Thursday: I Met A Drunk Man Today

We got up pretty early today and left Binghamton for Pittsburgh. We drove through the beautiful Alleghany mountains and stopped at a little Austrian bistro, which had some of the best native Austrian food and best service I've had anywhere. If you're ever in State College, be sure to eat at Herwig's Austrian Bistro. We hit really bad traffic going into Pittsburgh proper, with long backups and congestion. We arrived at the Hampton in Greentree, and were able to kick back for a little while before catching the shuttle to the game. It’s a good thing we did, because it took us a good forty-five minutes to get there in heavy traffic. PNC Park is a very good looking park, and I enjoyed a lot of the entertainment-related things more than the ones at Target Field (though, admittedly, they had a better theme to work with. Who can’t have fun with pirates?). And while the Twins were soundly walloped, and it was very, very hot, it was still enjoyable to see the park and eat their sandwiches (Mom had a Capicola sandwich, a spicy Italian meat, and Dad and I had the “Pittsburger”, and both sandwiches had French fries and peppered slaw on them, which really did add to the taste a lot).

On the way out, we crossed the beautiful Roberto Clemente bridge, and waited for the shuttle to pick us up again. It was there that I had my first (at least in my short and fickle memory) encounter with a drunk man. That makes it sound more interesting than it actually was, it wasn’t anything like “I engaged in vigourous fisticuffs with a inebriated man” (I’ve always wanted to say “vigourous fisticuffs”), but it was my first face-to-face encounter with one. Oddly enough, I treated the slurring, stumbling man as I would any of the many people I know who are inflicted with mental disabilities. I suppose that says something about the nature of drunkenness, how it is really a self-inflicted disability. But now I’m getting too philosophical and if I go on my very tired brain might blow a gasket. Tomorrow we go to Cincinnati and watch the Twins battle the Reds at the Great American Ballpark. 

TRIVIA SCORE

John - 66

Wendy - 49

Cal - 37

RESTAURANT REVIEWS

Herwig's Austrian Bistro

State College, PA

Food - 20

Atmosphere - 19

Price - 16

Service - 20

TOTAL - 75 (Excellent)

IT WAS ALWAYS TRUE ;_;

Herwig's Austrian Bistro in State College, PA

A (rather fuzzy) look at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.

Why yes, that is one of the Pirates' mascots standing on it's head. I don't know why. D:

The beautiful Roberto Clemente bridge in Pittsburgh.