Pens vs. Jets 3/27

I haven't been a good blogger recently (especially related to topics other than running).  I think I whined a bit in a previous post about work. I feel like I'm just burned out a little bit right now and when I get home I just don't want to do anything!

This past Tuesday Dave and I went to another Penguins game.  Boy, are they on fire lately!  Just last night they clinched a spot in the playoffs and they've won something like 12 of the last 13 or maybe even better than that!  And even the loss was in OT so we got 1 point for it.

We saw the Pens beat Winnipeg, 8-4, with a Neal hat trick.  We were close to seeing a Malkin hat trick and/or a Kennedy hat trick in addition!  They both scored two goals as well.  Wouldn't 3 hat tricks in one game just be amazing???

We usually eat somewhere around the arena or downtown beforehand and we tried out a new place this time- Tailgaters.  I think I'd go back to Pizza Milano before going to Tailgaters again.  Tailgaters was recommended for sandwiches, but we got pizza (maybe our first bad decision).  It was pretty small and very smoky outside, so we stuck around inside.  The waitress ended up giving us some free beer, so the beer price would have probably been the same at Pizza Milano vs. Tailgaters (but better choice for the $ at Pizza Milano).  The pizza, though... WAY better at Pizza Milano.  So if we do go back to Tailgaters, remind me to try a sandwich instead of the pizza.

At Tailgaters

On the way to the arena we were just looking at poor Mellon Arena, almost all the way down.  I know there's a lot of controversy about even tearing it down and after tearing it down what should go in its place.  Which makes me really want to go to the wall that's left of Forbes Field.  I still haven't been there and don't know where it is.

Anyway, here are some pictures we took on our way to the game.  Because I think pictures are a lot more interesting than rambling on and on in words.