hotels in the area

Mari Storch vox at skymagik.net
Thu Sep 18 11:15:51 EDT 2008


BTW - the Pittsburgh Hostel closed a few years ago. At least, the one that 
used to be up on Arlington - if they closed it an opened a new one 
somewhere else in town I have no idea. (There's never been a forwarding 
address posted that I saw.)

On Wed, 17 Sep 2008, Richard Claypool wrote:

> Yeah, I've always wanted to visit Canada, but Australia is a bit more 
> important because that's where Nicki lives.  How strange, my first trip out 
> of the u.s, and it won't be to Canada like I always thought.
> 
> 
> (Winamp is not active ;-)
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sc'Eric (aka sc'Que)" <darkfin6012 at yahoo.com>
> To: <pgh-goth-list at listless.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 5:11 AM
> Subject: Re: hotels in the area
> 
> 
> Well... I dunno about Pgh, but I can tell you that I've had GREAT 
> experiences with Hosteling International--both in Toronto and NYC. The 
> prices are low, they sometimes offer a do-it-yourself kitchen... as well as 
> breakfast accomodations. Apparently some locations even let you choose how 
> many roommates you'd ideally like to have.
> 
> I would tell you to pack lightly, to bring a padlock (for on-site lockers), 
> and to check on late-night re-entry (if you're as nocturnal as I am, at 
> least). They typically do not allow alcohol on the property, but if you're 
> smart about it, you can sneak a nice bottle of beer or wine in. (Just leave 
> no footprints and you'll be fine.) My favourite part of the Toronto 
> trip--apart from the completely plastered Irish guy who was a fixture in the 
> tv-room--was the non-segregation by sex... and bringing my own coffee 
> grinder and french-press thermos to have REAL coffee at the start of each 
> day!
> 
> [ sc'Que ]
>   page personelle d' sc'Eric
> 
> 
> Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:58:47 -0400
> From: "Richard Claypool" <bellevue.bat at gmail.com>
> Subject: hotels in the area
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> 
> Hi,
> 
> Can any of you recommend a pretty nice hotel, preferably very near on on the
> 500 or 16b bus line?  I'm coming back into Pittsburgh with my gf for a
> week,
> and am looking for recommendations.
> 
> I had hoped the Avalon Motel would be an option, but, after talking to
> people, am going to stay away from that shithole as far as I can :).  Nicki
> does not need to come frm Australia to that kinda crap lol.
> 
> I'm also willing to consider cabbing it if the price is low enough.  Was
> looking at Motel 6 for example.
> 
> Have looked around online, but bus access isn't one of the things I've
> found.
> 
> Any help would be muchly appriciated.
> 
> peace,
> Rick
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Mari
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