Day two in Pittsburgh started out with a lovely vegan/vegetarian brunch. We're not entirely sure which it was but it was certainly a meatless feast! Nom nom nom! It was a very unique setting, at the back of an antique store with various lamps, paintings and articles around the tables. They had a nice spread of salads, fruit, hummus, noodles as well you could pick one main entree off of the menu. I got a walnut/tofu "meatball" sandwich with sauce and "cheese" which was delicious!
They had this crazy bathroom with owls EVERYWHERE! I took a photo with my cell but have since switched phones and forgot to snag all of my photos beforehand. Of course the net is made for such things and I found the above two photos on google search!
After stuffing ourselves we drove the hour or so to Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater! It really was quite an amazing structure! He incorporated the natural environment into the home by building around the rock formations on the land, he made the hallways almost cave like and the bedrooms rather small but the balcony's quite large. He wanted the Kaufmanns to live within and be one with the nature surrounding them and thus built the home "on top of" the waterfall. His goal was to bring them out of the structure and right into nature as well as to bring nature into the home.
After stuffing ourselves we drove the hour or so to Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater! It really was quite an amazing structure! He incorporated the natural environment into the home by building around the rock formations on the land, he made the hallways almost cave like and the bedrooms rather small but the balcony's quite large. He wanted the Kaufmanns to live within and be one with the nature surrounding them and thus built the home "on top of" the waterfall. His goal was to bring them out of the structure and right into nature as well as to bring nature into the home.
We weren't allowed to take photos inside of Fallingwater but as you can see from this photo the stairs lead from the water right up into the living room which was a very cool idea!
On our way home we decided to stop for some scoff but not just anywhere, Jennifer wanted an authentic in the middle of nowhere experience. As you can see from the above photo we got just that! The locals stared as we walked in and I desperately wanted to take a photo of a truck outside with sooooo much shit in it they could barely close the door! Our waitress was a young gal but absolutely wonderful, pleasant as can be and very attentive!
The food was yummy but I still don't understand their love for ranch dressing over there. I mean look at the size of the bottle on the table in comparison to the ketchup and glass of pop. It's bloody huge!!!
11 comments:
That Frank Lloyd Wright house looks amazing. I need a disposable income.
Baby, that ain't ranch dressing.
yeah, i know, groan.
I still don't think ranch is stranger than any other condiment....and ranch is good!
katie
Wow, who knew Shittsburg had such cool stuff! I am from Texas and we are all about the Ranch here too ;)
I love the pictures, especially the ones of the crazy crap on the walls.
That FLW stuff is cool looking. If you are interested in him, I would recommend a novel about him and his mistress called "Loving Frank". I read it last year and enjoyed it.
And a giant WTF to the ranch dressing.
Glad you had a great trip!
I can't believe it took me this long.
Love the picture of the hooters.
Can I get a groan?
Wiwille, oh man I know! Can you imagine living in such a breathtaking place???
WIGSF, UGH!!
Katie, hey!!! It is good I just don't understand why it has to be in such a ginormous bottle. It makes it seem like ranch thinks it's better than ketchup!!
Jlee, ok I must ask, what the heck do you dip in it?
Christielli, that book does sound interesting I will definitely pick it up. As for the crap on the walls....that's the bathroom at the antique store/restaurant, I agree it's super fun!
WIGSF, UGH!
Hey those pics look great. Awesome summer fun. I'm just a tad jealous. Good food!
That's cool, I would like to check out the Frank Lloyd right house.
As for your vegan food, nasty, only if I could squirt a shitload of ranch dressing on it!
Ummm, those owls scare me.
House looks amazing. We studied that in one of my art classes. Really cool.
And ranch - sooo good.
Yratuca, I'm sure you're having a lovely summer as well!
BB, seriously it's not all tofu and soy bits they had super yummy salads and pancakes and "normal" stuff!
Berly, ya I'd like to read that book Christielli recommended, would be an interesting structure to study that's for sure.
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