma and seeing the city. Did the Detroit Zoo, Did Belle Isle, Did Eastern Market, wife and I did opening night at the Jazz Fest... VIP access even! got to see Wayne Shorter & Herbie Hancock (Terrace Martin is his sax player, keyboardist, vocoder now btw) live and up close... all in all a dope time in Detroit... Hung out down by Wayne State at the Detroit Historical Society and visited the Detroit67 exhibit (GO SEE THIS IF YOU ARE THERE!)....

Yeah...so that's what's up with FLUIDJ...
y'all bama's ain't even miss me...


"Get ready....for your blessing....."

  

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Pittsburgh is pretty cool city. *aka, places you looked over based off ... [View all] , FLUIDJ, Wed Sep-06-17 11:00 AM
 
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Thanks for this. I've added both to my list of places to check...
Sep 06th 2017
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Note that it was still summertime last week lol... It gets COLD in The D
Sep 06th 2017
2
      Pittsburgh is poppin' all year long, even in the cold.
Sep 06th 2017
5
      Duly noted...
Sep 06th 2017
6
NYT's recent excellent feature article...August Wilson's Pittsburgh
Sep 06th 2017
3
thanks. this looks like a good read!
Sep 06th 2017
9
Pittsburgh is pretty dope.
Sep 06th 2017
4
rediscovered my home town through the eyes of my wife and kids
Sep 06th 2017
7
I can't wait to show my kids when they get older.
Sep 06th 2017
18
except downtown Pittsburgh shuts down at 7 PM
Sep 06th 2017
8
as a 40 year old husband with two kids...sounds like my kinda town lol.....
Sep 06th 2017
10
for good reason...there aint shit to do down there
Sep 06th 2017
12
That little strip, by the Convention Center
Sep 06th 2017
27
yup. But there are more than a few hot spots around the city.
Sep 06th 2017
16
Pittsburgh made a good impression on me as well
Sep 06th 2017
11
We coming YOUR way next. Still haven't been to the left coast. STILL
Sep 06th 2017
14
great place to visit...
Sep 06th 2017
13
I feel the same way about Baltimore
Sep 06th 2017
15
It's the classic example of a rust-belt city that avoided the rust.
Sep 06th 2017
17
my whole child hood was rust so not very accurate
Sep 06th 2017
20
      Yeah, "avoided" was the wrong term.
Sep 06th 2017
21
           indeed...
Sep 06th 2017
24
I was surprised by Minneapolis
Sep 06th 2017
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RE: I was surprised by Minneapolis
Sep 06th 2017
22
Agreed
Sep 06th 2017
26
I like the Twin Cities, mostly what I expected though
Sep 06th 2017
28
Cincinnati surprised me
Sep 06th 2017
23
I agree, esp about the city design.
Sep 06th 2017
25
it has improved recently. still just aight to me but cool for a short tr...
Sep 06th 2017
29
San Diego is pretty cute
Sep 06th 2017
30
You have to go to Arts Tavern when you go to Pittsburgh
Sep 06th 2017
31
AnnonymousCoward / John Forte had been telling us for YEARS
Sep 07th 2017
32
LBC.
Sep 07th 2017
33
seems like a lot of transplants from nor cal gravitate to long beach
Sep 07th 2017
36
wtf you doin on 21/Lewis?!
Sep 07th 2017
40
LMAO. Man, LBC is bigger than ATL city!!!!
Sep 07th 2017
49
let's not get crazy.
Sep 07th 2017
50
oakland and long beach mirror each other in some substantive ways
Sep 07th 2017
55
small point - but the street name signs are even the same.
Sep 07th 2017
56
Wow, I always assumed LBC was a neighborhood.
Sep 11th 2017
63
i love LBC women
Sep 07th 2017
62
heading to PGH this weekend
Sep 07th 2017
34
not sure how you feel about Zoo's but PGH Zoo is nice
Sep 07th 2017
35
Haven't been to the zoo in forever it was on our list
Sep 07th 2017
37
CASH ONLY at Pamela's. They serious lol. Pork & Beans was really
Sep 07th 2017
39
There's a Casino right next to it too, as well as the two stadiums.
Sep 07th 2017
42
Good tip bro thanks
Sep 07th 2017
44
The best thing about that incline is
Sep 07th 2017
41
yeah I heard there are restaurants up there but hella bougie
Sep 07th 2017
43
looking up buses now. Probably gonna bus as much as possible
Sep 07th 2017
45
Busses are quick, they even have dedicated bus roads.
Sep 07th 2017
52
my uncle is retired and drives for Lyft in Pittsburgh
Sep 07th 2017
47
yeah i looked it up, seems like they are up and running
Sep 07th 2017
48
RE: yeah I heard there are restaurants up there but hella bougie
Sep 07th 2017
51
There's one fancy restaurant there
Sep 07th 2017
53
      Yup. I stunted on prom night at that joint.
Sep 07th 2017
57
we fell up in Peppi's last time I was there
Sep 07th 2017
46
      Uncle Sam's I swore by when I was at Pitt, Peppi's too...
Sep 07th 2017
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how was it?
Sep 13th 2017
64
      Real nice. Beautiful city, cool people
Sep 13th 2017
65
           Haha.. that 40 year old is definitely from the Burgh
Sep 13th 2017
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           Driving, from the airport, through that tunnel for the first time.
Sep 13th 2017
           Driving, from the airport, through that tunnel for the first time.
Sep 13th 2017
67
When I wanted to get away from Atlanta, I went to Birmingham
Sep 07th 2017
38
This thread is right on time, I'm headed there in 2 weeks.
Sep 07th 2017
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If you're from a seafaring region, you'll be highly disappointed
Sep 07th 2017
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      Thx. I wasn't hip to Wholeys
Sep 07th 2017
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           Those few blocks are the most Food-of-Pittsburgh blocks in PGH
Sep 07th 2017
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