PittsburghThoughts

A cable car gives passengers great views of the city.

By JEFF SCHLEGEL, Published: July 6, 2008

The article goes on to outline Pittsburgh's charm and appeal. Who'd a thunk it?

I remember hot, oppresive sidewalks, mountains of snow, crossing the street to avoid bullies, being chastized by any number of adults in any number of languages, exploring the river banks or the hillsides, the brief hippy explosion in the 60s and early 70's, Garage Bands, smoking dope for months on end, working, fights, Laughing beyond the legal limit, crazies, lazies, official harrassment, public schools, losing my innocence, a time warp tunnel world going forwards and backwards, shots in the arm, hepititus, hallucinogens, trips to the museum and library, walking, walking, walking, Downtown, escalators, shoppers rushing home with their presents, Joe Stehle steals a parrot, drug deaths, Getting out before it was too late, adapting my addictions to legal substances, making a family, being an asshole for oh so many years, coming to my senses, looking back at the vast amounts of time, a precious gift, I had and wasted, vowing to waste no more.

The story is different for everyone, but we are intrinsict to the time and place we were born and by all acounts, it was, and, is, a great place.    Gene