Primanti Brothers Part 1

MKH and I went to see AMH in his new location. He lives in a sleepy little town in Eastern Ohio on a tree lined street. Nice place, nice church, what do you want to do now that we've come to see you?

We went to Pittsburg. What's in Pittsburg? Well it was on the way, sort of, to Fallingwater. MKH and I had never been to Pittsburg. We like to explore so we went to check it out.

We scouted out the downtown, took the "Incline" an ancient rail car up the side of Mount Washington and took in the spectacular night view of the Golden Triangle, the stadiums, the bridges and so on. Great and historic little trip. Check it out if you're in Pittsburg.

Next day we went to the "Strip District." It's not what it sounds like. Penn Street is a bustling merchant district with lots of little shops, unique one of a kind family businesses, restaurants, fresh fish, antique stores, it's old, it's historic, it's everything MKH and I like. AMH liked it too.

I was standing outside of the kitchen gadget shop and I overheard a street vender telling a Steeler fan that when a film is made in Pittsburg and a movie character is holding an enormous sandwich in a wrapper, they're holding a sandwich from Primanti Brothers.

He went on to say that the place is the most famous restaurant in Pittsburg and it was literally just right around the corner. I now knew where we'd be having lunch. We stopped by three times and each time the place was packed, chaotic, wonderful. We finally decided the crowd wasn't going to thin out. About that time an enormous cop and a couple of old ladies got up from the counter and the three of us slid in and the show began.

Sitting at the counter in any restaurant is my new favorite place to sit in a restaurant. I'll tell you more about Primanti Brothers in my next post.

ruby slippers

I've seen it many times in the past but this year I'm impatient. I'll be glad when the boys wearing the ruby slippers are off my television screen. They also wear shirts displaying two pretty birds sitting on a baseball bat. Maybe they could click those ruby slippers together and say, "There's no place like football, there's no place like football...and...poof...be transported to Kansas or some other distant planet.

Fallingwater

This is the most famous private residence in the world.

This house was on an MSN list of the 12 structures in the world that would change the way you look at life. It was the only structure from the United States on the list. Other structures around the world included the Taj Mahal.

This house has had almost 3 million visitors since it opened to the public in 1963.

MKH and I decided to go visit AMH in Eastern Ohio and since this house was only an additional three hours away we all decided to go see it.

Maybe it was partly the spectacular fall color on all the mountains in the drive to Fallingwater. Maybe it was the television shows I'd seen and the articles I read about Fallingwater. Maybe it was just because I am fond of some aspects of Frank Lloyd Wright's work. I'm not sure what it was but this is an amazing house. If you are even mildly interested in architecture and if you love nature I would recommend a visit to Falling Water. It may not change your life but I've never seen anything quite like it.

language swap

NBA's Stephen Jackson of the Indiana Pacers escaped relatively unscathed after being punched in the mouth and hit by a car during a fight outside a strip club at 3:00 a.m. last weekend. Jackson fired five shots out of his pistol in self defense in the incident, not hitting anything of consequence. According to The Indianapolis Star Jackson said that he was "definitely blessed" to have escaped serious injury.

I was a little surprised to hear the word "blessed" associated with an escape from serious injury outside a strip club at 3 a.m.

Then I find myself in the company of people of faith and hear or read all kinds of filthy and foul words coming from them. Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks??? or not. I don't get it.

making a run at Fall

The middle of October is coming fast...lots to do.

Finish up a really great study of a book by Bob Russell "When God Builds A Church." In my opinion it is better in many ways than "The Purpose Driven Life" although admittedly the books have a different focus. This book makes a great study for the whole faith community in sermons, reading the book and Home Groups.

Visit AMH in Ohio. Would he be interested in going to see "FallingWater" the Frank Lloyd Wright home in southwestern Pennsylvania?

Plant bulbs in flower beds so there will be a nice display in the spring.
41 tulips
12 Allium
8 Narcissus

Get the "war room" ready for deer hunting. The "war room" is just a stockpiling of camo, bow, arrows, calls, knives, license, boots, safety harness, binoculars, backpack, and other items of interest and usefulness. The bow season stated Oct. 1 but where I hunt the crops are still in the field so the deer have not been forced into the woods yet. SW has already shot and killed a doe and a nice 8 point buck. KS from Streator has already emailed me a pic of his opening day harvest. I'm feeling no pressure but the time will soon come. Everything is safe right now unless it's a nice 8 or better.

Football to watch. My two favorite teams, the Bears and the Colts are the only teams still undefeated.

There's a lot to do before snow flies.