The Strip District

This past Sunday we, Dror, Haris, and I (Megan), set out for the Strip District and promptly got on the wrong bus,the 54D instead of the 54. Luckily, the wonderful people of Pittsburgh helped us out, and we didn't go too far in the wrong direction before realizing our mistake. The bus ride was fairly uneventful except for the two young children sitting across from Haris and myself and next to Dror. They argued in both English and Spanish and generally made noise. Finally we got to our stop and exited the bus. On the street we found artistic flyers handing out free "money" and high end apartments at the Cork Factory.

 The Cork Factory apartments had a swimming pool and fancy gardens.

 We're totally cool enough to live at the Cork Factory... if we could afford it.

 But it's a historic landmark!

Then we had to take a quick break on the railroad tracks so Dror could study for his Chem test.

After walking around for a while longer we decided to find a place to eat. The first few places we found were either ridiculously expensive, closed, or both.

We even entered an Oriental Food Market, where Dror bought some Ramen, which he managed to fit into his backpack.

Finally we came across the Spaghetti Warehouse where we ate dinner. The waitress took on the role of Haris's mother, asking him why he didn't eat his vegetable soup.

As Dror describes it:

"Did you not like your soup?" Haris-"yeah" "You didnt eat it tho"

 She also looked a bit startled when he ordered water for dessert.

 Dror studied some more as we waited for our food.

 Found on the walls of the Spaghetti Warehouse. 

After finishing our meals, we ordered a Uber to take us back to campus, where once again Dror pulled out his textbook.

All in all, our trip was a good experience. The neighborhoods seemed to shift from somewhat shifty to high class pretty quickly. We highly recommend the Spaghetti Warehouse if you want some food that isn't Market but don't recommend visiting the Strip on Sundays because most places are closed. Overall, a nice place to visit!