Next week: Frick Park run from the grand entrance on Reynolds and S. Homewood. I'm just making this up since we made no decisions, but it seems reasonable, won't interfere with Race for the Cure, and it's the only run that I will run to (from 4 blocks away.) Someone will come up with a plan, and the park should be in early springtime glory. Of course, to all you Racers, we're with you in spirit.
Today we covered the Chatham campus, circled around much of Shadyside, and came back up what seemed like endless Hills of the Squirrel. Theme of this run turned out to be the hip compact passive and super-sustainable houses that are tucked away among the sprawling Edwardian mansions, whose garages are bigger than said houses. After our heating bills this year, we sort of fell in love with them.
Perhaps it was the happy return of Janet today that inspired us at coffee to go back to one of our favorite topics: the Pittsburgh Public Schools and our hopes for them. We sighed over the demise of Schenley (and its fabulous musicals), but were cheered by Sharon's thumbs-up for the Obama IB School. Another fave subject - wedding locales - also on the docket. That our group has gone from picking kindergartens to picking mother-of-the-bride outfits is kind of mind-blowing.
Looking forward to reports from Marathoners!
Endorsed:
More reportage on Tiny Houses from none other than Eve Andrews (forgive a doting parent)
New hip bar in East Liberty - from the people behind Bar Marco
Jamie Oliver's (!) Cooking Club at the Obama School - also related to Bar Marco
Showing up at the County Council voting meeting on Tuesday night (details here) to protest fracking in our parks (thanks Pam and Chris for the alert)
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