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$2.50 Pizza

It’s Saturday night, and I’m craving pizza. Specifically, I’m craving a slice of “Not Phil’s” pizza in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
Where $2.50 single servings of pizza go, NYC=1, [...]

Getting Funky in the Apple Orchard

There’s nothing more perfectly small town than going on a hayride to pick apples in the fall, so when the #stlappletweetup was announced by @Versadave, nothing was going to stop me from coming along. I drove to the tweet-up directly from Ohio, following my friend’s Pittsburgh wedding weekend extravaganza because I’m that hardcore about my [...]

Espresso to Go

The absurdities of small town living continue to bring joy to my life. Yesterday, disappointed that my favorite coffee shop closed at 2:00 pm, I trekked across town to the only other place I could think of to get a latte; Espresso to Go.
You’ll notice that there is a mobile home in the background of [...]

Public Art in Ste. Genevieve

Public art isn’t something I expected to see much of in rural Missouri, but I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the number of murals I’ve seen in towns I’ve explored since relocated here earlier this year.
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri is among the small towns I’ve explored that has a few murals to brag about. The close-up of [...]

Quintessential Pittsburgh

My two years living in Pittsburgh revealed a city that’s much different from polluted, industrial town that so many people imagine Pittsburgh to be. I found a culturally-rich, environmentally-minded, blue-collar town where there was no shortage of beautiful architecture, great bridges, and parks. Cost of living is reasonable, it’s a good sports town, and there [...]

Dirty

While driving from small town Missouri to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Thursday for the first time in several years, one particular stop for gas stood out in my memory.
Whoever put this sticker on this trash can gets extra points for making me laugh on an otherwise rough [...]

The Brooklyn Bridge

On Sunday, I meandered through the small town streets of  Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, camera in hand.
Ste. Genevieve is a truly beautiful and historic town, but the part of Ste. Gen I’d like to share with you this morning is just a simple store front window with my reflection in it; a little piece of a [...]