PITTSBURGH — They say Pittsburgh is a difficult city to navigate your way into, but really easy to leave. With its urban life dictated by what would normally be inhospitable topography, Pittsburgh is an interesting city. While we’d like to spend a little more time exploring, we have to head back to Washington this afternoon. After all, we can’t miss the DCist Cinco de Mayo party at Chief Ike’s this evening. So if this DCist…

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — If it weren’t that this DCist ran across additional snow flakes yesterday driving through the unseasonably cold spring weather, Lake Michigan looked down-right enticing when we went to the beach. Calm water, some sun, and the summer tourists from Chicagoland were nowhere in sight. And for $1.50, a bag of chocolate-covered peanuts from Fortino’s on Washington Street was welcome treat. But we should have gotten a Pronto Pup, which is “a…

Despite the rain that hit the District for the second Saturday in a row, our Nats defeated the Mets in a rain shortened 8 inning game, bolstered by a strong performance from Tomo Ohka (pictured at left thanks to Flickr user dcjohn, author of Prod & Ponder). And the Wiz won their first playoff game in 17 years (more on that later). Quite a good weekend for D.C. sports fans. Missed anything on DCist last…

May 5 is always an important holiday. It’s where we celebrate Mexico’s 1862 victory at Puebla over the French. And this year, it’s technically 05/05/05. So there’s even more reason to remember Benito Juarez and the Mexican battlefield win. So why not do it with DCist? Remember, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Amigos don’t let Amigos Drive Drunk. You can take the 42 bus. Where: Chief Ike’s Mambo Room, Columbia Road, Adams…