A Good Weekend in Pittsburgh

[oddprofessor]

I feel as though I am a perfectly round sphere, as though I could just roll gently around the house, brushing the edges of doorways as I go from room to room. I am absolutely asog with water, and I don't know why

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[notgruntled]

I feel as though I am a perfectly round sphere, as though I could just roll gently around the house, brushing the edges of doorways as I go from room to room.

I say as a friend, and coming from a place of love, that you need to lay off the Katamari Damacy for a few days. Put the controller down and step away from the television. I'm just sayin'.

Aging is, indeed, not for wimps.

Yeah, but it still beats the alternative.

Sunday brunch at Quaker Steak and Lube

Please tell me that's the actual name of the establishment, and not a local nickname. Because if someone actually named a restaurant that, and enough people eat there to make it a going concern, that would go a long way toward reaffirming my flagging faith in humanity.

and homeward we went, Paul still working at his laptop in the passenger seat of the Prius.

Just wait until WiFi becomes as ubiquitous as cell phone coverage (or some other new tech intervenes). There will be no refuge.

[ptomblin_lj]

Please tell me that's the actual name of the establishment, and not a local nickname.

http://www.quakersteak.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker_Steak_and_Lube

[jenniferm]

I love the Victoria Crowned Pigeons. They're so nonchalant about people. Did you get to meet the Hyacinth macaw or Mickey the talking crow?

[oddprofessor]

We saw one Hyacinth, though we are spoiled in that our bird store has a pair of hyscinths. He's trying to get them to breed, so they're not on public display anymore, but they were. And no, we didn't meet the talking crow! That would have been cool.

There were two VCPs in the rain forest (they have the little "eyes" in their crests) but there was another one in the wetlands exhibit that was very similar, but without the eyes, but a lacy mass of "hair." Very pretty, and you're right, very nonchalant. There were a couple of hen-sized birds, too, skulking near a door to the wetlands, trying to either get out or get fed, whichever came first apparently.