March 10 Run: Meet in the William Penn lobby downtown for the famous Three Bridges Three Rivers Run! (Also March 5 Happy Hour, same place.)

This favorite run, created by Lainy, has river views from every angle! We start and end downtown at the William Penn hotel lobby, and, as advertised, cross 3 bridges and 3 rivers.  It takes a little more than an hour so be prepared.  Then we sink into the deep cushions of the hotel sofas and kibitz.  It's ideal.

Meanwhile - also in the aforesaid William Penn lobby - Happy Hour will happen tomorrow, Tuesday, March 5, at 5:30 pm.  Come, even if you've never run or walked with the group.  We still miss the lovely person who came to lunch with us once many years ago in the Carnegie Museum cafe: where are you?

Also:  Save the date!
Paula (aka PtB) and Iain are leaving their beloved Pittsburgh to return to their also beloved British Isles so they can straighten out that Brexit thing. Come raise a glass and bid farewell!
Date: Tuesday, March 12, 5:15 - 7:00 pm
Place: The Squirrel Hill Cafe; 5802 Forbes at Murray Ave

So about the latest run/walk, first let's say Three Thumbs Up for EveryDay Cafe!  Totally delightful, with perhaps the best muffin (lemon cranberry but somehow more than that) ever.  Also the best music.  We'll be back.  Much to see on our trek: street art, the elegant Homewood Library, the Busway from above, the Trash Raccoon (again), historic George Westinghouse Park, Black Radish Kitchen, and Chris' ElectroGrip factory that makes mysterious things like Electrostatic Chucks.
Endorsements:

• Food Glorious Food on Bryant Street.  Everyone in the world is cutting out gluten and carbs, and yet the lines out the bakeries are ridiculous.
• TV - nobody can understand the accents, but you can turn on subtitles!  Perhaps a case in point is (here it is again) Offspring (from Australia).  Also Anne with an E (Canada.)
• LARC - Long-acting reversible contraception - I was wondering how we made that transition but then it became clear:  Offspring! (Not really.)
• How to stop sitting still: standing desks. (But then the high chairs that you have to get to sit at them.) They also work well for fidgety school kids.  Also, sitting on a giant ball.  Which can also be used when you are in labor.  If you're not in labor, you can dance around while sitting on them.  However, if you do that, they have been known to explode.
• Spiritual Midwifery, and The Farm in Kentucky where it was, ahem, born. 
• Boots from La Canadienne and hiking shoes from Keen.  They are from Costa-Plenty, as my husband likes to say, but you can also type whatever into Ebay and find a bargain.  But may I add, I was just at Little's (also often endorsed) where terrific boots are on incredible sale RIGHT NOW.
• Fun and uplifting: volunteering at "Project Prom" which provides free prom gowns, shoes and accessories to eligible teens, and happens at Thriftique - Wendy recommends highly!  It's coming up soon - if you can sew, bring your machine, but plenty to do if you can't.