So I just returned last night from Pittsburgh with the boyfriend. We left on Wednesday and made an overnight trip out of it. The drive went by pretty fast, it took us about 3 hours to get there.. I was a bit mad at first because he got to my place late and I couldn't get ahold of him for about a half hour.. but I let it go because I didn't want to ruin the trip before we even left.
We talked and listened to music all the way there (mostly country, and while *I* drove which made me crazy, but I was about to make him suffer through Rasputina so whatever) and got to our hotel to clean up and change. We went downtown to pick up my little sister and then over to Diesel on the south side to see Rasputina and get something to eat.
I've been to Rasputina shows before and they've never played early. There's usually an opening act or two and then they come onstage about 10 or 11pm. Well, as we were about to pass Diesel I mentioned that we should probably stop and look in or maybe get our door tickets or whatever. I asked the bouncer when Rasputina was going to start and to my utter dismay, he replied.. "They're almost done!" F*CK! I was SO angry I didn't even know what to say! The whole point of this trip, aside from just having a decent time away from Cleveland was to see Rasputina. I love them and I really plan on going to every show within 200 miles of where I live as long as they're performing. I was so angry that I had missed the whole concert. We should've left hours earlier, but oh well. I thought positively and realized hey, I'll still get to see at least their last song of the night. AND we didn't have to pay 18 bucks a piece to get in. So whatever. They did 1 more song... Bad Moon Rising, which I love, and then left the stage but came back for an encore of two more songs. I'm glad I got to see them and I'm glad my boyfriend and sister got to see them too. He turned to me after the first song and said (making me wish he had seen the entire recital because he's been making fun of me for a month now) "Wow. I have chills right now." I'm glad he liked what he was hearing!
So after that we went to a bar down the street. I guess everything in freaking PA is 21 and up, even though I've been to some bars downtown that mark people over 18 as underage and still allow them in. We wanted at least a beer or something, especially me, since we had just driven so far to miss something that I had been looking forward to for a couple months.
"Nope! Absolutely not! She can't come in!" The bouncer told me this and was actually pretty mean about it. I told him I was from Cleveland, she was my little sister, and we just drove here. I asked about marking under and he just got meaner. Whatever. So she went to Starbucks and we stayed and had a really quick drink. We talked to the bartender and I guess since because Pennsylvania is a commonwealth state, they have different laws regarding alcohol and age. SO retarded. You can't even buy alcohol past certain times of night, nor can you purchase any at a convenience store or whatnot.. only state-licensed liquor stores. WTF. So dumb. Thank goodness I live in Ohio. We're a bunch of drunkies here.
I took my sister and boyfriend to dinner and we had an decent time. Then we got lost and ended up on the top of Mt. Washington. Eh. So after dropping my sis off at school we went to a couple bars downtown that were completely dead, but we ended up talking a lot and had a really good time.
The next day, I had a trip to the Andy Warhol Museum because I knew my boyfriend had never been there, let alone seen much art in his lifetime... which is fine, but I wanted to take him somewhere different.
I think he liked it. He was acting so goofy and he just made me laugh the whole time... and then he was trying to interpret some of the works he saw, and I just thought to myself the whole time, "how... adorable." I told him I will totally go out hunting and let him teach me how to gut a deer sometime, or stick worms on the hooks when we go fishing. We're not totally different from each other. We grew up in similar families, same religious background, and our mothers seem to be long lost twins. But I think we ended up growing to enjoy things in life that are on completely opposite sides of the spectrum, which in reality is probably a really good thing. I was outdoorsy for most of my life, but I always felt the urge to be a city boy in a way. I still kind of feel like I'm a country boy plopped down into the city, but I love my surroundings and I feel happiest when I'm surrounded by skyscrapers and bums begging for spare change and cigarrettes.
We did a bit of light shopping, I bought a new cologne set at Macy's and he was conned into buying some bullshit sacks full of herbs that go in the microwave... kind of like Vick's Vaporub but without the hassle of spreading that gunk all over yourself. We ate and headed back to Cleveland, hitting a major blizzard in the snowbelt halfway back. That drive just dragged on forever at 20 miles per hour on the turnpike, but we were still having a good time. He just makes me laugh and smile a lot. I love him.
I wish I could've stayed in Pittsburgh longer.
I wish I could've spent more time with my sister, or that she was 21 already.
I wish I could've seen Rasputina's show.
But I'm trying to be positive, of course. I loved visiting Pittsburgh, and I really had a good time being back in my old stomping ground. I got to see my sister, even if for just a little while. I got to see Rasputina play three awesome songs.
The relationship I have feels so much more real now. I want to go everywhere with him.
We talked and listened to music all the way there (mostly country, and while *I* drove which made me crazy, but I was about to make him suffer through Rasputina so whatever) and got to our hotel to clean up and change. We went downtown to pick up my little sister and then over to Diesel on the south side to see Rasputina and get something to eat.
I've been to Rasputina shows before and they've never played early. There's usually an opening act or two and then they come onstage about 10 or 11pm. Well, as we were about to pass Diesel I mentioned that we should probably stop and look in or maybe get our door tickets or whatever. I asked the bouncer when Rasputina was going to start and to my utter dismay, he replied.. "They're almost done!" F*CK! I was SO angry I didn't even know what to say! The whole point of this trip, aside from just having a decent time away from Cleveland was to see Rasputina. I love them and I really plan on going to every show within 200 miles of where I live as long as they're performing. I was so angry that I had missed the whole concert. We should've left hours earlier, but oh well. I thought positively and realized hey, I'll still get to see at least their last song of the night. AND we didn't have to pay 18 bucks a piece to get in. So whatever. They did 1 more song... Bad Moon Rising, which I love, and then left the stage but came back for an encore of two more songs. I'm glad I got to see them and I'm glad my boyfriend and sister got to see them too. He turned to me after the first song and said (making me wish he had seen the entire recital because he's been making fun of me for a month now) "Wow. I have chills right now." I'm glad he liked what he was hearing!
So after that we went to a bar down the street. I guess everything in freaking PA is 21 and up, even though I've been to some bars downtown that mark people over 18 as underage and still allow them in. We wanted at least a beer or something, especially me, since we had just driven so far to miss something that I had been looking forward to for a couple months.
"Nope! Absolutely not! She can't come in!" The bouncer told me this and was actually pretty mean about it. I told him I was from Cleveland, she was my little sister, and we just drove here. I asked about marking under and he just got meaner. Whatever. So she went to Starbucks and we stayed and had a really quick drink. We talked to the bartender and I guess since because Pennsylvania is a commonwealth state, they have different laws regarding alcohol and age. SO retarded. You can't even buy alcohol past certain times of night, nor can you purchase any at a convenience store or whatnot.. only state-licensed liquor stores. WTF. So dumb. Thank goodness I live in Ohio. We're a bunch of drunkies here.
I took my sister and boyfriend to dinner and we had an decent time. Then we got lost and ended up on the top of Mt. Washington. Eh. So after dropping my sis off at school we went to a couple bars downtown that were completely dead, but we ended up talking a lot and had a really good time.
The next day, I had a trip to the Andy Warhol Museum because I knew my boyfriend had never been there, let alone seen much art in his lifetime... which is fine, but I wanted to take him somewhere different.
I think he liked it. He was acting so goofy and he just made me laugh the whole time... and then he was trying to interpret some of the works he saw, and I just thought to myself the whole time, "how... adorable." I told him I will totally go out hunting and let him teach me how to gut a deer sometime, or stick worms on the hooks when we go fishing. We're not totally different from each other. We grew up in similar families, same religious background, and our mothers seem to be long lost twins. But I think we ended up growing to enjoy things in life that are on completely opposite sides of the spectrum, which in reality is probably a really good thing. I was outdoorsy for most of my life, but I always felt the urge to be a city boy in a way. I still kind of feel like I'm a country boy plopped down into the city, but I love my surroundings and I feel happiest when I'm surrounded by skyscrapers and bums begging for spare change and cigarrettes.
We did a bit of light shopping, I bought a new cologne set at Macy's and he was conned into buying some bullshit sacks full of herbs that go in the microwave... kind of like Vick's Vaporub but without the hassle of spreading that gunk all over yourself. We ate and headed back to Cleveland, hitting a major blizzard in the snowbelt halfway back. That drive just dragged on forever at 20 miles per hour on the turnpike, but we were still having a good time. He just makes me laugh and smile a lot. I love him.
I wish I could've stayed in Pittsburgh longer.
I wish I could've spent more time with my sister, or that she was 21 already.
I wish I could've seen Rasputina's show.
But I'm trying to be positive, of course. I loved visiting Pittsburgh, and I really had a good time being back in my old stomping ground. I got to see my sister, even if for just a little while. I got to see Rasputina play three awesome songs.
The relationship I have feels so much more real now. I want to go everywhere with him.
2 comments:
What a great post! Seems like you guys had an awesome time!
I bet Andy was AMAZING! I have so much respect for him.
So is Pittsburgh anything like "Queer as Folk"? :)
We did have a great time. The Warhol museum was amazing, it was my second time there. I love his stuff. And no. Pittsburgh is absolutely nothing like it was depicted in QAF lol... back in the day, maybe a bit similar.. but no. Not anymore.
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