#101 - Primantis Power Lunch

A group of executives out Parkway East (North Versailles if you want to be precise) decide to take customers out for a Power Lunch.  12 or 15 of them, suits, ties, nice Italian leather shoes and personal secretaries holding all calls. The place they decide to hold this meeting?  Primantis.

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#100 - Southside

"I love the Southside, warts and all. God Bless it. Have some gin?" -  paraphrasing my Irish mother-in-law

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#99 - Small World

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Biking home from work one day I saw a couple, obviously overnight trail riders, with maps and GPS's out trying to get their bearings in Southside Works. Offered my help and dissuaded them from staying in Oakland (it's up a hill! and not much to see!) and suggested Holiday Inn Ex on 10th.

Fast forward a few days and I'm out for a solo trail ride Southside -> McKeesport and back and headed southbound are the same couple - stopped mid bridge, asked about their trip - a couple from NYC who did a Cumberland -> Pittsburgh -> Cumberland ride, and couldn't say enough great things about Pittsburgh, Southside, the people, the food, the architecture. Arnold is a photographer and shared some of the images he took of their trip and the city.

http://www.arnoldsoshkin.com/download/bike_trip/photos/

#98 - Pretzel Shop Yinzers

I get mad at the yinzers jaywalking across E Carson to and fro The Pretzel Shop, except when I'm that yinzer.

#97 -Top Ten Lists

Read a "Top Ten US Beaches" list on Forbes.com and was momentarily appalled Pittsburgh didn't inexplicably have a place on the list.

#96 - Street Sweepers

It's been a long few months of knuckle dragging d-bags partying and puking on the back patio, skewing the love/hate feeling in the 'hate' direction. 

Walking home from some garage maintenance broom in hand, I see a random with a push broom sweeping dirt dust and crust from the street. 

My intention had been to sweep up the pile of glass, ever present but larger than usual, and call it a day.  

I dropped off my bucket of tools, grabbed my broom, and headed out to sweep up half our block with a newly known neighbor.

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#95 - Green Parkway Traffic

In a state of utter disbelief, furiously refreshing Google Maps after it showed the parkway being green in both directions during rush hour and almost crashing your car.

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