Category: art

10/04/15 08:53 - ID#60252

Matress Factory

While in Pittsburgh we visited the Mattress Factory art museum. I really enjoyed the exhibits and the layout.

The Greer Lankton

piece titles "Its about me, not you" was my favorite. It had such a intensely emotional and yet terrifying feel to it. It stuck me as so sad that the artist died at age 38. Being 38 it just seems so young.

The dolls in the piece were all so carefully constructed and reconstructed and arranged. It was as though she took her whole life before her death and summed it up in a room.

I wonder what my death room would look like if I made it now. A macbook and cell phone in an otherwise barren cube?

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Category: architecture

10/04/15 08:45 - ID#60251

Pittsburgh Architecture

The building in Pittsburgh are so much more impressive than ours. It's amazing how much later that city developed and how much nicer it is. I guess they have the natural advtange of so much rock everywhere in the hills. Just about everything was brick or stone. And not just run of the mills square brick but complex, intricate patterns of brickwork.

I really think I could live there.

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Category: drink

10/04/15 08:42 - ID#60250

Chicha Limeña

On Friday night we had dinner at AJs Burger & Peruvian Rotisserie Chicken

I had the rotisserie chicken with rice and sweet potato fries which was amazing.

The prices seemed good and they had something for everyone in the family from traditional pervuvian to Mexican and American bar food like burgers and mozzarella sticks.

They also had this really interesting blue corn drink called chicha limeña. Definitely worth checking out if you are down there.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: dancing

10/04/15 07:23 - ID#60249

Flux Pavillion - AE Stage Pittsburgh

We went to see Flux Pavillion at the AE stage in Pittsburgh on Saturday. I thought that Wilkinson was playing which was the real reason I wanted to go. Sadly he couldn't make it to his American tour?

We stayed for a couple hours but I'm honestly just not a Flux Pavillion fan. The music just doesn't flow for me. Also, it was so weird going to a EDM concert instead of a rave. The DKs had sets then you just waited in between. I can't remember the last time I went to a EDM event where there were large periods of no music and lights on in between the sets. It was like a concert during intermission.

The visuals were nice at least.

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Category: food

10/03/15 12:51 - ID#60247

Everyday Noodle

We ate at an amazing dim sum and noodle restaurant called Everyday Noodle

in Pittsburgh last night.

I love dim sum and they make everything there fresh. The kitchen is viewable with a big glass window across the entire dining room. I
It's really interesting to watch the dough being made.

The dining room was so crowded we had to wait a half hour for a table in a line that went out the front door. While waiting can be annoying, I think is usually a good indicator about a restaurants quality.

The tofu skin with woodear mushroom was delicious.

The soup dumplings were also amazing. They are basically steamed dumplings full of soup. I had the crab and pork and plain pork ones. we also had veggie dumplings that were really good but they didn't have soup inside.

Get in your car now and drive there.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: mobile

09/29/15 06:48 - ID#60246

Android Watch From Iphone

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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09/27/15 11:22 - ID#60241

Basra Eats Yellow Jackets

Basra doesn't give a shit about the plague of yellow jackets that have descended on our back yard. He literally eats them when they get in the way.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: food

09/27/15 11:10 - ID#60240

Local Wheatfield Gardens Cucumbers

These amazing cucumbers are delicious and available everywhere. The cost varies considerably. I would suggest getting them at Guercios where they are much cheaper than at the Lexington Coop or Wegmans.