August 10, 2005
Andrew's Visit
My friend Andrew visited Pittsburgh this weekend. He is living in Osaka as part of the JET Programme , but he got to come back to the U.S. for a month during summer break. He got to Pittsburgh on Thursday night, and I took him to Taqueria Mi Mexico for dinner and Rita's for desert. After that, we came back to my apartment and watched SmackDown! and played Bust-a-Move 4 .
On Friday, Andrew went to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History while I was at work, and saw the bog people . After work we went to dinner at Rose Tea Cafe. I got the Taiwanese chunk squid, which does not appear on the menu, but was revealed to me a few weeks ago by a coworker. Then we decided to meet Andrew's friend Katie from Oberlin to see a movie. We saw The Wedding Crashers, primarily based on strong reviews at Rotten Tomatoes. I thought it was hilarious (much better than the trailers made it out to be). Many comedies these days feel like each joke was tested on a focus group - this is not one of those comedies. After the movie we hit Eat'n Park for the midnight breakfast buffet. When we got back to my apartment I made the mistake of flipping on the TV and we ended up watching the last half of Who's Your Daddy? , which is a horrible movie. You have been warned.
On Saturday we joined Katie and her friend Tom (also from Oberlin) for lunch at The Church Brew Works . I had heard of the restaurant quite a few times, but had never been there, so I was pleased to go. I had an excellent pulled pork sandwich and the obligatory beer (pale ale). Next time I think I'll get the homemade ginger ale or birch beer instead. After lunch we came back to my apartment, after making a detour through the Allegheny County Cemetery for some sightseeing. I 0wn3d Andrew at Bust-a-Move 4, and then he went over to Katie's to eat dinner and spend the night.
Andrew spent Saturday night and most of Sunday at Katie's, but he did come back to my apartment on Sunday night to sleep, since Katie's family gets up early for work. It was really fun to hang out with Andrew and show him my 'hood in Pittsburgh. Hopefully I'll visit Osaka next year, and he can show me his 'hood too.
Posted by Dirtae at August 10, 2005 12:15 AM"I 0wn3d Andrew at Bust-a-Move 4" are you trying to serve me son? Because I will have you know that I kicked your ass all over your own apartment, on your own dreamcast, in your city. The Champ is here, and the champ is me.
Posted by: Andrew at August 10, 2005 12:37 AMCool, sounds like a fun time. I too will have to come check out your 'hood sometime when I'm home. And if you do plan a trip to Japan, I'd definitely be up for coming along.
Posted by: Jason at August 10, 2005 01:38 AMI've been to the Church Brew Works. (and I think I had the pale ale too...) Somehow I was expecting the inside to look less like a church, but I think the sacrilege works for the place.
Posted by: Lynn Revette at August 15, 2005 09:36 PM
