During Charles Dickens visit to the city March 20–22, 1842, he visited the original prison and some scholars believe he based the classic A Christmas Carol on conditions at the facility.
so I'm extra excited. We'll start and end at the CCAC Starbucks on the North Side. (map.)
We covered the South Side trail and streets, the riverside and the Hot Metal Bridge for last week's Sunday run, all with that ineffable Pittsburgh picturesque charm that we get to see at dawn every week. But the best part was the chi-chi coffee setting at the Hotel Indigo: Technology Center - which we hope to revisit soon for a happy hour (Monday, Jan. 13 at 5:30, I think but will confirm on Sunday, or somebody write in please.)
We endorsed:
- Kathleen the exercise lady that offers weekly sessions for $7 outside at Highland Park - I have no contact information so more later
- the word "shpilkes," defined in Wiktionary, perhaps explaining why we are running around at 7 a.m.
- The Kaufmann's building downtown will have a Target, a hotel run by the Fontainebleu, apartments, and already has a rooftop pool with a bar, to which you can get a day pass (Happy Hour as soon as it warms up!)
- Podcasts: Mobituaries - esp the one about Audrey Hepburn, and The Shrink Next Door
- TV: The Durrells in Corfu and The Deuce
- Movie: What About Bob? from 1991 with Bill Murray
- Books: Nine perfect strangers (same author as Big Little Lies), and all stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer (Nobel-prize winning Yiddish writer)
- The naked guy on a bike of blessed running group memory
Photo from last week that I forgot to send in:
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