Paula The Brit's Brownie recipe and more!

For those of you that made it to Paula's house for her amazing after-run cake-fest (and for those of you who just love chocolate) here is a link to those brownies and even more.

thanks Paula!

I put the recipe on my family's recipe site. Started by my brother Damian. There might be other recipes on this site of interest to people. The "authors" (ha ha) are just normal people. Anyone can read the site and if someone wanted to join up I can get Damian to sort it. Sometimes we invent new recipes and sometimes just post stuff from a book.

P

http://www.foodster.net/2008/08/brit-abroad---c.html

Aug 31(at 7AM) and Labor Day (at 7:30 AM) runs: Coffee Tree

Because so many people will be out of town and those that will be here may be sleeping in, we decided that the Coffee Tree was the best option for this coming Sunday.

Labor Day there will also be a Coffee Tree run but because it is a holiday, after all, we will meet at 7:30 AM so everyone can sleep in for a 1/2 hour.

Runs will be created on the spot by whoever turns up.

Today's run in Allegheny Cemetery was as interesting as promised although so many of us ran to the ran that we short-changed everyone else by inadvertently keeping the run on the shorter side. Still we did see parts of this very large and verdant cemetery that we had not visited before. As always there was wild-life - a herd of deer and a flock of Canada Geese. We re-visited the big Jesus like statue holding the duck of peace and ran by the field of obelisks overlooked by a saint-like woman with a scythe - honestly, this cemetery has it all! I have it add it also has hills - plenty of them and steep. Perhaps next time we can forgo the run to the run and do a longer piece in the cemetery, there is so much to explore.

Aug 24 Run: Allegheny Cemetery - Penn Ave entrance

Meet at the Penn Ave entrance of Allegheny Cemetery for a discovery run (that means we still don't really know where we are going) in this park-like historic cemetery. This entrance is just a few steps toward E. Liberty from the massive new Children's' Hospital.
For those who want to run to the run, meet at Wilkins and Shady at 6:30 AM (it is about 2.5 miles from there).

Today Roye did a formal repeat of the run to the "top of Pittsburgh" aka Robert E Williams Park. I wrote this the first time Roye took Wendy and I up there: "I do not have enough fresh adjectives to describe this view from the top of Pittsburgh - it is absolutely spectacular." And today was no exception - cool and a little misty, Pittsburgh looks its best spread out all around the rivers and green trees.

Paula TB kindly mapped this run. Check it out on MapMyRun

On our way up there, Jonathan spied what must be the only tomato plant on the grounds of the Cathedral of Learning (see if YOU can find it). On our way back we had to take a detour to avoid a very, large stray dog that Tom was sure he still saw when we were back on the ground at Phipps.

Aug17 Run: Phipps

Not sure who is leading but be at Phipps at 7 AM next Sunday and find out :-)

I did not run with the group this past Sunday as I was recovering from an evil stomach bug but I did join them for coffee. Everyone looked happy and sweaty so I am sure it was a good one. It was a chilly but pleasant morning to drink coffee and ponder why the Olympic beach volley ball outfits are so skimpy.

Aug 10 Run: Frick park gate on Reynolds near Frick Art Museum

The run this coming Sunday will start at the entrance to Frick Park at the intersection of Reynolds and South Homewood.

Paula C. had this to report about Sunday's run:
Very nice run this morning with multiple staircases and some interesting 'garden homes' along paths in Oakland. Equal gender representation...

Paula also asked that I pass the following along:

Hi Anne Jane,

My neighbor alerted me to the following Squirrel Hill community meeting that will take place Monday, August 4th at 7pm at the JCC. She is encouraging neighborhood residents to go because she fears that only the nay-sayers will show up, and she thinks that it is a worthwhile proposal with more positives than negatives for the Squirrel Hill business district.

August 4, 2008 (TONIGHT)
Murray/Forward Development Community Meeting
7:00 p.m.
Levinson Hall
Jewish Community Center
5738 Forbes Avenue
SHUC is sponsoring a community informational meeting regarding the recently announced multi-use development project at the corner of Murray and Forward Avenues.

Residents are encouraged to attend the meeting so they can hear from the developers and their architect what is being proposed.

There will be a Q&A session following the meeting.

Then, because of my true calling as a data collector, and at the behest of my husband, I am compelled to report that the men outnumbered the women at the Friday morning run yesterday, 3:2. A quote from a recent running group participant who has been known to reproducibly call in drenching rainstorms for previously reliably dry running group runs: '…the husbands are taking over!' Ladies??

Paula