Red Canoe: February 2012

Monday, February 20, 2012

24 hours in Pittsburgh

Arrive 11am: The Strip, we go to the Public Market as heard about by otherAnna

Eat Pierogies and drink good beer out of cute jars.

1pm: Dance to the street music.

Go into bakeries and get free cookies because you are a cute kid.

2pm: Go to the National Aviary. The Sloth of the Appalachia's

Check out the penguins . . .

and flamingos.

4pm: Explore historic north end. Mattress Factory Museum for a snack and serious running.

5pm: Check into hotel that was once a monastery. We try a Caribbean restaurant in East Liberty, the food is great, but we run out as Walter is loosing it and dont notice they over charged us by about $10.

NEXT DAY

9:50 am: Childrens' Museum. We que up with the amazing morning rush so we can run into the museum before it gets too busy and crazy. This place is amazing. Amazing. Anything but peaceful. Signs that say, "watch out for nausea," before the Gravity Room should be taken seriously.

A huge lite-brite

The actual puppets from the land of make believe.

12 pm: Stop back by The Strip on the way out of town for some food truck tacos and a stop back at La Prima Espresso for standing room only espresso. We loved the table of old men talking in Italian and playing cards. Anna had come here years ago with Susan Wong!