Pittsburgh

PNC Park is probably the neatest park I have been to and I am a huge fan of the new Busch. I think whoever designed Busch could have got a few pointers from Pittsburgh. Everything is open and it has a very small ballpark feel to it. It sits right on the rivers and looks directly into downtown. There concession stands have more options than I think I have ever seen at a stadium. I couldn't decide what to eat or drink (Beer of course but what kind).


We walk up to the stadium and there are restaurants attached to the outside of the stadium, bars all around the stadium and wonderful statues of Pittsburgh greats (yes there are a few) to take pictures with. The restaurants are something I have never seen before in a ballpark.

Then we walk into the stadium and they are so gracious to give us Willie Stargell comemorative plates that Jen so proudly displays. As we get to the bleachers, the Brewers were such gracious guests and wanted us to feel welcomed, that they almost hit us with a homerun in batting practice. Unfortunately we were too distracted figuring out where we were going that we missed it. Pittsburgh were such good hosts that they let the Brewers beat them 11-3. I would love to watch baseball in PNC Park every night but not Pirates baseball.

Overall Pittsburgh was a neat city. We didn't know what to expect but most of the people were very nice, except Fred, and they tolerated drunk Ben. We ate some great food on "The Strip", saw all of the street markets, and had a siting of "Buffalo Ben"

We had fun and as much as it pains me to say it, I would recommend visiting Pittsburgh to anyone. It's funny when you have your favorite sports teams you hate cities because of their sports teams and Pittsburgh was one of those for me. I no longer hate the city just the teams and their obnoxious fans. I will definitely go back but next time I will go to watch someone I care about.