it's fifty degrees in pittsburgh today

it's amazing what a few degrees south will do. it was almost fifty degrees today when my plane landed in pittsburgh. i wasn't sure i'd make it through the landing, since the pilot decided to make a rather quick descent and sent my brain colliding with the top of my skull. but once my stomach returned to its normal position and the plane was safely on the runway, they gave us the weather report. ah...it's like springtime!

so after checking in, i wandered around downtown pittsburgh. now a sunday afternoon in a less than vibrant downtown can be a bit challenging. most places were closed. kauffmans was open. what's kauffmans, you ask? a department store that has no website, at least as far as i could find. if you can find their website online, leave me a comment because i'd like to check it out.

i was just browsing, no actual purchasing for me. when i returned to street level, dusk was descending. i started back for the hotel only to feel as if i was walking in zig zags (not like i was drunk, but block by block i began to lose my sense of direction.) luckily, i came upon a westin and asked for directions. i was close and my instincts probably would've sent me in the right direction, but i felt better knowing i was on the right track. i gave away some spare change because i just couldn't help but be enabling and i ended up back at my home away from home.

so i enjoyed some room service, a salad nicose with a sierra nevada pale ale. yum yum. and the hotel gave me my very own personalized card that thanked me for staying with them. will i ever get used to business travel? and i did ask to be moved to a room with a king sized bed. i mean, shit, if i have to be away from home for five days, i would like to sleep in style, even if my hottie isn't in bed with me.

so that's the report from pittsburgh. i hope that you are enjoying your part of the world. and now i'm going to try to work on my story. let's hope the internet isn't too distracting.