First the microwaves, now this? Absolutely insane invasion of privacy, I better post about it on a public forum from my iPhone and let people know.

It's no different than any other time that things get a little crowded. The biggest thing to be aware of is that on the Saturday they will close down a section of Penn Ave near the center, so you do have to go around during that time.

Ah, gotcha.

I rode across the Hot Metal Bridge a few days ago; is this a new bridge near the furnace or are they re-building the current bridge?

It depends on where you are. Mostly it's just people in costumes or who really like animal style art hanging out and meeting each other. The parties are loud, the dance is an EDM fueled shakedown where 1000+ people cram into a room and reach critical mass, and most furries love taking over restaurants and tipping well.

There's a lot less sex than the Media likes to show, but "just sorta hanging out with people who share interests and like art" doesn't get the ratings.

The block party is gunna be lit

I turned my basement into a bar. It's mostly frequented by kinky weirdos who don't tip. 0/10 wouldn't recommend.

I find the name to be very misleading

Double Wide actually has a bunch of vegan options, and they are quite good. The Suavacado and the sandwich with veggies on it are great in addition to the cheesesteak.

The Children's Museum and the Heinz History Museum.

I do like both of them. I'll admit that I just haven't been to many children's museums, so I can't comment as to the accuracy of the report, but regardless of how they stack up nationally I think most the museums here in Pittsburgh are pretty great.

I mean, what do they like?

I always seem to end up at Sly Fox, it's towards the Incline on "The Highline". We ride bikes from Color Park down to Hot Metal, cross over, Ride to the Point, then back across Smithfield to stop back at Sly Fox for a beer (Royal Weiss) and whatever's on special.

Otherwise, in addition to what's been suggestion already, there's a Waffle's Inc right on Carson. Go early for Breakfast, but it's worth doing once.

Ohiopyle. Moraine. McConnell Mill. Depending on where you live, North Park.

Honestly if you haven't been to Ohiopyle it's definitely worth going. About an hour and ten ish out, you can also check out Falling Water or Yough Lake at the same time.

Hot peppers like 2 things: room and sunlight. So I tend to start the seeds in March, move outside (slowly) when things start really warming up (We are zone 6, so that's May) and plant them wherever they will get the most sun.

I usually buy from Pepper Joes. That's where the Carolina Reaper was developed, and I have had very little issue with their seeds.

However, they do change stock fairly frequently, so if you have something really specific in mind, you might be out of luck. There's usually something really close, though, like I saw that he's selling Manzana peppers right now which are basically citrusy cherries.

I love growing superhot peppers.

This year I have 3 types of Ghost pepper, Carolina Reapers, Fatalis, and Naga Scorpions started. I think I'll also do some peppers for roasting/stuffing like Anaheims or giant cherries, not completely sure yet.

Growing loofas seems pretty cool, actually. I'd like to try it as well.

Sly Fox* and yes, that is my favorite hangout spot, I second the motion.

They have great pizza, so you can always just go for pizza and pop.

I’m actually super glad you don’t vote since apparently you can’t even do basic research into civics or social issues.

I'm fully aware of it. I think everyone is.

The problem is that people, you included, are very, very quick to say the same thing.

"But Voting Didn't INSTANTLY Fix All My Problems!"

Yeah. We all know. There's some 50% of the population that varies between selfishly hating change and being straight up regressive - those people aren't going to magically go anywhere.

So my response to you, and everyone saying this, is... PLEASE, if anyone knows of something better LET ME KNOW.

Fucking hell, I am totally open to a better solution! I even buried the voting thing in between two other things, because I know it's not a good solution.

Right now, in these united states, it's the most powerful option we have, though. So let's not get caught up in disparaging it.

That’s like… everywhere.

So suggest something better.

"best represent" is not "perfectly represent"

It's such a statement that the default is you feel in the right driving your car and being part of traffic vs someone walking and just existing.

You are SO CLOSE to Sidelines in Millvale, why aren't you there!?

People who are aligned with the views that you hold and best represent the things you think are important.