August 8 Run or Walk: Meet at Redstart Roasters Coffee, 224 N. Euclid St. in East Liberty

We'll begin and end at Redstart Roasters, a new-ish coffee place at the Detective Building in East Liberty - 224 N. Euclid St.  Interestingly, it was "originally formed in 2017 as the intersection of a considerable coffee habit and an affinity for birds."  I'm excited to see how this manifests itself.  Cappuccino with feathers?  Nest seating?  Maybe on the run/walk, we can ID some feathered friends with our new Merlin Bird Sound app.  There have been local sightings of a Dickcissel and a Brown Thrasher!  

Last week we trekked through Frick Park from the Blue Slide side and affirmed that it is still blue. It is strangely reassuring that we can still get lost in there.  Lucky for us, Pam and Chris invited us all for a cheery coffee in their aerie-like porch right across the street, complete with adorable grandkids Maya and Nuri.  

Endorsements - so many! 

• The plural of octopus is NOT octopi because it's Greek. It's octopuses.  Good luck with that.  However, DO read The Soul of an Octopus, watch My Octopus Teacher and listen to podcast How Octopuses Upend What We Know About Ourselves and you will be transformed.
• Now trees:  Read and watch The Hidden Life of Trees, and read The Overstory.  
• Now composting: you can do it yourself, or get a service.  
• Now politics (sorry!): Jonathan Chait's column in New York Magazine.
• Now thrifting AND politics: Gisele Fetterman and one of our favorite stores, Thriftique
• Eat: at the new 40 North Restaurant at City of Asylum
• Listen: Buffalo Rose (Gretchen's daughter's band) concerts coming up at Hartwood Acres on 8/15 and Kingfly Spirits on 8/27
• More listening: Podcasts Heavyweight (funny) and Suave (inspiring) and Aack-cast (quirky)
• Biking:  does anyone want a free registration to PedalPGH, coming up last week in August?  If so, email Virginia at virginiaclinn@gmail.com.