Tat’s Bizarre Travels

Kittanning, PA - I absolutely love coming off of the highway and seeing the attraction I’ve driven to see right there waiting for me. It’s especially wonderful to be greeted by a giant cowboy with an equally gigantic hamburger. His smiling face and white duds were a welcoming site and allowed me not to stress about trying to find the big guy.

Located at the Cadet Restaurant and named Sam he’s really a fantastic and shinny site to behold. My only disappointment is that I made him my first stop instead of my last, especially after visiting their website, they sound like an wonderful place to stop and chow down. I would have loved to have dinner with a window seat that looked out on the fiberglass giant. So if I’m ever in Kittanning again…

NORTH HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA - This weekend I’m heading out to Philly. This means I’m spending my time visiting friends rather than the odd homes of roadside attractions. I would be happy to share many of the fantastic places to stop in Philly, most of them bars.

That being said, when I left Pittsburgh yesterday at 3:00 I wanted to go around the city instead of through it. I have a deadly fear of gridlock when I know I’ll be in the car for 5+ hours. So I took a trip down 70 and hit the turnpike a mere 20 minutes from the Big Mac Museum. So I turned the car back in the direction I came and went to visit, what the website insists, is:

The most tasteful museum in the world

Ummm…

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