Here are some overall impressions. I spent 90% of my time in the city (although I ventured out to the ‘burbs one day), so comparisons are...

Spent some time in the CMU quad.. Lunch at Pamela’s in Oakland.. I leave Pittsburgh tomorrow.

Today I took the light rail out to see the suburbs. First impression: it’s not as commonly used as the in-town busses. I guess I haven’t...

Treated myself to La Gourmandine pastries for breakfast, in Lawrenceville. Two croissants, very good. Crossed the Allegheny to the north...

Passed through the Allegheny Cemetary, which is massive, with a large number of graves from the 19th century.. Then to Lawrenceville,...

Toured Friendship and Bloomfield boroughs. Tried to capture ‘typical Pittsburgh architecture’.. That last one shows the effect of the air...

Morning: pickleball with my friends John, Ann & Barb at Kingsley Center. Lunch in ShadySide at Caralyn’s Shady Grove where I watched the...

Labor Day. The library was closed (recall, I’ve been spending my afternoons there to beat the heat), so I did many things, covering 30+...

Today I did far and away the most interesting thing so far: the Carrie Blast Furnaces. First, the ride there took me through a section of...

Welcome to September. Today: Fern Hollow Bridge and Frick Park. Fern Hollow Bridge is an auto bridge that collapsed, sending a bus and...

Today: the strip district, the Andy Warhol museum So. The strip district extends along an abandoned railroad track, close to the...

(Missed Sunday. In a nutshell: long ride, Steelers home game!) Today’s project: be inside air conditioned spaces. Forecast: 90+. So I...

Today, Mauricio-the-Colombian and I went for a morning ride. Didn’t bring my phone, so you can’t see it on Strava. Up the Allegheny to...

Alright then: Friday. Todays destination: Lawrenceville. In case you haven’t picked up on it, Pittsburgh is similar to SF in that it is...

Up @ 6:45, met the Colombian Mauricio at Tazza d’Oro and toured Highland Park on bikes after a cappuccino. Rode to Squirrel Hill, on the...

Woke @ 6:30; jet lag: check! Back stretches & cereal. First ride: tour of Highland Park. I’m on the outskirts, and it’s pretty run down....

Arrived Pittsburgh intl airport 8AM local. Bus & walk to my AirBNB, arrived 11AM. Showered @ set out at 12 to get lunch & look at a bike...

Why Pittsburgh, you ask? Good question. Next? Four weeks?!? Good question. Anyway, from my friends who know it, I learned that Squirrel...