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{back to  part one } {back to  part two } {back to  part three } 21) Eat caviar - 8/30/2015 i'm not quite sure how i expected caviar to taste, but it was definitely  fishier  than i anticipated. and i do like seafood, but it was just overpowering. a few teaspoons spread on a triscuit was about all i could handle. this ranked right up there with  coconut oil in coffee  as an experience i won't be repeating!  22) Get blog up-to-date - 9/4/2015 well, it was nice while it lasted! every few months i go through a period of quasi-writer's block, where i just don't feel that inspired to write, or when i do try, the sentences come out all stiff and bland and and inarticulate. so instead of spending my free time blogging, i read  other  blogs voraciously, or peruse Facebook, or clean the house while listening to podcasts, or read library books on my Kindle, or watch Parenthood on Netflix. but i really do want to keep writing more consistently, to document the little

{back to  part one } {back to part two } 15) Try Big Daddy's Donuts - 8/18/2015 this little donut shop has intrigued me ever since we moved to Crafton four years ago. it sits right on the corner of one of the downtown streets, across from the library. most of the time i'd drive past it on my way to the grocery store in the afternoon, and it would already be closed. it's a small, family-owned business, so their hours vary every day depending on their supply. that made it even more of a triumph to finally make it there one morning around 11:30 AM when they still had plenty of pastries and donuts to offer. Greta and i picked out a half-dozen specialty donuts: chocolate peantbutter, the Crafton Angel (covered in powdered sugar), blueberry, sourdough, toasted coconut, and traditional glazed. they were all fluffy, light, and perfectly sweet. we'll have to go back for their breakfast sandwich, advertised as the best in town!  16) Spend a morning in the Strip Dist

{back to  part one } 8) Watch Silence of the Lambs - 7/26/2015 i'm a big fan of psychological thrillers and suspense movies. not so much gore/horror/slasher films, but the movies that give you the creeps or make you question all your assumptions about life. so by that token alone, The Silence of the Lambs  has been on my list of classic movies to watch for years. the fact that the majority of the movie was filmed in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas just adds to its appeal! and it did not disappoint. in fact, as soon as i finished watching it, i wanted to go back to the beginning and watch it again. the most famous Pittsburgh landmarks in the movie are the Allegheny County Jail and the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, but i was not prepared for the creepiness of seeing an apartment complex a quarter-mile from our house on the screen! this apartment complex was where Catherine Martin's abduction was filmed. so weird!  9) Have a picnic overlooking the city - 7/30/2015