tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post8796132869459543614..comments2024-01-12T11:26:35.176-05:00Comments on Working Stiffs: Disoriented but Happy in the BurghWorking Stiffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270595837074553752noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-51632601261478529622007-12-05T12:41:00.000-05:002007-12-05T12:41:00.000-05:00Welcome, Kathy! I'm getting better at finding my w...Welcome, Kathy! <BR/><BR/>I'm getting better at finding my way around Pittsburgh, but there are some areas that are completely lost to me (such as Oakland!). The GPS system is a wonderful invention, I think, even though I don't have one (yet). <BR/><BR/>I think it's great that you set your books in Pittsburgh. I think the city offers a lot to writers and readers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-31914610329739819692007-12-05T10:18:00.000-05:002007-12-05T10:18:00.000-05:00Heh. I'll never forget seeing Pittsburgh for the ...Heh. I'll never forget seeing Pittsburgh for the first time when I moved here in '94 after hearing my husband's tales of having to drive around with your headlights on during the seventies.<BR/><BR/>I think my favorite Pittsburgh on film slur is in Auntie Mame (the Rosalind Russell one, of course):<BR/><BR/>Patrick Dennis: Is the English lady sick, Auntie Mame?<BR/>Auntie Mame: She's not English, darling... she's from Pittsburgh.<BR/>Patrick Dennis: She sounded English.<BR/>Auntie Mame: Well, when you're from Pittsburgh, you have to do something. <BR/><BR/>Kathy MHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-30272878638755958502007-12-05T08:53:00.000-05:002007-12-05T08:53:00.000-05:00Tory, who needs an ocean? We have three rivers!I'v...Tory, who needs an ocean? We have three rivers!<BR/><BR/>I've never used GPS, but if it's anything like mapquest, forget it. I've never once had a map or directions that didn't try to take me on non-existent streets!Joyce Tremelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498392016497131719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-40895533095236164502007-12-05T08:48:00.000-05:002007-12-05T08:48:00.000-05:00Will somebody explain to me why Sandy Creek Road (...Will somebody explain to me why Sandy Creek Road (which turns into Coal Run Road and ends up at a corner that is in Churchill and Edgewood and Blackridge AND Monroeville) is still closed after a landslide LAST SUMMER?? It's very frustrating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-90868957817997304392007-12-05T08:43:00.000-05:002007-12-05T08:43:00.000-05:00My introduction to Pittsburgh's crazy-quilt street...My introduction to Pittsburgh's crazy-quilt streets in '77 was eased by a partner who loved to shop, anywhere. I quickly learned how to use main roads and back roads to get from our home in Highland Park to Monroeville, the South Hills, and North Hills. My first newspaper job had me covering borough council and school board meetings all over the South Hills. Still, getting lost in Pgh. can be fun--once we missed a turn and ended up in Swisshelm Park, a perfect gem of a community--and considered the city's safest neighborhood because so many cops live there. But there are still some parts of Downtown and Mt. Washington and its neighborhoods that completely befuddle me. I can see how GPS would be a god-send for anyone new to the city, tho I have to agree with Gina, even that might not help when you have Bigelow intersecting with Bigelow! Great post, Kathy, and welcome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-75972587641057834282007-12-05T07:28:00.000-05:002007-12-05T07:28:00.000-05:00Joyce: no ocean!Joyce: no ocean!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-58944015241508959062007-12-05T07:16:00.000-05:002007-12-05T07:16:00.000-05:00Welcome, Kathy! Great blog.I'm a native Pittsburgh...Welcome, Kathy! Great blog.<BR/><BR/>I'm a native Pittsburgher and our weird streets don't faze me in the least. I'll drive anywhere--I don't care!<BR/><BR/>I think the Pittsburgh area is a great setting for books. We really do have it all.Joyce Tremelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498392016497131719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-23278394130395268332007-12-05T07:11:00.000-05:002007-12-05T07:11:00.000-05:00I just heard on the news last night that Pittsburg...I just heard on the news last night that Pittsburgh is the 9th most walkable cities in the country. And walking is definitely my preferred method of getting around. It never fails that when I'm driving, the only way to get to where I need to be involves a one-way street going the wrong way. <BR/><BR/>Welcome to Working Stiffs, Kathleen. I can't wait to read the new book!Annettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755947919433555176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-26778668872120585542007-12-05T06:51:00.000-05:002007-12-05T06:51:00.000-05:00When I first moved to Pittsburgh in '89, I remembe...When I first moved to Pittsburgh in '89, I remember being blown away by the experience of traveling along a road with industrial yuck on either side, and turning a corner and finding myself facing a breath-taking view. It was, and still is, awesome.<BR/><BR/>I also remember driving on the North side with a map, and after every intersection pulling over and consulting the map to see if I was still on the same street or was now on a different street. (No GPS back then.)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for blogging, Kathleen. I love your books!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-51859393314990439172007-12-05T06:02:00.000-05:002007-12-05T06:02:00.000-05:00Kathy -Kudos for meeting the challenge of setting ...Kathy -<BR/>Kudos for meeting the challenge of setting your books here. The greatest mystery of Pittsburgh is its geography -- with all the rivers and creeks and hills and gullies and bridges and tunnels, roads tend to run up, down, over, under, around and through. In fact, our unofficial motto is: "You can't get there from here." Add in the tendency we have of giving directions that begin: "You go out past where the Kaufmanns used to be . . ."<BR/><BR/>My ex-husband grew up in Cleveland, where the streets are flat and straight and consecutively numbered. I ended up sending maps to his family rather than trying to explain to <BR/>how the University Oratory, where we were getting married, could be on the corner of Bigelow and Bigelow -- where it makes one of many turns and where a few more streets join in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com