But everything goes away

So, we survived. 

2x 11 hour car rides, 1 in pouring rain. 

Eating out 5 days in a row, including ordering Jet's the night we got home.

Lots of tough moments, but lots of good ones too. 

I have never felt more incredibly blessed to have the family and father I do.

Our last day in Pittsburgh, we got to explore the Steel City with the best tour guide, dad!

We saw Pitt, Heinz Field, PNC Park, Mt. Washington, and more Steeler stuff than I could have ever imagined. It was awesome.

And I will admit, Dad wins in the Pekarsky family for prettiest college campus. 

Here are some of my favorites:

up and up on Mt. Washington

HEINZ FIELD, THE MOST MAGICAL PLACE ON EARTH

Overlooking Heinz Field #blackandyellow

The Pitt Panther, my vote for Christmas Card 2013

Ordering at The O, The Original Hot Dog Shop. SO good even mom had one. 

Home plate of the original Forbes Field, Pirates #1 right now! 

I was raised to love Pittsburgh. Love the Steelers. Love Pitt. Love my Dad. But after this trip I, a born and raised Southern girl, can say this is one of my favorite places. Ever.
Pittsburgh, I will be back. Still have to find myself a Steeler...

March Madness, also known as Basketball PMS

  IT'S HERE! March Madness, baby. Woke in an epicly foul mood, changed my bracket three times in under an hour, and the heartburn is working itself up. God, I love these next two weeks. I may have gone to Tennessee, but I was raised to yell profanity in the name of the Pitt Panthers. Dad went to Pitt for undergrad and grad and when your first stuffed animal was a Pitt Panther that sang the fight song when you squeezed it's stomach well, you're branded fo life. We're an 8 seed this year. Were hoping for a 6 seed. We've been a #1 seed, twice. BUT, silver lining, we did have a player make Cosmopolitan's March Madness Hotties list (embedded below, page 8). And to top it off I had another Twitter "celeb" encounter when both Cosmo and Tray Woodall tweeted me back after mentioning how with this combo my two worlds had finally collided. So here's to hot point guards, Pitt busting some brackets my own included and if all else fails a team from the original, now former, Big East winning it all! 

Click to view The Hottest Guys of March Madness 2013 on GLOSSI.COM