IGVENTURE
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I actually watched this game:
http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2015/06/25_years_ago_andy_hawkins_threw_baseballs_most_pai.html
I still find it hard to believe. For those of you in the TLDR camp:
1986, Andy Hawkins threw a no-hitter for the Yankees against the White Sox and lost 4-0. In his next start, he pitched 11 2/3 innings against the Twins and lost 2-0. I don't remember that one though.
Thanks Alex, I think I'm going to attempt this...its cheaper then sending it to garmin.
Challenge on.
Ha, not quite that easy grasshopper. Jimmy only drinks a beer once, his mother tried to give him the same beer twice...this only happened once.
Pitt Adventures
One of the benefits of your kid going away to school is being able to go visit him, for me and Mary this means road trips to Pitt. We went there Thursday for the 6th or 7th time, so we have a pretty good feel for the city of Pittsburgh.
The drive there is never as bad as the drive home. Going there is eager anticipation, driving home is a crescendo of anger as you battle trucks heading to the bee hive of commerce.
Football is big in Pittsburgh, so is hockey and baseball, the city really supports their teams. I'm really not a sports fan but we usually go see a Pitt football game once a year, they play at Heinz field and it's not the hassle to get there like going to see a giants game. Tailgating is always fun, we met up with a bunch of local Cranford friends who also have kids at Pitt, which was a planned thing. The party before the game is fun, watching the game bores me, I easily get confused and find it hard at times following who has the ball so I end up checking out hot mom's in the stands and watching the cheerleaders on the jumbo tron.
There are a lot of different areas to stay in Pittsburgh, each with a different feel. We like Shadyside the best, it's a couple miles from Pitt and has enough food and shops within walking distance for hipster appeal. We've stayed at the Hyatt, air bnb, bed n breakfast mansion, generic hotels but we liked the Shadyside inn the best. It's actually a small apartment with a comfy feel as opposed to an institutional hotel with zero character. We like being able to wake up, make a simple breakfast and walk around the corner to yoga.
So, yoga. This is something I've gotten into the last few years, It's something I can do with Mary, we both enjoy it. There is the spiritual end of it that eases the mind as well as the poses which relaxes the body. Stress and age has a way of fucking you, yoga unfucks you.
I did not bring the bike on this trip, there are a couple places to mtb nearby which are fun flowee little trails but I needed a rest and was just not in the mood to mtb in 20 degrees. There is also some challenging roads with old school cobblestones to ride and incredible elevations but this does not appeal to me, although I do feel I should hit some of the more popular climbs in Pittsburgh before J graduates.
There are three solid museums in Pittsburgh, the Carnegie, Warhol and Frick. We hit up the Carnegie this weekend since it was only a mile walk from out place. Whenever you can leave the car parked is a bonus, being in a city means always having to hunt for a parking spot and then pay for it. There is a certain freedom from not being dependent on a car.
What we liked about the Carnegie is the fact that you can see dinasour bones in one end and great works of art in the other end, all under one roof. I enjoy this more then a football game, I can check things out at my leisure and find history and art much more appealing. What I do find to be a turn off though are the people in a museum who talk about art an explain it. If a picture is worth a 1000 words, a work of art has to be worth at least a million words. I don't want to hear a million words, also some things are just too intimate to discuss and if you have to explain it, then you suck the life out of it. Ok, no more words.
One of the benefits of your kid going away to school is being able to go visit him, for me and Mary this means road trips to Pitt. We went there Thursday for the 6th or 7th time, so we have a pretty good feel for the city of Pittsburgh.
The drive there is never as bad as the drive home. Going there is eager anticipation, driving home is a crescendo of anger as you battle trucks heading to the bee hive of commerce.
Football is big in Pittsburgh, so is hockey and baseball, the city really supports their teams. I'm really not a sports fan but we usually go see a Pitt football game once a year, they play at Heinz field and it's not the hassle to get there like going to see a giants game. Tailgating is always fun, we met up with a bunch of local Cranford friends who also have kids at Pitt, which was a planned thing. The party before the game is fun, watching the game bores me, I easily get confused and find it hard at times following who has the ball so I end up checking out hot mom's in the stands and watching the cheerleaders on the jumbo tron.
There are a lot of different areas to stay in Pittsburgh, each with a different feel. We like Shadyside the best, it's a couple miles from Pitt and has enough food and shops within walking distance for hipster appeal. We've stayed at the Hyatt, air bnb, bed n breakfast mansion, generic hotels but we liked the Shadyside inn the best. It's actually a small apartment with a comfy feel as opposed to an institutional hotel with zero character. We like being able to wake up, make a simple breakfast and walk around the corner to yoga.
So, yoga. This is something I've gotten into the last few years, It's something I can do with Mary, we both enjoy it. There is the spiritual end of it that eases the mind as well as the poses which relaxes the body. Stress and age has a way of fucking you, yoga unfucks you.
I did not bring the bike on this trip, there are a couple places to mtb nearby which are fun flowee little trails but I needed a rest and was just not in the mood to mtb in 20 degrees. There is also some challenging roads with old school cobblestones to ride and incredible elevations but this does not appeal to me, although I do feel I should hit some of the more popular climbs in Pittsburgh before J graduates.
There are three solid museums in Pittsburgh, the Carnegie, Warhol and Frick. We hit up the Carnegie this weekend since it was only a mile walk from out place. Whenever you can leave the car parked is a bonus, being in a city means always having to hunt for a parking spot and then pay for it. There is a certain freedom from not being dependent on a car.
What we liked about the Carnegie is the fact that you can see dinasour bones in one end and great works of art in the other end, all under one roof. I enjoy this more then a football game, I can check things out at my leisure and find history and art much more appealing. What I do find to be a turn off though are the people in a museum who talk about art an explain it. If a picture is worth a 1000 words, a work of art has to be worth at least a million words. I don't want to hear a million words, also some things are just too intimate to discuss and if you have to explain it, then you suck the life out of it. Ok, no more words.
The game was over and I thought there was one more inning left.
Everyone started leaving and I was like "Wait, thats it? It's over?"
Atleast I know that bottom Painting was done by Thomas Hart Benton.
I've gone to a hockey game but I still was not certain. The answer is 3, after i googled it. With hockey being close to the glass is good to appreciate how hard they hit. Also I've been to basketball games and again being close to the action is always better.
One interesting thing that happened going into Heinz field was the fact that we had to walk through a barrage of security. When I finally reached a walk through metal detector it went off. I reached into my pocket and pulled out a can of beer and was like oops, how'd that get in there. After I went through detector again the security dude gave me back my can of beer and said keep it on the down low. All these dudes around me couldn't believe what just happened and where high fiven me. Only in Pittsburgh.
Let me know her other top choices, we may have checked them out as well.
Vanderbilt and NYU.
personally, i think Vandy, get into that warmer weather thang.
She also applied to lafayette, rpi, suny binghampton, and maybe skidmore.
One of the most important things in choosing a school is looking at size of a school. Some kids can be overwhelmed by a big school while others thrive. Narrowing down the size of a school can help with search, that and how much off of sticker price you pay.🙂