Saturday August 27

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 The Point.

Met one of the denizens of the 1st floor on the front porch. One thing I’ve noticed, people I talk to in their 20’s here call me ‘sir’. 1) they’re polite 2) it’s a synonym for ‘old man’. No sir, I don’t like it.

Then it was time for the ShadySide street fair. Usual street fair fare.

Didn’t have lunch at Girasole ‘cause I’d have had to wait, but it looked really good. I’ll probably go back some day.

Instead I had a BLT for $8 at Cappy’s.

Didn’t make it to the library ‘til 3, but look what they had!

New route home, through some cool stuff…

…including a bookstore.

And a mid-street park

And this.

Decided to throw caution to the wind…

My trusty steed, by the way:

Last night I burned the garlic and then forgot to put it in, so tonight I mixed it raw in a bowl with the tomato and olive oil. No new ingredients; net outlay $0.00.

That is not all. Read about a new live music venue in the local paper, gonna have a look.