We're in Pittsburgh!
Our vacation has begun. Yippy!! Our flight was broken up into two legs; Seattle to Las Vegas then Vegas to Pittsburgh. We learned today that the blue septic water in airplane toilets is fondly called juice (per US Airlines crew members). Our flight from Seattle was slightly delayed because apparently the toilets were in need of juice. I learn something new every day!
We land in Vegas, I proceed to quickly waste $5 on a nickel slot machine (Lucky Larry Lobster, how can you resist) and we walk to an area where we can sit for our 2 hour layover -- and what do we see but a personal electronics vending machine where the items are iPods, iPod accessories, and other assorted expensive items such as Bose headphones. Holy crap -- I don't know if this is a new airport thing or just a Vegas thing?
We board our flight to Pittsburgh and I am instantly delighted by the gentleman sitting in front of me who proceeds to lower his seat to the most extreme and thensome reclined position -- the chair back was almost touching my knees. Sad...sad...sad...
Pittsburgh is a lot nicer than I remember it, but of course the last time I was in Pittsburgh it was covered in layers of dirty snow. We are staying at the newly rebuilt Doubletree Suites on Bigelow Sq. Very nice, our room is spacious and definitely feels like an apartment due to size and layout. The restaurant -- Bigelow Grille -- we are very pleased with. We had a great dinner there with appetizers, drinks, entrees and dessert the total cost was $100 - what a deal especially since that is American Dollars, not Canadian. :)
I should probably go to bed soon since it is almost 140am EDT...more to come later!
We land in Vegas, I proceed to quickly waste $5 on a nickel slot machine (Lucky Larry Lobster, how can you resist) and we walk to an area where we can sit for our 2 hour layover -- and what do we see but a personal electronics vending machine where the items are iPods, iPod accessories, and other assorted expensive items such as Bose headphones. Holy crap -- I don't know if this is a new airport thing or just a Vegas thing?
We board our flight to Pittsburgh and I am instantly delighted by the gentleman sitting in front of me who proceeds to lower his seat to the most extreme and thensome reclined position -- the chair back was almost touching my knees. Sad...sad...sad...
Pittsburgh is a lot nicer than I remember it, but of course the last time I was in Pittsburgh it was covered in layers of dirty snow. We are staying at the newly rebuilt Doubletree Suites on Bigelow Sq. Very nice, our room is spacious and definitely feels like an apartment due to size and layout. The restaurant -- Bigelow Grille -- we are very pleased with. We had a great dinner there with appetizers, drinks, entrees and dessert the total cost was $100 - what a deal especially since that is American Dollars, not Canadian. :)
I should probably go to bed soon since it is almost 140am EDT...more to come later!
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