But man, it's nothing compared to the way this trip started.
That's because this marked my first time traveling through the new $1.7 billion terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport, and I felt compelled to share in this space this week that ... I don't know when was the last time I was as moved by any construction in or near our city since the opening of PNC Park.
I'll leave all the data and other details to the pros, but here are five pics I snapped:
PHOTOS: DEJAN KOVACEVIC / DKPS
I'm moved. I'm genuinely moved.
I'm so moved, actually, I'm speechless. And that's a rarity in this case, considering I grew up fascinated by airlines, airports and everything related to air travel, maybe because I did so much of it beginning at a very young age, maybe because I still use it more than most, maybe because the more nonstop routes we can attract the better it is for our business to get to all the places we fly.
Congratulations to the one and only Christina Cassotis, who really ought to be governing over all of us in all walks of life, for having the dream, the dynamism and the drive to make it happen ... with zero public money, to boot. It's a world-class airport worthy of our city and our region.
My only real message here: It's OK to say something about it. It's OK to express some pride. It's OK to appreciate that the planet's only urban landscape with an entrance has crafted an entry point like this.
Honest to God, our ugliest trait as Pittsburghers is how we cut ourselves down. It's the single biggest thing that holds us back. Relentless negativity. AM radio-level crap.
Keep making our home a little better each day. Not a big ask.
DOUBLE SHOT OF ... PENGUINS!
It's certainly been demanded often enough, and now, we'll be offering a Double Shot of Penguins live video every weekday at 4:30 p.m., debuting very soon. It'll be found on our YouTube channel and, of course, right here on this app.
OLYMPICS? YES, PLEASE
I'll be covering my sixth Olympics, my third Winter Games, this February in Milan, Italy.
It'll be an infinitely less intensive approach than I'd taken with the previous five -- these can be a real killer, as I've described in the past -- and limited largely to the men's ice hockey for obvious reasons. But another part of the goal, to be all-the-way honest, is to take as much of a break from regular activity as possible and see a country I've never visited.
Regardless, it's another example of our commitment to offer hockey coverage like no one else.
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• Another bumpy week for the platform, comments in particular, but also people getting logged out. We're aware of all of it, and the developers are legitimately giving it their all to correct it. Best thing I can say: When anything like that goes awry, log out, then log back in. That's the instruction we give to everyone, and it's got a 90% success rate.
• José Negron will fly to Orlando, Fla., next month for Major League Baseball's Winter Meetings.
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• Our page-view numbers were 719,894, with 26,554 unique users over the most recent full seven-day span, Nov. 14-20. Our most-read original piece was my Thursday Grind, led by the Pirates' spending plan, at 10,962.
• Our video views for the past week, also Nov. 14-20, were 286,107. Our most-watched program was the Sunday night Live Shot of Steelers from Acrisure Stadium, at 15,566.
THE ASYLUM
Site Stuff: Our new airport's a game-changer!
Wonderful to be back in the Windy City.
But man, it's nothing compared to the way this trip started.
That's because this marked my first time traveling through the new $1.7 billion terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport, and I felt compelled to share in this space this week that ... I don't know when was the last time I was as moved by any construction in or near our city since the opening of PNC Park.
I'll leave all the data and other details to the pros, but here are five pics I snapped:
PHOTOS: DEJAN KOVACEVIC / DKPS
I'm moved. I'm genuinely moved.
I'm so moved, actually, I'm speechless. And that's a rarity in this case, considering I grew up fascinated by airlines, airports and everything related to air travel, maybe because I did so much of it beginning at a very young age, maybe because I still use it more than most, maybe because the more nonstop routes we can attract the better it is for our business to get to all the places we fly.
Congratulations to the one and only Christina Cassotis, who really ought to be governing over all of us in all walks of life, for having the dream, the dynamism and the drive to make it happen ... with zero public money, to boot. It's a world-class airport worthy of our city and our region.
My only real message here: It's OK to say something about it. It's OK to express some pride. It's OK to appreciate that the planet's only urban landscape with an entrance has crafted an entry point like this.
Honest to God, our ugliest trait as Pittsburghers is how we cut ourselves down. It's the single biggest thing that holds us back. Relentless negativity. AM radio-level crap.
Keep making our home a little better each day. Not a big ask.
DOUBLE SHOT OF ... PENGUINS!
It's certainly been demanded often enough, and now, we'll be offering a Double Shot of Penguins live video every weekday at 4:30 p.m., debuting very soon. It'll be found on our YouTube channel and, of course, right here on this app.
OLYMPICS? YES, PLEASE
I'll be covering my sixth Olympics, my third Winter Games, this February in Milan, Italy.
It'll be an infinitely less intensive approach than I'd taken with the previous five -- these can be a real killer, as I've described in the past -- and limited largely to the men's ice hockey for obvious reasons. But another part of the goal, to be all-the-way honest, is to take as much of a break from regular activity as possible and see a country I've never visited.
Regardless, it's another example of our commitment to offer hockey coverage like no one else.
INSIDE THE WORKS
• Another bumpy week for the platform, comments in particular, but also people getting logged out. We're aware of all of it, and the developers are legitimately giving it their all to correct it. Best thing I can say: When anything like that goes awry, log out, then log back in. That's the instruction we give to everyone, and it's got a 90% success rate.
• José Negron will fly to Orlando, Fla., next month for Major League Baseball's Winter Meetings.
• Paying subscribers live here ad-free. If you aren't subscribed yet or if your subscription's expired: This is our Subscribe page. From there, make sure you're logged in, tap on the link, and thumb down to the bottom for the SUBSCRIBE button to buy/restart at the monthly or annual level. We also offer mega-discounts for students, seniors and special workers.
• Feel free to add a generous review on our Google business listing, our Apple and Spotify podcast channels and, most important, our own official app pages, whether it's the Apple or Android version.
BACK TO BUSINESS
• Our page-view numbers were 719,894, with 26,554 unique users over the most recent full seven-day span, Nov. 14-20. Our most-read original piece was my Thursday Grind, led by the Pirates' spending plan, at 10,962.
• Our video views for the past week, also Nov. 14-20, were 286,107. Our most-watched program was the Sunday night Live Shot of Steelers from Acrisure Stadium, at 15,566.
• Our company social media: 70,878 followers on Facebook, 59,400 on X, 55,062 on YouTube, 17,478 on Instagram, 7,855 on TikTok, 6,595 on Threads.
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