I went to Pittsburgh for an engineering conference a year or two ago and I ate at a great little joint (17th Street Cafe), so I went back last night. Once again it was a culinary delight. Afterward, I went to Carson City Saloon (voted #1 sports bar in Pitt) to watch the Penguins/Capitols game. It was pandemonium (I'm not sure what that means but you get the idea). People screaming, cheering, crying ... it was something I will not soon forget.
Today, I rode the Appalachian Mountains and the Pennsylvania countryside. I visited Fallingwater (home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright), the Flight 93 memorial site (crashed 9/11), the Gettysburg battlefield, and Amish country.
All were impressive and thought-provoking in their own way. I decided that my little beard doesn't make me look like a bad dude at all. In fact, I fit right in with my Mennonite brothers (say Amen). Don't worry Gen, I will shave before graduation (Genevieve gets her Masters from Tufts this weekend).
There is one thing that has been on my mind, and i know Vivien will have the answer. What happens to the soap? I have spent the night in over twenty hotel rooms in the last month. Every night I take a shower, use the soap like crazy (the face bar because it is usually about 1/2 the size of the shower bar), trying to use it up, and I don't make a dent in it. I hope that they don't throw those things out.
Look at the bar in the picture - it is a special massaging bar and it still has the little nubbies on it. Do they recycle these things? Even the cute little shampoo containers ... do they get refilled? When i was in Santa Fe I got sick (I can't eat Spanish or Mexican food) and ended up staying an extra night. I had to change rooms, because the room I had was booked. I brought my slightly used soap with me ... it seemed like the right thing to do.I think that I am ready to go back to work, now.
-Teddy
