tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post2089766533340703265..comments2023-08-25T18:09:09.834-07:00Comments on Wrote By Rote: Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaArlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-50233697836940431962012-04-19T10:44:57.709-07:002012-04-19T10:44:57.709-07:00I grew up in PA myself, the Reading area. I have w...I grew up in PA myself, the Reading area. I have wonderful memories of growing up in that urban mountainous area. <br /><br />As an adult, I visited with my fiance. He made me not only drive by but stop, park and walk around. We had lunch at the local sandwich shop we used to get sodas from, which was still there. It was wonderful! We stopped into the *still* family owned convenience store and he made me buy penny candy, just because we still could.<br /><br />What fun!<br />ShannonShannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044306988815158836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-30611648809123121662012-04-19T05:26:23.823-07:002012-04-19T05:26:23.823-07:00Richard -- Now if I could only remember the things...Richard -- Now if I could only remember the things that are more important for me to remember now.<br /><br />Kathy -- I still remember some things about school, but I don't remember my 2nd grade teacher at all. And hair? What's hair? What happened to all of my beautiful long black locks of my youth? Whatever is left is all white now. Maybe I'd look younger if I shaved it all off.<br /><br />Wendy --There's a great documentary shown on PBS (also available from Netflix I think) called <i>A Hot Dog Show</i> or something like that. It focuses on some hot dog establishments in Pittsburgh and other places around the country. They don't mention the hot dogs at Three Rivers Stadium, but apparently Pittsburgh has some notable hot dog stops.<br /><br />LeeArlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-58328789540987625742012-04-19T04:42:51.998-07:002012-04-19T04:42:51.998-07:00I've been to Pittsburgh only once. After a lif...I've been to Pittsburgh only once. After a lifetime on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, we got to Three Rivers Stadium and caught maybe the last 3 innings. We had hot dogs and beer. We still talk about how that was the best hot dog we've ever had. Maybe we were just glad to be alive.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-1260447627323648672012-04-18T18:46:12.456-07:002012-04-18T18:46:12.456-07:00You have amazing memories of the 2nd grade! I am n...You have amazing memories of the 2nd grade! I am not sure I remember much except who my teacher was and that year my golden hair turned brown and my locks were ceremoniously cut short. My hair has been brown and short ever since. There are a few straggles of hair here and there, but I have taken up coloring those few gray hairs back to brown. :D I am not ready for gray hairs at 43! LOL Great post...visiting from the A-Z challenge, and a follower. ♥<br /><br />Kathy<br />http://gigglingtruckerswife.blogspot.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11564863484894692249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-22239207714539392502012-04-18T15:47:10.413-07:002012-04-18T15:47:10.413-07:00That's quite a bit to remember from the 2nd gr...That's quite a bit to remember from the 2nd grade.writing and living by Richard P Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814139767151989286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-28891342496653525822012-04-18T13:17:58.149-07:002012-04-18T13:17:58.149-07:00Lynn -- So much of life seems so big when we are k...Lynn -- So much of life seems so big when we are kids that I think we sometimes tend to remember it bigger.<br /><br />Moondust -- I'm thankful that my memories are good ones.<br /><br />Jenny -- I think also we all have our selective memories of what made the greatest impact on us individually.<br /><br />Lucy -- I think many of my memories are the same. And some of them come from stories I've heard from my mother many times over they years.<br /><br />Arthur -- Last time I was at Kennywood was in 1958 or 59. Like you I've seen pictures and it still looks quite nice.<br /><br />Yvonne -- Thanks for stopping.<br /><br />Ann -- You have your hands full. I'm amazed that you do as much as you do. I love the older movies. And even though I don't watch too many movies complete, I enjoy flipping on TCM just to watch snippets of some of those older films.<br /><br />LeeArlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-85229428040010820892012-04-18T12:52:49.819-07:002012-04-18T12:52:49.819-07:00Ah! Pennsylvania. When I first moved to Virginia i...Ah! Pennsylvania. When I first moved to Virginia in 1982, I took my two youngest up to Philadelphia to see a relative from the West who was visiting there. Lovely, lovely place!<br /><br />I think our memories are fragmented. We remember some, forget others. I wish mine went back BEFORE age 3, but they don't. And we do so often blow things out of proportion and then they shift shape in our memories over the years.<br /><br />I have had such a rough time with my disabled daughter since the end of March, I'm barely managing to comment on even a few posts. I should get a breather now for a bit, I hope, and will do catch up on my best friends blogs, and yours is on my list! I've bookmarked you and the others!!<br /><br />Thanks for your comments on my Golden Movies posts. You are a bit younger than I but still in MY generation. We love those wonderful classics. Hooray!!<br /><a href="http://annbestblog.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow"><i>Ann Best, Author of In the Mirror & Other Memoirs</i></a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-29958262412560078312012-04-18T12:20:57.529-07:002012-04-18T12:20:57.529-07:00Another great piece of your life written for us.
...Another great piece of your life written for us. <br /><br />Yvonne.RHYTHM AND RHYMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11386975261804630799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-44541903105880939742012-04-18T09:33:22.544-07:002012-04-18T09:33:22.544-07:00Kennywood is a charming place, isn't it? Even ...Kennywood is a charming place, isn't it? Even today.<br /><br />Never been there, but I've seen pics and videos.Arthur Brillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00248525213439164274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-5311827560605038822012-04-18T09:13:51.540-07:002012-04-18T09:13:51.540-07:00I have snapshot memories from when I was 2 and 3 y...I have snapshot memories from when I was 2 and 3 years-old. I think they are so vivid because I have filled in missing details over the years. A memory is what you make of it, after all.<br /><br />LucyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18276125041686069253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-61472490410543717472012-04-18T06:38:03.932-07:002012-04-18T06:38:03.932-07:00I'm always amazed at the things my sister reme...I'm always amazed at the things my sister remembers that I have forgotten. She's only two years older, but it seems to have made a big difference when we compare our memories of the same events.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03446526228387021274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-9705886892348196712012-04-18T05:43:38.365-07:002012-04-18T05:43:38.365-07:00I think moms and wives live on the edge (too much)...I think moms and wives live on the edge (too much).<br />Praise God the story was a bruise rather than a death<br />The imaginings of a child are good - some have none or few as the memories are laden with terror (those are the children I work with)<br /><br />thanks for your visits Lee<br />Blessings my friendmoondustwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09848554806751678968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-1859195665325536802012-04-18T05:23:12.427-07:002012-04-18T05:23:12.427-07:00what an interesting piece out of your life--an suc...what an interesting piece out of your life--an such a great insight--it's true, our childhood memories are so heightenedLynn Proctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349867270815243053noreply@blogger.com