Pittsburgh PA ,Steel Town Shake Down ..2010

i just spent my Thursday thru Sunday traveling to Pittsburgh Pa and back . my Thursday morning was a typical one ..i get up groggy and shitty ,get coffee and rush to the airport to hurry up and wait . got my little flight to phoenix ..it was a nothing flight .just waited for my Zyrtec to kick in .so i could breath . change flights in phoenix ...oh man that's when it starts ..i sit next to Gail and Amy .( 2 middle aged professionals from Pittsburgh .now living else where ..blond haired ,materialistic ,gossip reading wine drinking sisters , pretty much the cheerleaders from high school ) they 're laughing and giggling and have their inside jokes ..they talk and laugh the whole time . ordering me drinks and them drinks .. they ask what i do ? where i get tattooed ? am i single ? where am i from ? where am i going ? fucking the longest list of BS .......it was a riot .we get off the plane exchange numbers for drinks sat ..


Gregg and Jen pick me up from the air port ...could not wait to catch me up on the Pittsburgh news . Anton and his girl have turned their house into a road side attraction . understandably ,so . he has every room full of stuffed and mounted animals ,gadgets ,steam punk items ,and hissing roaches ..pretty creepy .but ,nicely done ..i wish i had pic ..( hell i wish i could figure out how to load pics from my phone to this blog ) after the ride to the house and seeing the dogs and house and the hot rod and cars ..we go out to dinner .. nice night out . we went to south side ..wooo hooo .

Friday morning ,we get up ..go to breakfast then drop stuff of at the show area .then run down town ,north side for arm bands and run over for some great coffee ( btw ,the girl at the coffee shop was a BITCH ) ...then the real work starts .i striped Gregg's roadster ..he's had the car for years .it had a sbc 350/350 ..he re vamped it rebuilt 365 cid 1955 Cadillac motor . ( it was going to get 4 x 2's .i had an intake i was rebuilding and a couple carbs .but ,between my shop ,going out of town for work , the economy ,rent and shitty customers . i couldn't devote 40 hours to get the intake complete ...so that's a whole other story ..basically i owe Gregg an intake and carbs )with lake headers ,four barrel ,Cad air cleaner and a Schneider cam . the car looks great . off green scallops and wheels with a satin black paint job .. i stripe the air cleaner ,cowl and deck lid ..matching the green and silver to the "t" ...nice ..we wait around a bit ,,, Jen ,gets home ..and we play full throttle darts from across the room . Gregg nails a bullseye ! .so we leave ..and off to Pops and Suez's ( Anton's parents ) for Friday night pizza ( family tradition for 20 plus yrs ) Pops and Suez's house is amazing .both are professional painters for god .they reconstruct and redo churches all over PA . so they have great paintings every where and they have great style . the house is amazing . we meet out in the garage ..the guys are outside smoking and drinking .we go out there and talk car for a bit ..and Antons truck " Trixie " ( whatever that means ) sits there ..at one time it was a cool 51 dodge truck ( and if you know me ..you know i love trucks )its second phase was , its the rat rods , rat rod ..but ,now its getting re vamped .. ( wisper the next part ,for scare factor ) to be  " the scariest truck a round " .....woooooooo........ i don't get it .but ,good ..i can just look and say ..ok .we go inside for dinner . PIZZA ! i have a couple gin and tonics and a couple slices ..then i get on urban dictionary ..hahaha ..i start looking up people's names ..Anton = most popular boy in school , Dave ( pops ) = coolest name ..what a Dave . the meaning of cool . Suez , Jen and Gregg's all kinda the same .. Rachel's , though ...oh man ..i read it out loud ..Rachel = whore ,slut ,hot bitch ..bla bla bla ..its sounded like something you would her in the bathroom at school ...it was too funny ..i was telling her ..I'm not saying this ..I'm just reading it .. then we went home ...hahaha .sorry Rachel ...its still funny .

sat came >>>the big day ! the show day . i get up late ,set up late ,get started late .biggest show they've had .700 plus spectators and 200 plus cars . i striped a couple cars and sold some shirts ...thanks to ( sing this ) saaaraaaaahh ...( dime's wife . Sarah = nice ,Witty girl and ever boy wants to woo her ) saaaaaraaaah and Jen help with my merch . we ate veggies and talked shit all day .. Jim my Straub's guy ,was set up next to us .feeding us beers and hype all day ..good times . i signed stuff  and a couple people ,too . so ,they got my name tattooed on them ( that's rad ) phyco mike was slinging ink and doing it right there . the pin up contest came and went ( i didnt register ,my abs are gone ) but ,the prettiest girl there did win ..i made sure of that ..hahaha ..her boy was an ex whyotech student cool guy , lance .

lets talk about the cars i liked .. tom the torch's 28 truck ..i loved that truck from the get go ..looks very 50's high school ..and there was 56 olds with a 4 speed ..bitchin car .i love them Oldsmobile's ..48 ford truck , very nice and clean ..and a severally chopped 61 falcon . 60 pontiac , Gregg's matching cadi and cadi powered roadster ..so many more ....

then we wrapped the day up with beers ,prizes and contest ..good time s ...then it started raining ..we were standing around the concession stand ..i kept smelling skunk ..( thinking someone was smoking out ,no big deal ) then i noticed ..what Rachel was really wearing ..she made a dressed like "Trixie ' the truck and was wear a skunk le pale ..wtf ? i don't know if its cute or strange ..but Anton has some powers on this girl ..she L-O-V-E-S him ..wow ! i mention the skunk to her ..( btw ,i  cant smell anything unless its crammed up my nose ,from all the painting ,sinus infections and broken noses ) she giggles and says < really ? you can smell it ? uhm yea ! and its not sewed to my neck ...hahah ..i ask about the dress ..she confirms my thoughts ..its the dress form of "Trixie " the truck . then she says < i loved "Trixie " before Antone and now i love Anton ...hahaha.aaamazing ! she wants to get a car ,too . ( well your 21 ..growing up ,its hard to do ..you know ) she wants a creepy ,villainous ride ..like what ? i say , ..i tell her ,look Danzig drives an Audi and Antone La vae drove a 66 Toranado ..that shit aint scarry or creepy ...hahahaha .. that went on for minutes tell Antone started talking to her ... Jim ( the Straub's guy ) and i went out ..oh shit ..Jim is a ball of energy ! we went to north side for a johnny cash revival ..GAY as hell ! a bunch of hipsters and dorks wearing dress shorts and dress hats ..wtf ? .. we drank straubs ,went to south side ,drank straubs ...3 different bars on the south side . pretty damn fun then went to a diner .i had the gyro omelet with out onions ..then i had them re make it with out onions again ..of course .then jim dropped me off at gregg and jenns ... crashed out soon as i stumbled in ..

Sunday ..i got up at 12 ..Jenn and Gregg were up and ready .we went back to south side for brunch , Piper's pub ..i had the potatoes pancakes ,with eggs,cheese ,bangers and sauce ..really good and 14 coffees ..then got a shirt . wrapped the day up with dropping me at the airport and now im on the plane typing this babbling bs and about my weekend in PA .. all in all ..best time I've had in PITTSBURGh PA . amazing !

i really would like to spend a month in Pittsburgh Pa .and see the whole place .they have some of the most amazing bridges and artchitect ..the rolling hills and river sides . the downtown market area , antiques , history every where ,foods and people ..typical college jack asses of course ..but ,some fucking strange mother fuckers ..dudes wearing fur like a stuffed animals ..walking around on the street .. i could get an apt . for 400 bucks and just chill and have coffee .. and paint .

BTW ..i heard this , this weekend , too ...a local Pitt's girl , Dixie Comet ( just google images ,....you'll figure it out ) has moved on and got a real good job ..i have to say good for her ..everyone has a talent ..and she's finally tapped into hers .