[PRCo] Re: The Pittsburgh List Convention

[Bob Dietrich]

I plan on coming.  I have no activity preference.  Do I need a ticket?

Bob 

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[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Fred
Schneider
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 11:29 AM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Cc: Becker Scott; Jones Tim
Subject: [PRCo] The Pittsburgh List Convention

WHO IS COMING?

We have still gotten no firm list of who is coming to the said  
convention and what we would like to do...

Are you coming?   HAVE YOU BOUGHT A TICKET OR WERE YOU JUST THINKING  
MAYBE I'LL COME OR MAYBE IT'S A NICE IDEA?    Guy's it's coming up on  
September and you wanted to do this in November.

I'm also cc: Scott Becker and I'll explain in a separate e-mail to him.

WHAT TO DO

I take it we would like to do a lot of socializing.   Some would like  
to look at the Pittsburgh and West Penn interurbans or even  
Steubenville (I don't think Ed wants to do that again) or Wheeling or  
Mon - West Penn (that would be good with leaves off the trees).

How about coming back and telling us what you expect if you are  
coming.   It's your trip.

THE DATES

If I recall correctly we were talking the weekend before Thanksgiving:

Friday November 16
Saturday November 17
Sunday November 18

POSSIBLE HOTELS

Here is one index to Motels in Washington, PA.   It does not list  
anything on the east side.  Missing are Motel 6 (724-223-8040) and  
the Hampton Inn.

http://www.trails.com/all-hotels/city-hotel.asp?dest=PA+Washington

PLACES TO EAT

Until we know who is coming and their tastes in food, we also cannot  
come up with any ideas where to eat.   Cuisine around Washington, PA,  
proper is very unimaginative.   About as far out as you get is  
Chinese created for American tastes and American for rednecks.

If you want unusual cooking, you need to go into Pittsburgh.   Some  
of the better restaurants are on the South Side, particularly East  
Carson Street:

http://pittsburgh.about.com/od/restaurants_south_side/ 
Pittsburgh_Restaurants_South_Side_and_Station_Square.htm

Oakland, because of all the universities, also has a lot of  
restaurant diversity:

http://pittsburgh.about.com/od/restaurants_oakland/ 
Pittsburgh_Restaurants_Dining_in_the_East_End_Neighborhoods.htm

One of the better German restaurants is on the Nor'side, Max's  
Allegheny Tavern.   It's never a problem to talk Ed into that one.   
He may try to talk you into it.

http://www.maxsalleghenytavern.com/index.html