This is it! My new ride! :)
Well at least my ride to Pittsburgh a few weekends ago. It was still sweet though. My good friend Matt works for a rental car place and once in a while he gets to take some of the vehicles out. So we decided that this weekend we were gonna get a Hummer H2 and go to the Burg. Now, I'm sure you wondering what we drove all the way to Pittsburgh for........ Mexican food & margaritas of course. Plus a side trip to get some coffee.
What? You gotta be outta your mind, is what your probably thinking. All the way to Pittsburgh for Mexican food......That must be one hell of a Mexican restaurant. Well ya it is. ANYONE that knows me well knows that I go to El Campesino in Altoona almost every weekend. Which is where I met my friends Matt & his wife Liz. So this weekend we decided we would try something a little different. We went to the El Campesino in Pittsburgh instead of the one in Altoona. Actually there is more to it than that. I was friends with Jose, the guy who used to manage the restaurant in Altoona. Now he runs one in Pittsburgh. Matt & Liz had never met him so we decided to go on a road trip.
I was just excited to drive the Hummer. It was awesome. Now for the scary part of our road trip. Flash back a couple months ago........
I have a friend Leanne who lives in State College. A few months ago she called and asked me to come help her out with a situation. So I got up extra early and went to help out. She cooked breakfast for her mom & me while we were waiting. Everything was vegetarian and very good. I was a little leery about the vegy bacon though. It even had some coloring in it to make it look like it had some bacon fat in it. It really just looked like a dog biscuit. Even though it was not offensive to the taste buds, I was not a fan. There is just something morally wrong with vegetarian bacon. The important part of this section of the story is the coffee, not the bacon. Now I'm not a big coffee drinker, but I am trying to be. I'm trying to be more of a morning person. Leanne had some coffee she got when she lived in LA. She had been using it sparingly since there were not any stores around here that sold it, but she still shared some with us. It was very good coffee and I could drink it without sugar or cream. The store she got it from is called Trader Joe's. They just happened to have one in Pittsburgh, so I figured we could stop and get some. Leanne was invited to go along but wasn't feeling well, so I figured it would be a nice surprise.
The problem was that I didn't know what part of Pittsburgh this particular store happened to be in. So I got the address off the internet, printed out some map quest directions and we were on our way. When we got off the exit, Wilkensburg I think it was, everything seemed ok at first. The first sign that something was wrong was when Matt said "UH OH, I thought this road sounded familiar". Apparently a few months before one of the rental cars was stolen. We just happened to pass the place where they found it, full of bullet holes. All of a sudden the neighborhood got really scary. There was a shady looking character on every street corner. They guy with the fur coat made it obvious that these people were selling drugs and not just hanging out on the street corner on a cold Saturday afternoon. Ya, this is not good. Two crackers and a little latina chick driving through the ghetto in a $65,000 Hummer. I was driving and Matt kept looking around anxiously. He asked me if I was packing, but unfortunately I left it at home that day. Not smart. I was sure we were gonna get car jacked............. and was hoping they just thought we were dealing to.
Not only did we survive, but we had so much fun that we decided to go back the next weekend with Randy & Sue. This time to the brand new El Campesino in the Robinson Town Center. For some reason Matt didn't let me drive this time. I was prepared this time, and even though we didn't end up in any shady places I had to threaten my mother. I was originally supposed to go up to visit that day, but called to tell her I wouldn't be up till Sunday. She was already in the Pittsburgh area with Heather, so they met us for lunch. Have you ever seen those Friars Club Celebrity Roast. You know the ones, where they have a guest of honor and all everyone does is make fun of that person! Well some how that ended up being me. My mom decided to tell every embarrassing story about me, from the day I was brought home from the hospital till the age of 6. That's all I heard the rest of the day, till we got back to Altoona at 1am. Not fun. If she never gets to meet another girl I date than I hope she thinks back to this day. It was funny though, even though it was very embarrassing.
Fortunately mom left after lunch :) The rest of us walked around Ikea then decided to go see Jose at the restaurant in South Hills for dinner & more Margaritas. :) Good Times!
Well at least my ride to Pittsburgh a few weekends ago. It was still sweet though. My good friend Matt works for a rental car place and once in a while he gets to take some of the vehicles out. So we decided that this weekend we were gonna get a Hummer H2 and go to the Burg. Now, I'm sure you wondering what we drove all the way to Pittsburgh for........ Mexican food & margaritas of course. Plus a side trip to get some coffee.
What? You gotta be outta your mind, is what your probably thinking. All the way to Pittsburgh for Mexican food......That must be one hell of a Mexican restaurant. Well ya it is. ANYONE that knows me well knows that I go to El Campesino in Altoona almost every weekend. Which is where I met my friends Matt & his wife Liz. So this weekend we decided we would try something a little different. We went to the El Campesino in Pittsburgh instead of the one in Altoona. Actually there is more to it than that. I was friends with Jose, the guy who used to manage the restaurant in Altoona. Now he runs one in Pittsburgh. Matt & Liz had never met him so we decided to go on a road trip.
I was just excited to drive the Hummer. It was awesome. Now for the scary part of our road trip. Flash back a couple months ago........
I have a friend Leanne who lives in State College. A few months ago she called and asked me to come help her out with a situation. So I got up extra early and went to help out. She cooked breakfast for her mom & me while we were waiting. Everything was vegetarian and very good. I was a little leery about the vegy bacon though. It even had some coloring in it to make it look like it had some bacon fat in it. It really just looked like a dog biscuit. Even though it was not offensive to the taste buds, I was not a fan. There is just something morally wrong with vegetarian bacon. The important part of this section of the story is the coffee, not the bacon. Now I'm not a big coffee drinker, but I am trying to be. I'm trying to be more of a morning person. Leanne had some coffee she got when she lived in LA. She had been using it sparingly since there were not any stores around here that sold it, but she still shared some with us. It was very good coffee and I could drink it without sugar or cream. The store she got it from is called Trader Joe's. They just happened to have one in Pittsburgh, so I figured we could stop and get some. Leanne was invited to go along but wasn't feeling well, so I figured it would be a nice surprise.
The problem was that I didn't know what part of Pittsburgh this particular store happened to be in. So I got the address off the internet, printed out some map quest directions and we were on our way. When we got off the exit, Wilkensburg I think it was, everything seemed ok at first. The first sign that something was wrong was when Matt said "UH OH, I thought this road sounded familiar". Apparently a few months before one of the rental cars was stolen. We just happened to pass the place where they found it, full of bullet holes. All of a sudden the neighborhood got really scary. There was a shady looking character on every street corner. They guy with the fur coat made it obvious that these people were selling drugs and not just hanging out on the street corner on a cold Saturday afternoon. Ya, this is not good. Two crackers and a little latina chick driving through the ghetto in a $65,000 Hummer. I was driving and Matt kept looking around anxiously. He asked me if I was packing, but unfortunately I left it at home that day. Not smart. I was sure we were gonna get car jacked............. and was hoping they just thought we were dealing to.
Not only did we survive, but we had so much fun that we decided to go back the next weekend with Randy & Sue. This time to the brand new El Campesino in the Robinson Town Center. For some reason Matt didn't let me drive this time. I was prepared this time, and even though we didn't end up in any shady places I had to threaten my mother. I was originally supposed to go up to visit that day, but called to tell her I wouldn't be up till Sunday. She was already in the Pittsburgh area with Heather, so they met us for lunch. Have you ever seen those Friars Club Celebrity Roast. You know the ones, where they have a guest of honor and all everyone does is make fun of that person! Well some how that ended up being me. My mom decided to tell every embarrassing story about me, from the day I was brought home from the hospital till the age of 6. That's all I heard the rest of the day, till we got back to Altoona at 1am. Not fun. If she never gets to meet another girl I date than I hope she thinks back to this day. It was funny though, even though it was very embarrassing.
Fortunately mom left after lunch :) The rest of us walked around Ikea then decided to go see Jose at the restaurant in South Hills for dinner & more Margaritas. :) Good Times!
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