I love Pittsburgh!! Of course we got slightly lost .... but in the actual city which was a change as I once ended up in Rochester while trying to get to Ohio! We stopped at a sketchy gas station to ask for directions but the bulletproof glass and thousands of people in line did not make that an easy task. I gave up and asked a local, he was super friendly and sent us on our way. We stopped at a light and Jennifer was like "there's some man gesturing at you in the car beside us" so I rolled down my window, it was the friendly guy from the station. He wanted to make sure we were going the right way "keep going, follow the 28 alllll the way down"!!

On our first day we went to a lookout above the city which had a great view of the skyline! We went to the Andy Warhol Museum and yes we found the Furry Convention!!!! Seriously as we were driving to the Museum we saw a person dressed up as a fox or something, I squealed, snapped a photo and vowed to return to walk amongst them!!

I loved the Warhol Museum and other than his actual paintings, my favorite installation was "The Silver Clouds"!

It was a room full of helium balloons floating via fans, so we walked around them, had a "pillow fight" and for a moment I just laughed and laughed. It was refreshing and lovely to be right in the present moment, I just felt soooo light and very happy! Andy certainly had the right idea :)

After the museum our mission was to find the furries and find them we did. They were milling about EVERYWHERE and we sidled up to the bar where the convention was being held and had a drink. There was a pirate on one side of us a la Jack Sparrow and a man with a very lush tail on the other. K leaned over and whispered "I think the pirate is kind of cute" I agreed, Jennifer just shook her head. I desperately wanted a picture with one of them but felt a bit sheepish asking so Jennifer marched me over to a wolf to ensure a photo was taken. I then declared that I had a thing for the Lemur and got one with him/her? as well. I looked up "furries" after our peak into their world and I still don't get it. Not to be rude but almost everyone there (other than the pirate) looked beyond super geeky and other than "role playing" which we saw ( I was too shocked to even think about taking a video) I don't quite understand what they do at these conventions. Anyone....anyone????

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That evening we went for a yummy dinner at an Ethiopian restaurant and then out for some drinks on a patio. I ordered some type of Pale Ale and got something pretty gross. I drank it anyway and then asked the waitress what my friend was drinking as her beer was quite good. "Founders Pale Ale" she replied even though no one at the table had ordered that. I asked for one of those and she brought me the same nasty beer as before (which K was not drinking) ugh!! I'm pretty sure on the 3rd round I asked for something completely different and maybe they all taste the same but I got the same beer as the 1st and 2nd time. It was maddening but humorous all at the same time. Ahhhhh!!!