Feb. 10 Run: Meet at entrance to Riverview Park - Riverview Ave. right off of Perrysville Ave. (see message for detail)

It's the long-awaited visit to Riverview Park, the third of Pittsburgh's ineffable (terrific word) city parks - last described in the blog in November 2014, led by Aimee. 
Instructions:
"There’s a clear entrance to the park.  Riverview Avenue off Perrysville Ave.  Tell people to park on either side of Riverview Ave.  If they want to plug something into their gps, say 159 Riverview Avenue Pgh PA 15214.  Not sure where we should do coffee.  3 possibilities: Crazy Mocha (North Ave & Federal), Starbucks at the CCAC, or Lindo’s (Western Avenue).  Lindos is good if people are hungry—it’s more like a diner and delicious.  We could also see if people want to organize carpools up there, although it’s really a 15- minute drive from the East End and not too far."
And here's a map.

We had a memorable run and walk last week all around Lawrenceville, mainly away from the Butler Street cuteness.  We saw the giant CMU Robotics Center (scarier all the time) and the mystifyingly named 43 1/2 Street (shades of Harry Potter.)  We traversed the riverside trail and made a quick trip down to the ice-lined Allegheny.  We traced a secret munitions tunnel from the Civil War era, Beth gave a tour of the seriously haunted and historic Frank B. Clack County Health Center, and Pam revealed a hidden cider garden.  All followed by a wide-ranging convo at the Ineffable. (Just love saying that.) Delightful but if you order the Vietnamese coffee, which is yummy, be prepared to stay awhile.  This week we liked a lot of things:

• Ways to avoid using plastic - i.e. reusable big grocery bags, smaller mesh bags for buying produce, milk in glass bottles. 
• Make your own laundry detergent!  Beth, please send recipe.
• Keto diet - no dessert but lots of liquor.  Result: "The majority of my plastic bags are beige ones from the liquor store."
• Sfogliatelle (not on the Keto diet) from Labriola's in Aspinwall, where you can also get cannoli shells and the filling separately (best practice) 
• Coconut oil instead of cream in coffee
• Staving off dementia:  our neurology expert counsels exercise, coffee, fruits and vegetables - first two happening every Sunday!
• There is such a thing as a urine chart.  
• Plumber:  Matt Mertz, what a great name.
• New toy:  unicorn with babies inside?
• New Orleans cold brew coffee 
• British Baking Show - this happens so often that I think we should rename this group