Showing posts with label Pittsburgh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pittsburgh. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Pittsburgh Pictures & Hotel Views

Aside from visiting the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, we also did a bit of exploring downtown.

After checking into our hotel, we walked to Primanti's for supper. The Pittsburgh specialty was good, but I prefer my french fries and slaw on the side rather than on top of my sandwich.




The Wyndam Grand is right at the point where the rivers meet, and the view from our room was amazing -- maybe the best we've ever gotten. We could see the incline lit up, a couple of bridges, the rivers and the boats on them, Point State Park and fountain, the football stadium and buildings at the peak of the nearby summit. After the kids swam in the pool, Atticus just wanted to sit on the chair next to the floor-to-ceiling window to "unlax."







Our second night we went down to the park as the sun was setting. We sat by the fountain watching a man create giant bubbles with two sticks and a rope. Back at the hotel room, we watched some fireworks being set off by Heinz Field, probably to mark the end of a concert happening that night. The kids and even Paul fell asleep, and I sat by the window watching the city lights.





Tuesday, July 31, 2018

A Day at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh


I wouldn't be surprised if the kids' favorite day of our New York City vacation wasn't in New York at all, but in Pittsburgh instead.

Our road trips to and from New York both pre- and post-kids have always been straight through. This time, we decided to split up the drive back to Columbus by staying a couple of nights in Pittsburgh. It was a good choice.

We spent our one full day in the city largely at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh. We arrived shortly after it opened at 10 a.m. and surprisingly stayed for about six hours. Art room, circuitry, water play, balls, wheels -- so much interaction! The kids enjoy COSI, the children's museum here in Columbus, but I think the Pittsburgh museum takes it up a notch for kids of Edith and Atticus's age. There so much to do rather than just see! The museum alone made me glad we made the detour to Pittsburgh.






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