Monday, June 29, 2009
This Year at the Zoo...
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Labels: Kaya, Pittsburgh
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Hockey
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Labels: hockey, Penguins, Pittsburgh, Stanley Cup
Monday, June 1, 2009
Small House, Big Work
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Labels: house
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
The Blue Malkin
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Labels: Penguins
Updates
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Labels: st. maarten
Friday, May 15, 2009
Oooohhhhiiiiiooooo
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Labels: food
Thursday, April 30, 2009
"The Savvy Grouse"
The Pennsylvania Adventure website has changed its name. You can now find my posts at: www.thesavvygrouse.com Check out this week's blog on the Montour Trail.
If You Thought the Bloody Leg was Bad...
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Labels: running
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Seven Course Brunch?
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Labels: food, Pittsburgh, vegetarian
Rachmaninoff at Heinz Hall
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Labels: Pittsburgh
A PhD is Like an MD, but She Can't Help Anyone
Because I know some people have been anxiously waiting...I PASSED! I don't have a whole lot to report, other than the fact that passing doesn't feel nearly as good as it should. The whole "you have to get a job" and "you have to publish your book" doesn't seem all that rewarding, but nevertheless, it's a step in the right direction. Thanks to V, Carly, and Catherine for having a drink with me to celebrate while I was in Florida. Oh, and I think it's "Dr. Amanda," not "Dr. Reynolds" for future reference. And thanks to Matt for picking me up at the airport for more celebrating. Finally, thanks to my parents, aunts, uncles, grandma, etc. for taking me out last weekend too!
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Labels: school
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Let This Be a Lesson to You
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Labels: Pittsburgh, running
Friday, March 6, 2009
Will You Be in NYC in April?
Ok, I probably won't get to see it, but one of my poems will be featured on restaurant menus in New York City this April for National Poetry month. The journal, Alimentum, has a cool program that puts poems (both old and new) on menus for hungry restaurant patrons to enjoy while they wait! Check out the broadside from last year, and stay tuned for this year's broadside with my poem online. And hey, if you happen to be in one of these restaurants and see the following poem, take a picture for me please. I wrote this during one of my wonderful stints as a waitress at the "Chuck Wagon Restaurant" in Gainesville, FL. Yes, it's as good as it sounds.
Night Shift
There is always someone waiting
for a napkin, a salad, a tray full of grease.
Crimson and clover, over and over
from some anonymous speaker hidden
in a dank corner that no server
has ever dared clamber up a stool to clean.
Three-top in section eight,
one coffee, two creamers,
six screaming kids.
“Waitress! There’s a hair in my chicken.”
“I get two sides? How about left and right?”
“You want a tip? Third horse, second race.”
The biggest insult is always the pennies left,
cold soup, a tipped and flying glass of milk.
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Labels: poetry


