I was driving on McKnightmare road when I got pummeled by rain. However, nothing like this:
Photo credit: @junofive
Good gravy. Stay dry and be safe out there!
So here’s the big update. As you can see, we’re not going away! The servers went down for a few hours, and again later for about ten minutes for some maintenance, but we’re here to stay.
Mobile uploading is up, and I’ll be testing it out tomorrow, so look for a post as I walk up The Hill (I’ll give you a hint, it involves Fleury).
The other big news (at least to me), is that I’m now officially the city captain! Now I’ll be able to bug people to add them as authors. I’ll have another post up about that, but basically, I want more people to write for Metblogs. I’ve gotten all kinds of free tickets and invited to cool events since I’m a writer for Metblogs. I’ll even throw in author meet-ups (maybe every other month or so), and I’ll buy the first round of drinks.
Authors just need to be able to post a few times a week as they’re able, and the posts have to be about Pittsburgh. Other than that, you’re free to write about anything. I write a lot about theater and transportation, as well as things I see as I walk around town, but you can cover whatever you want. But like I said, I’ll post more about that later.
There are some cool things coming down the pipe, I can’t wait to help roll them out. In the meantime, if you have any suggestions as to what you want to see, hit me up in the comments, I’m always happy to do a new project (like The July Project), or cover what people are interested in.
Thanks for reading, I’m really glad you’re here.
The Rachel Maddow show visited Pittsburgh for the NRA convention. She had this to say:
The NRA held its convention this year in Pittsburgh, a city that is way more beautiful than it gets credit for. Pittsburgh also has way worse traffic than it gets credit for with 70,000 extra people in town for the NRA who would not otherwise be there.
She then took a ride with City Councilman Rev. Ricky Burgess as they discuss the gun violence in Homewood. You can watch the video here.
What I love, is watching them leave downtown and head past the Strip District and then turn onto the East Busway. Government cars, as well as emergency vehicles use the busway all the time, although it was a little strange to watch, I’m used to being higher up on the back seats of the bus, it was fun to watch him pass the stops that I’ve become so familiar with.
Some kind of accident at Liberty and Seventh. Buses are running late, lots of emergency vehicles and flashing lights. Stay away if you can.
It’s been a very long two weeks, with no end in sight, but that’s okay, I guess, I don’t really need the sleep. Anyway, yesterday, I was working a golf fundraiser for work. Now, my experience with golf is in the miniature fashion. I don’t really understand real golf. But in the two years I’ve worked this event, here’s what I’ve learned:
- Apparently, sometimes (but not for our event), you can buy mulligans. That seems strange to me that you can buy a better score.
- Some people do wear funny plaids. Most don’t.
- More people need to wear funny plaids. And big berets.
- There are some really awesome golf club covers and umbrellas.
- Hot dogs injected with cheese and jalapenos are awesome!
- Golf courses aren’t designed to soak up as much rain as we’ve been getting lately.
- Golf course managers are very good at reading radar maps and keeping everyone safe (thanks!)
I still don’t know what club you use for what, or really how the game works, but when it wasn’t pouring or threatening us with lightning bolts, it was a fun day, I even got some work done outside between rounds.
Also, the staff at Cedar Brook are amazing, and the food was excellent, if you’re down near Route 70 and 51 (and throw 981 in there as well), stop in, it’s worth a trip!
Some more beer related news for you: you can become a capitol-investor of East End Brewing! East End is raising money to move to a much larger space (still not that accessible from the East Busway, sadly), and is offering a new program which basically lets you pre-order your beer. However, you also get VIP passes, exclusive invites to events, tours and a t-shirt. Pretty awesome!
I love East End’s beer, and if I had the money, I would certainly do it, but sadly, it is just not going to happen right now. If you want more information about it, check it out here.
East End has also teamed up with local app creator, Levlr, and now has a mobile site (through Beerby) that allows you to quickly find the hours and beers on tap at each location. Check that out here.
Big win for D’s II in Monroeville today at the chili cook off held at South Side Works. Here is Dan with their trophy (from my crappy camera phone)
If you have never been, stop in at either Monroeville or Regent Square for an awesome selection of craft, impored and domestic beer, great food (obviously) and the best staff in the world.
I may have a picture to go with this post, I have to go through my phone and see if it is salvageable. But I went down to the depths of Fayette County today, and I have to say, it was the strangest trip (of too many to count) that I’ve ever driven. Here is a partial list of what I witnessed:
- Camels. This is when I knew it was going to be a strange trip.
- Two women from the Bruderhoff waving at passing traffic
- More horse shit than I though would be possible
- Nemacolin employees walking between facilities on the highway (you would think that Joe Hardy could afford a shuttle)
- A charity car wash
- More walkers going up and down the Summit than I have ever seen at one time
- A stretch limo on back roads
- A professional racing car
I will just say this: Good gravy.
Give me another one to figure out!
Travel safe everyone!
