In preparation for Labor Day weekend, Sarah
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and Ben
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and David
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headed to Sunny Garden where Suzanne
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joined us and we waited a few minutes
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for the Justs to arrive
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so that we could dig into noodles
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pancakes
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dumplings
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bean curd
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vegetable lo mein
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rice
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and fish
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as a send off for our trip to Western Pennsylvania the next day.
The next day started in the car
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staring at the door
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and waiting for our last riders
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to emerge.
Once in the car, Benjamin dyed his tongue
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and then nibbled on Jane's toes
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before we bound her feet
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and focussed on the traffic
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before we saw our last gas
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before our arrival
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at the King Edward
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where Milt was waiting
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as Sarah and Jane
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settled in and Norma
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served some food
that caused Jane
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to express an opinion about the knitting Suzanne
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and Sarah
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were completing.
Dinner included a nice salad
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and beautiful strawberries
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that complemented Ben's plate
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and mine
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though we seem to have captured Sarah
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at a bad moment and then at at a better one
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as Benjamin
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Norma
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and Jane
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watched. Sarah took these pictures of me
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to Milt's amusement
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as further pictures of me
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and Benjamin
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were taken before Jane decided to go into black and white mode and
record a flower
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iced tea bottles
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and multiple views of light on a cookie
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before turning the flash off
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and going back to color pictures of wine glasses
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to end the day.
Saturday morning began with this self portrait
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in Katie's room before my breakfast bagel
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and pictures of Suzanne
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Andy
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Ben
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Sarah
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vegetables
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Sam
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Jane
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Katie
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Debbie
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and Suzanne
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around the table.
Around noon, I extracted Ben and Sam from their game
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and we drove past the Warhol
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to parking
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by the dinosaur
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near the statue of Honus Wagner
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at PNC Park
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where our buccos were playing.
Once inside, we got a plate
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which Ben filled
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as did I
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and Sam
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to the amusement of our waiter
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who showed us the way to this carrot cake
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before we emerged through this gate
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and took our seats behind home plate
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to look out at the stadium
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and watch the game
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as batters
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checked the scoreboard
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before the next pitch
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and we ate wings
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and left peanut shells
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before the next batter
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as the man with the tail
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watched the next pitch
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as we roamed the stadium
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and got Ben
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and then all of us
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against the backdrop of the city.
Next we went to the room celebrating Bob Prince and the Pirates of my youth.
This ad
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was familiar as were the sayings on this coat
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and this picture
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of Bob Prince himself.
Continuing our tour of the stadium, we got the good city views
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the playground view
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the view of Heinz Stadium
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and a few looks down at the field
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before we came back to watch the Buccos
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lose the game.
That evening, dinner was at Andy and Debbie's. We took a few pictures of Katy
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in her room which she was nice enough to let us use and then pictures of
Norma and Suzanne
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Sarah
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and Milt and Katy
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before focusing on the food
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that kept Ben
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Suzanne
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Norma
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Sarah
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Robert and Sally
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Milt
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and Andy and Katy
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coming back for more and more food
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including this artistic plate
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made by Katy was in the food that
kept on coming.
After dinner, I took this picture of the women in my life
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and we recorded the shared pair of socks
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before posing for more traditional pictures
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including this picture of Norma and Milt
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getting ready to go.
Somehow this led to more foot pictures
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and some last attempts to capture the shared pair of socks
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all to amusement of Sam.
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Sunday morning, I woke up Suzanne
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then Jane
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and as we were ready to drive off, there was some motion in the kitchen
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so we said good bye before heading to Johnnie's Restaurant at Exit 15
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for lunch. This was the bathroom sign
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as Jane's cheese steak
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and Ben's turkey hoagie
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and Sarah's selection from the salad bar
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and my grilled cheese sandwich
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made Suzanne happy
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as she ate her BLT
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and I took this self portrait
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to celebrate the workers of the world.