East End Runners

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Friday, September 04, 2026

September 6 Run/Walk: Redhawk Coffee Roasters at 1019 N. Canal Street Pittsburgh, PA 15215, Sharpsburg; Also Labor Day Run at 7:30 am at 61C

Text contributed by Beth (thanks Beth for taking notes!):

On September 6 we'll meet at Redhawk Coffee Roasters in Sharpsburg (also Lori's new place of part time employment) to have a look around, including a masterpiece sculpted by Oreen Cohen from metal scraps on display at the Sharpsburg Community Garden. Hooray for public art! 

Monday is Labor Day so we will have a holiday run a little later at 7:30 am at 61C Cafe.

Last week we enjoyed our favorite haunt, Homewood Cemetery, and the runners took advantage the fence hole portal to make a quick exit to coffee at Wendy's lovely patio with a bounty of treats from Five Points (thank you Mary Ann.)

 

Endorsements include:

 

The Mount Assisi Sunken Gardens at St. Francis University in Loretto, PA. Take a trip to Italy without leaving PA. 

https://maps.app.goo.gl/Vkx4VhZGWEeE58Xi9

 

Deer Ball Repellant to keep the big rats away - https://a.co/d/07P2lFsx

 

Reuseable silicone food storage bags - https://a.co/d/0gAAowVG and also at Target.

 

Books, books, always books  – Land (Maggie O’Farrell); Whistler and The Dutch House (Ann Patchett); Harlem Shuffle (Colson Whitehead)

 

From the department of retro things we still love using – taking handwritten notes using a clipboard.

 

Resistance Action of the Week:  Take a trip north to McCandless to join EmpowHer (a grassroots group in the northern suburbs that Gretchen and Beth are active with) for a peaceful, nonviolent Rally for Democracy.  Meet at the intersection of Duncan Ave and McKnight Rd on Monday, September 7 from 5:15-6:15 pm. Show your support for democracy, build community, and show dictators they are not welcome here. We meet here twice a month on Mondays - join us any time. 



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