342 Miles to Pittsburgh

23. August 2008 by admin.

It’s over…

The vacation–that is.  We arrived back in the ‘burgh Saturday night around 9pm.  

The day started early.  Ask me…TOO EARLY!  Since Friday was our last night in town, we celebrated at the Blue Moon www.bluemoonrehoboth.com until the wee hours of the morning…Rehoboth time, not Pittsburgh time.  Delaware bars stop serving at 1am and throw everyone out at 1:30am.  This was the second time we visited the Blue Moon during our stay in RB.  The crowd was much better last night then last Saturday.  The place was packed inside and out.  I recommend the trip to the Moon just to see the two shirtless and frisky brothers.  Very friendly and attentive… and very cute and straight.   Our friend Randy, the dj and co-owner kept us entertained while his partner and co-owner Tim attended to  business, but found time to hangout with us throughout the evening.  We ran into our friends from Norfolk, VA (one with Morgantown ties) and Andy from the Royal Rose B&B.  Lots of interesting conversations and eye candy everywhere all night long. 

As we hung out on the front patio, we met two guys from DC and one from Philly.  They were a lot of fun and invited us to RB’s leather bar called the Double L.  We declined because the walk was too far and we wanted to stay near the Lighthouse Inn www.lighthouseinn.net.

Woke up… or I should say was woken up, had some coffee, chatted with Matt and Jerry,  and started packing.   Shopping was on the morning agenda and a quick bite at Nicoli’s for their famous salad and pizza for lunch.   One of our last stops on Route 1 was a pet store called Farmer Girl Exotic Pets.  Ed spotted a pair of Gouldian Finches earlier in the week and decided he wanted to take them home.  The salesman was pleasant, but not real helpful and the owner was very cold.  I can not imagine treating my customers like that.  Very disappointing.  These types of birds are very difficult to find, so Ed decided to purchase them anyway.  The salesperson tacked a hidden charge on our credit card that we only discovered once we were miles away.  Get real!

The trip home took about 6.5 hours including a few stops for food and Starbucks.  We tried getting on the Cape May/Lewes Ferry, but were told we would have to wait until 6pm to board with our SUV.  Ed was concerned with the extended time the birds (and people) would have to be in the car, so we decided against it.

I am glad to be home but will miss all our friends in RB.   If you want to get away this fall, winter or spring, I suggest Rehoboth Beach.  The town is very gay friendly and the guys at the Lighthouse Inn www.lighthouseinn.netare a lot of fun.  The Inn is close to everything and very clean.  Tell them Ed and Tony sent you or you saw their ad in Pittsburgh’s Out.  It is always nice to see businesses supporting our local glbt community through advertisements.  And, while you are there, stop in the Blue Moon www.bluemoonrehoboth.com for a show starring Pamela Stanley (remember her?) and say hi to Randy and Tim. 

Let them all know they have a friend in Pennsylvania!

Tony

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