On a surprisingly warm Taco Tuesday night in the Burgh, I made my way to Cafe Nikos dressed in a Pens t-shirt and a little black sweater. I had Nikos on my PGH taco list for quite sometime after having read their 2 tacos for $3 weekly special listed on the banner outside the bar months ago. I recruited a fellow Mount Washington resident and friend, Jason, for a taco filled night at Nikos located at 212 Shiloh St up…
This year, heavy rain attempted to take over some of my favorite taco centered events like the Pittsburgh Taco Festival, Cinco de Mayo, and National Taco Day. It has not failed to make an appearance at each one of these occasions. On Thursday October 4th, for National Taco Day, it rained like crazy. Heavy downpours and floods led to many road closures in the South Hills. As a result, my Frisbee game was cancelled. A few of my league friends…
At the end of August, I took an extensive trip to the Pacific Northwest. The 11 day vacation included a long weekend in Napa Valley for a friend’s bachelorette party with my college crew followed directly with a trip to Portland and Seattle with my grade school buddies. Since I knew I would not have many opportunities for tacos in Napa, I saved all my taco explorations for Portland and Seattle with my grade school friends. How lucky were they?!…
Havasupai Indian Reservation After 5 months of preparation, I was both excited and nervous to take a backpacking trip out west to the Havasupai Reservation in the Grand Canyon. Preparation for my backpacking adventure included walking up the Cathedral of Learning steps in Oakland with 20lbs on my back and watching YouTube videos on loading backpacks. I also set up my tents several times in my living room as well as in the Laurel Highlands. Additionally, researching mandatory camping gear…
Answer: Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. This Spring, I took a leap of faith and joined a Pittsburgh’s club level Ultimate Frisbee team called I-79. I was recruited by my casual Ultimate Frisbee friends to play on this club team. At first I did not know how I would fit another night of frisbee into my very hectic work-life schedule, but I decided that improving my game and traveling to new places for frisbee tournaments with friends along my side would be…
I have not talked about my love for Doce Taqueria‘s tacos in a long time. Doce Taqueria is one of the very first places I went to when I started sharing my love for tacos in the blog. Since then, I have probably recommended Doce Taqueria the most to friends looking for the best tacos in the Burgh. Doce is near the top of my list due to their mouth watering, nontraditional, new age carnitas and americano beef tacos, the prices,…
Second Stop- The Rum House Caribbean Taqueria Later on Friday, Alexis and I decided it was time to attempt to conquer the New Orleans public transportation system. Alexis may disagree with me but I thought we did pretty good navigating our way from the French Quarter to the Lower Garden District, especially with the construction, street car closures, and Friday rush hour traffic. After one street car ride, one bus transfer, and one last street car ride, and a tasteful…
On average, I don’t think I regularly experience a case of the “Mondays”. Usually on Mondays I try to get a good workout in and get my favorite dollar tacos at Patron Mexican Grill. Rarely do I let Mondays get to me. However, last Monday…oh last Monday…I had a bad case of the Mondays. On that fateful Monday, I had Nate drive my beloved 2003 Honda CRV (aka Silver Bullet) to work at the Washington Auto Mall so he could…
Inclined To Get Tacos During Pittsburgh’s Heat Wave Last Tuesday towards the end of Pittsburgh’s heat wave, I ventured out on my bicycle during the 89 degree day. Since my car was unavailable that morning, I figured it would be prime time (minus the heat) to finally take my bike on the incline. Since I am still new to the roads on Mount Washington, I figure the safest way to get to the Cultural District would be to take the…