PNC Park (Pittsburgh)

The big reveal… the most solid reason I can offer people who ask why we went to Pittsburgh!  (Even though that’s backwards logic, because Pittsburgh was chosen first, then I said, “Oh my god! We can watch a baseball game while we’re there!” as it is a goal of mine to visit all MLB baseball stadiums at least once in my lifetime and eat the food available at each one…)  We went to a Pirates game!  Scheduling being what it is, we didn’t care who they’d be playing against, although it happened to be the Cincinnati Reds, whom I believe [...]

The Parador Inn (Pittsburgh)

When BF and I settled on Pittsburgh, we also discussed bringing my dog with us.  After that was settled, I set out to find a dog-friendly B&B (BF and I try to stay at bed & breakfasts, small/owner operated, help out small business and they’re usually a lot more fun, if more expensive).  A quick Google search turned up a few that looked interesting, but putting in our dates knocked out a few… then I came across The Parador Inn.  Though the site said nothing about being pet-friendly, I’d found it by searching ‘pet friendly bed breakfast Pittsburgh’ so I quickly [...]

Palazzo Ristorante (Pittsburgh)

Onwards to our dinner plans… after our little snack at Seviche, we walked over to Palazzo, which had been mentioned by a few of the blogs I’d printed out as research for our trip.  It looked alright, but I warned BF not to expect really good Italian food; I just am always wary/cautious of trying Italian places.  I don’t know.  That’s me.  Plus his standards are pretty high for Italian food – as are mine – though where I tend to avoid Italian food out, thinking it will disappoint me, he throws a wide net and just is happy when [...]

Seviche (Pittsburgh)

After a lot of miscommunication and grumpy stomping around by me, I finally revealed to the BF that the reason for my moody sulkiness was because I was feeling woozy from not eating since the disastrous eggs benedict, which caused the bf to mock me quite a bit.  Whatever, low blood sugar is no joke!  However, it was coming up fast on 6pm, and we had plans to meet up with some friends of mine around 7 who happened to be in town for the very same reason as we were.  (It’s a little freaky… but I’ll explain that all in a [...]

DeLuca’s (Pittsburgh)

While researching breakfast places in Pittsburgh, there was a clear divide among the locals: Pamela’s or DeLuca’s.  Apparently there’s been somewhat of a feud between the two places for years, though I found enough online suggesting that Pamela’s was touristy and had suffered in quality for a while that I chose DeLuca’s.  Plus DeLuca’s was smack dab in the middle of the Strip District, where I wanted to spend our Saturday morning anyway, and that’s how we wound up there. Despite a line out the door, we were seated within 10 minutes of getting on line (the line ended at [...]

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