My Map of Pittsburgh!

I have created a map to help new drivers to Pittsburgh navigate the perils of the Pittsburgh roadway! I've actually had it ready for a while, but there were some bugs in Google Maps which have since been fixed.


Ciera's map of Pittsburgh

Enjoy! I'll post here when I make an update to it.

Jerks

To the asswipe who last night rummaged through my unlocked car and stole my GPS (which was only used five times and had this hilarious aussie accent and cost me $400) and somehow was able to sneak quietly past my neighbor's dog even though he barks at me every time I step outside and yet did not steal the charger or anything else (including my cell phone, shows you how cheap it is) because my lovely GPS is probably just being sold for $100 crack rather than being loved for its hilarious was of saying "recaculating":

You suck, jerkwad.

~Ciera

Yummy food in Oakland

ELA (Engineers Lacking Alcohol) decided to try a new place last night. Saul suggested Spice Island Tea house, which he found by apparently using Google Maps to search for "food" in "Pittsburgh". Luckily, they did have alcohol too, thus satisfying the needs of ELA.

The food was a mix of Malaysian, Thai, and whatever other SE Asian dishes they could cook up. It was kind of a SE Asian shmorgasboard, but a good one. We declared the Pad Thai and the Thai Fried Rice to be the winners of the evening. The Malaysian chicken was ok, but the sauce on it was great. The wine list looked pretty good, and you can get champagne cocktails, which Tara and I both tried. It's also BYOB, but honestly, they had a good wine selection. You might want to bring your own beer, but the selection was adequate for our needs. Just don't try the Devil IPA. That was truly nasty.

It looks like they have lunches too, and it's walking distance to campus. It's a little bit of a long walk, but it should be fine when the whether warms up.

Not that I'm keeping track...

A few days ago, I got out of bed and went to take my shower. No water. Odd. I checked the sink. Also no water. Went downstairs, no water there either.

In most places, I would now go to the basement and check the water main, make sure there weren't burst pipes, etc. Not in Pittsburgh.

In Pittsburgh, I open my living room curtains.

Sure enough, in front of my neighbors house, there is a hole large enough to fit my Prius. Across the street, there is a truck from the water authority.

Thankfully, the head guy promised that his workers would have it fixed by the afternoon. Exact words were: "It's Friday. I can guarantee this will be done by 4:30." He was right.

For the record, that is number 1 for this calendar year, number 4 for this school year.