And the tractor driver honked and waved as he raked the infield today
Same Scene Different Day
Tag: neighborhood
Fido’s Footprints
Free on 40th Street
My sister and I were driving downtown to get her return train ticket to New York. Buying in person at the ticket window she saved almost 40$ instead of buying online. What is that about? Mary encouraged me to get out of the car to get a better shot so I parked. We stopped on the way home.
The vertical orientation is below
Along North Euclid Avenue
Friday morning on the way to camp.
Four in a Row
A Double Couch Discard Day
I know these two couches had some adventures to tell. Shanti and I were headed to the Groceria in Bloomfield neighborhood to pick up a couple of meatball subs/hoagies/sandwiches for some friends. Oh my. I pulled over to the curb. Put the flashers on
We both got out of the car. She was as excited as I was to see TWO abandoned couches in front of the apartment building.
You do know I don’t go looking for these things, right? But there they were
Wordless Wednesday
Doughnut Evidence
Sometimes at midnight you hear the engines reving up. You might have been asleep already.
But the roaring, screeching and squealing of tires travels up the hill from the lower road in the park.
Here’s some evidence of doughnuts by hot rods. “A doughnut (or donut) is a vehicle driving maneuver characterized by an intentional and sustained oversteeraction. The maneuver entails rotating the rear or front of the vehicle around the opposite set of wheels in a continuous motion. This creates a circular skid-mark pattern of vulcanized rubber on the pavement and typically generates significant. Tire smoke due to friction. “
Summer Day Shadows
Meet Mr. Darryl Cann
The City of Pittsburgh Roving Art Cart opened the season at the Highland Park Super Playground on June 16th. There was a puppet show and Mr. Cann’s Aunt Mary Lou Williams was being honored in the show so he came to participate. He plays five instruments I learned. And he told me he’s a retired Bellman of the historic and classic Omni William Penn Hotel downtown. Over the decades he met over 350 celebrities he said.
Here he is playing along with a recording of the famous George Benson. He gave us his gift of live music. Click to listen https://youtu.be/_yizufqbZ0Q?is=1WUC2GDWpnEuDTDk
