In honor of Pittsburgh beating Cleveland (and the lake effect snow storm on its way to Erie), I shall drink a Cleveland Great Lakes beer. Don’t give up the ship!

Having spent a lot of time in Cleveland (and being an Erie/Pittsburgh boy - by default, we’re supposed to hate Cleveland), this “tourism video” had me cracking up. I would have highlighted how the Cuyahoga River was once so polluted that it caught on fire though. The city really is a dump - that is just the reality in a city that was once populated with nearly a million and now has half that - but the people of Cleveland are trying damn hard to change that and they have also really embraced the arts in their struggle to redefine their city, which I appreciate.

In Cleveland’s defense, it does has a few highlights. They have LeBron James (err… maybe). You can drive right downtown and never run into traffic. They have an awesome music scene and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Their zoo kicks all kinds of ass and blows Pittsburgh’s away. They have an awesome bar called the Winking Lizard.

My Pennsylvania friends will probably never understand it, but I might even have a strange kind of love for the city. It’s no Pittsburgh, but it has a strange charm all of its own, kind of like an oddly unique hippie friend who doesn’t like to shower.