March 4 Run: Meet in front of Phipps Conservatory for discovery of a new Pittsburgh staircase!

Lainy tells us that there are new stairs to discover in Oakland, so we'll start at Phipps and follow her.  Don't forget: 7 am, and we have both walkers and runners.  Sadly (though for a fun reason) I have to miss it, so be sure to get someone to post next week's run.

It's been so long since I wrote a nice juicy summary that there is now both too much to tell and also too many endorsements.  But since they are really what everyone wants to know, I can't just throw those napkins away.  So here's what we liked over the last month:

• March 2 (that's tonight!) at the Carnegie Museum - Spring Fling with jazz band
• March 4 (that's Sunday!) - Immigrant Rights are Human Rights demonstration downtown at Market Square from 2-4
• Homewood Branch of the Carnegie Library - a gem!
• August Wilson Birthday Celebration on April 28 - Hill District Block Party  Also mentioned was the possibility of one of his plays being produced in his backyard over the summer.
• Learn Circus Arts at the Brewhouse on the Southside
• Great Wolf Lodge Indoor Water Park - if you need something to do with kids
• La Gourmandine and Corner Mercantile now opened downtown - too much temptation
• Venmo digital wallet - but maybe too invasive?
• Postmates food delivery 
• Purim costume lending library - though I don't see one in Pittsburgh yet.
• The bathroom at Superior Motors 
• Barebones Theater
• Books:  Women Don't Ask,  That's What She Said
• Movies and TV:  Animals with Cameras ("so beautiful it makes you cry"), Black Panther, Offspring (so many times!), 

What we don't like:

• Flooding 
• Dog buying scams
• Blue Apron and Olive Garden are too salty!