I wish I could show you more of the PPG skycraper - one of Pittsburgh's landmarks,
but unfortunately, an over-zealous security guard chased me away - apparently, photographing
internationally known landmarks is becoming somewhat illegal in the
USA
He said I could still photograph friends in front of the building,
as long as not too much of the building was in the picture.
I believe, the technical term here is "retarded".
Read the rest of: "Postcard from Pittsburgh: PPG"» 
I usually shun all things theatrical, but knowing the
reputation of the "Madagascar Institute" as
skilled masters of urban chaos,
I couldn't afford to miss last Saturday's "Broadway Style" show.
Read the rest of: "Madagascar, Broadway Style"» The video store, though a relatively new arrival in the land of shops
and other places you inevitably go to exercise your wallet, has already
been ingrained - fully accepted - into our daily lives, our routines.
"I did some gardening for a while," is more likely to raise a questioning
eyebrow than the admission that lacking anything else to do, you went
over to the video store to rent a movie.
Read the rest of: "Video Store Angst"» For years I thought that fish 'n chips were fish and chips, never questioning the egg and beer batter or the white fish meat of the fish 'n chips I was fed by my parents from the local fried fish shop in Kelso,
Washington.
Cap'n Yoby's was the only fish 'n chips place I had ever gone to.
In fact, as a child, I
thought that it was the only one my parents had ever gone to, as well. Never was I led to believe that
each meal I ate from that place was anything different from any other fish 'n chips place. Especially,
as
it never occurred to me that there were other fish 'n chips places. That is, it never occurred to me to
question fish 'n chips until one autumn morning, over a bag of left-over fish from the night before..
Read the rest of: "Fish'n'Chips"» A. Murphy very kindly writes on
how to humiliate yourself
in front of your new boyfriend/girlfriend by taking your
more traditional parents to see De La Guarda.
Read the rest of: "How To Humiliate Yourself"»
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