Since the Pirates played at night, we had a day to do some more touring of Pittsburgh. We took a one hour sightseeing cruise on one of the Gateway Clipper Fleet's faux steamboats. It was a beautiful day and they actually gave a good tour of the three rivers skyline and sights.
Afterwards, we walked to the Station Square area to get something to eat. We ended up at Bar Louie where sat on the patio overlooking the Monongahela River while having very good gumbo and a great shrimp po' boy. It wasn't New Orleans, but it was very good! We then walked around the Station Square shops and bought a few souvenirs. They have a fountain that's a mini version of the Bellagio fountain (water jets that move to music). We watched and listened as they played several songs from Mamma Mia ... I called Jeff McPherson as we watched since it's his favorite play. We also decided to ride the Monongahela Incline which is across the street from Station Square. It's steeper and cheaper and the view at the top is not as good as the Duquesne Incline.
Oh yeah ... we did see a game today. The Pirates dominated the Padres winning 9-1. Three Pirate home runs and lots of hits. Here's a link to the box score:
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_07_24_sdnmlb_pitmlb_1&mode=wrap
PNC Park is one of the nicer parks we've seen. Spacious promenade, comfortable seats, cheap seats (we sat right in the first level behind home about half way up and paid $27 per seat) and a pretty view of the downtown skyline and the Clemente Bridge. It's too bad Pittsburgh fans are not more supportive. Only 17,000+ showed up. Here's the link to our pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/14772189@N03/sets/
Our hot dog rating will be skewed. Service was, by far, the slowest we've had on the stadium tour. I was 5th in line and waited a whole inning. They also didn't have any kiosk hot dogs which we've established are the best. The hot dog was flavorful and the mustard was spicy. The fried onions were good, but NO SAUERKRAUT!! With all of these issues, I'll give my dog a 7.
Nancy liked the Penn Pilsner beer, but it was nothing special.
Our next stop on the tour is Vestal, NY to spend time with Nancy's sister (Sara) and her husband (Karl). It's a stopover on our way to Saratoga Race Track on Monday. Hopefully, I'll win back some of the money I lost in Vegas.
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