Last week was a delightfully sunny and flat Shadyside tour for runners and walkers alike, but I'll just get straight to the endorsements, which have piled up for 2 weeks, and are getting a little out of hand.
- Tomorrow, Saturday July 28, 9am-1pm - the last Open Streets car-free celebration of the summer - first time in the East End. Route here.
- Free jazz concerts, great bookstore, author events and newly opened Brugge on North at Alphabet City on the North Side.
- The hard-working journalists at the Post-Gazette - we need them and their investigations! (There is lots more at the PG than the editorial page.)
- For an older person in your life (ummmm......) who may need assistance: PACE programs
- Concert series at Hartwood Acres - kicking myself for missing the Original Lakeside.
- Volunteering at the Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.
- National Museum of African American History - get your tickets ahead of time and don't miss the cafe, or the Mothership (not to be confused with the Motherhouse, also recommended.)
- Movies: Sorry to Bother You, Leave No Trace, Won't You Be My Neighbor (Mr. Rogers brings us solace in these times), Three Identical Strangers, Her Master's Voice (documentary on ventriloquist Nina Conti)
- Books: House of Names, The Power, The Female Persuasion, Pachinko
- Restaurants: Thai Kitchen on Ellsworth, Jamaica Faraway (a friendly food truck we ran into at the Festival Afro-Caribe in Mellon Park)
- Podcasts: Trumpcast (unless you just can't take it anymore but does give you hope), Fresh Air program on the importance of sleep ("I wanted to finish listening but I was too tired".)
- Dogs, just dogs (leading to Sunday location) - they love and protect you, but if you don't want the 5 am wakeup, a guardfish is also recommended.
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