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Thurs airside(those arriving AS198 from SEA and those departing AS199 to SEA, plus any PIT local strap-hangers / party crashers )
jrl767
davetravels
Thursday dinner (Girasole) 6PMish (walk in, call ahead to let them know)
Please confirm attendance to Pamela's Diner brunch Friday late morningish:
Please confirm attendance to Meat and Potatoes dinner Friday 5 PM:
Pirates game at 7:05 PM 9-7-18 [ Infield Grandstand Group seating, please bring $20]
Saturday/Sunday activities:
Saturday dinner SmokeNo set time yet (walk in, call ahead to let them know)
Hotels/lodging:
beckoa: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh Green Tree Thurs-Sun
beckoa+1: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh Green Tree Thurs-Sun
Bob W: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh Green Tree Thurs-Sun
GrjApp: ditto above, Sat night
Rxgeek: Hampton Monroeville (near sister in law)
krazykanuck: DoubleTree Fri-Sun; Hyatt Place Pit Airport Sun-Mon
jackal: His old house
Thurs airside(those arriving AS198 from SEA and those departing AS199 to SEA, plus any PIT local strap-hangers / party crashers )
jrl767
davetravels
Thursday dinner (Girasole) 6PMish (walk in, call ahead to let them know)
- beckoa
- beckoa+1
- jackal
- Bob W-confirmed
- davetravels - - Probable
- Rxgeek
- Rxgeek+1
- pgh234 - Probable
Please confirm attendance to Pamela's Diner brunch Friday late morningish:
- beckoa
- beckoa+1
- jackal
- Bob W
- DaveTravels - Hopefully not too early
- Rxgeek
- Rxgeek+1
- Mr_Tudball
Please confirm attendance to Meat and Potatoes dinner Friday 5 PM:
- beckoa
- beckoa+1
- jackal
- Bob W-confirmed
- rxgeek
- rxgeek+1
- krazykanuck-depending how fast I hustle from PIT
- davetravels
- Mr_Tudball
- AASweets
- DaveTravels
- AKronin
Pirates game at 7:05 PM 9-7-18 [ Infield Grandstand Group seating, please bring $20]
- beckoa
- beckoa+1
- jackal
- Bob W-confirmed
- Mr_Tudball
- krazykanuck
- rxgeek
- rxgeek+1
- AKronin
- DaveTravels will take a ticket, if it's not too late
- AASweets
Saturday/Sunday activities:
- beckoa
- beckoa+1
- jackal
- GrjApp
- Bob W4
- Mr_Tudball
- krazykanuck
- kipper
- DaveTravels - maybe <depends on work>
Saturday dinner SmokeNo set time yet (walk in, call ahead to let them know)
- beckoa
- beckoa+1
- jackal
- GrjApp
- krazykanuck
Hotels/lodging:
beckoa: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh Green Tree Thurs-Sun
beckoa+1: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh Green Tree Thurs-Sun
Bob W: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh Green Tree Thurs-Sun
GrjApp: ditto above, Sat night
Rxgeek: Hampton Monroeville (near sister in law)
krazykanuck: DoubleTree Fri-Sun; Hyatt Place Pit Airport Sun-Mon
jackal: His old house
PIT DO 2018: Post AS SEA-PIT Inaugural celebration Sept 6-9, 2018 [Alaska DO Series]
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I've finally booked hotels. beckoa I'm going to be bringing you $20 for the game + the ~$50 I owe you from OzFest since none of our attempts at using new fangled 21st century e-money transactions worked Would you like payment in USD, Alaska $, Strong Zero, or a combination there of?
So its only fitting if I take $CAD
Strong Zero also works Way to bring that up
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I'm a late addition for the weekend. I am a relatively new "local", but am not in PIT much! Will plan to attend dinner Friday night and the game. If a group ticket is still available or one becomes available, I'll take one, o/w will purchase at the game.
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I'll add you to the wiki ^
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Saturday Supper - 9-8-18
Sometime after the @jackal reality tour... or some Irish dancing, we'll settle down for one last dinner.
@golfingboy said we needed to visit:
Smoke
4115 Butler Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15021
Please RSVP above in the wiki.
Sometime after the @jackal reality tour... or some Irish dancing, we'll settle down for one last dinner.
@golfingboy said we needed to visit:
Smoke
4115 Butler Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15021
Please RSVP above in the wiki.
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@golfingboy said we needed to visit
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One time I had lost my ATM card and really wanted to hit their special burger on Tuesday despite my card not being scheduled to arrive until later that week. I begged and pleaded with them and finally the manager agreed to let me pay her with PayPal. That said, I do share your frustration with their policy--and they're totally a hipster joint with an iPad at the hostess stand and modern decor and everything, not some place that's been there 100 years and has no desire to update payment methods.
Who knows--maybe they're laundering money, but I don't care, because the food (especially the burgers on Tuesdays!) is stupid delicious.
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Apparently I had forgotten about that, too.
Apparently Pittsburgh is anti-miles! Or at least stuck in the '80s...
Ha, I just discovered the Pittsburgh Subreddit. Check out the first comment here for a real look at Pittsburgh.
And for those going to the game: https://www.reddit.com/r/pittsburgh/...rates_are_the/
Apparently Pittsburgh is anti-miles! Or at least stuck in the '80s...
Ha, I just discovered the Pittsburgh Subreddit. Check out the first comment here for a real look at Pittsburgh.
And for those going to the game: https://www.reddit.com/r/pittsburgh/...rates_are_the/
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Saturday Supper - 9-8-18
Sometime after the @jackal reality tour... or some Irish dancing, we'll settle down for one last dinner.
@golfingboy said we needed to visit:
Smoke
4115 Butler Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15021
Please RSVP above in the wiki.
Sometime after the @jackal reality tour... or some Irish dancing, we'll settle down for one last dinner.
@golfingboy said we needed to visit:
Smoke
4115 Butler Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15021
Please RSVP above in the wiki.
Unfortunately, I hava big dinner to go to Sat nite, so, I can't make it.
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I am interested in seeing Fallingwaters. They do have a number of tours, which they advise you book in advance. For Sunday the 9th, the guided house tours have a variety of time slots open (some are sold out) and the Landscape Hike which starts at 9.30, for 1.5hrs also has spots open. They do have grounds passes and advise to call day-of for availability.
https://www.fallingwater.org/visit/t...ngwater-tours/
It is however a 90-minute drive from downtown to Fallingwaters, so keep that in mind for flights and time spent there.
jackal - is it worth the drive, given one will have to leave by ~2.00pm to deal with getting to the airport etc? My flight isn’t until 6.19pm so I have more time than those on the AS flight.
Alternatively, Saturday may be an option too and do some of the other things on Sunday?
https://www.fallingwater.org/visit/t...ngwater-tours/
It is however a 90-minute drive from downtown to Fallingwaters, so keep that in mind for flights and time spent there.
jackal - is it worth the drive, given one will have to leave by ~2.00pm to deal with getting to the airport etc? My flight isn’t until 6.19pm so I have more time than those on the AS flight.
Alternatively, Saturday may be an option too and do some of the other things on Sunday?
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I am interested in seeing Fallingwaters. They do have a number of tours, which they advise you book in advance. For Sunday the 9th, the guided house tours have a variety of time slots open (some are sold out) and the Landscape Hike which starts at 9.30, for 1.5hrs also has spots open. They do have grounds passes and advise to call day-of for availability.
https://www.fallingwater.org/visit/t...ngwater-tours/
It is however a 90-minute drive from downtown to Fallingwaters, so keep that in mind for flights and time spent there.
jackal - is it worth the drive, given one will have to leave by ~2.00pm to deal with getting to the airport etc? My flight isnt until 6.19pm so I have more time than those on the AS flight.
Alternatively, Saturday may be an option too and do some of the other things on Sunday?
https://www.fallingwater.org/visit/t...ngwater-tours/
It is however a 90-minute drive from downtown to Fallingwaters, so keep that in mind for flights and time spent there.
jackal - is it worth the drive, given one will have to leave by ~2.00pm to deal with getting to the airport etc? My flight isnt until 6.19pm so I have more time than those on the AS flight.
Alternatively, Saturday may be an option too and do some of the other things on Sunday?
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We are confirmed for the game on Friday.
Just secured 11 tickets for those listed above in the wiki.
Thanks.
Just secured 11 tickets for those listed above in the wiki.
Thanks.
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I had an employee a coupl'a years back, who lived around the corner from "Smoke", and told me how good it is. So, I took my friend there, and there was a long line to get in, and we didn't feel like waiting, so, we ended up at "Industry", just a coupl'a blocks down the shtreet. It was very good!
Unfortunately, I hava big dinner to go to Sat nite, so, I can't make it.
Unfortunately, I hava big dinner to go to Sat nite, so, I can't make it.
Also very good and nearby is Ki Ramen, but I didn't want to take the chance that it might not appeal to some in our group. Round Corner Cantina is also nearby and does fantastic tacos (and has a great tequila list) but waits there can exceed Smoke's...
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