Nicole and I are on an unusual sort of streak this week. Monday we were out and about checking out the Oakmont neighborhood and buying paczki at their spectacular bakery, and enjoying spaghetti ice cream at a little Italian café. On the way home, we thought we'd stop at a maternity clothes store in Squirrel Hill. We did stop, only to discover the shop is closed on Mondays. Tuesday, we set out for brunch at a vegetarian diner called The Quiet Storm before our planned visit to The Mattress Factory, a contemporary art museum. Unfortunately, it turns out The Quiet Storm is closed on Tuesdays. Yesterday, we had lunch at Google and toured Roy's 'new' office. Then we headed out towards the airport to go to IKEA and the Happy Baby Company (for washable baby wipes, swim diapers, wet bags, etc.). As you may have guessed, the baby shop, we discovered, is closed on Wednesdays! However, that meant that we arrived at our next stop, The Milk Shake Factory, during happy hour time and got our shakes for half price. I had a delicious dark chocolate blueberry shake, and Nicole and Rachel shared a lemon pound cake one, the weekly special. Now it's Thursday and we're apprehensive about going out because it seems inevitable that something will unexpectedly be closed on us! Maybe we'll just stay in for St Patrick's Day!!
Thursday, March 17, 2011
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Did you make it to the Mattress Factory? What did you see?
And what's a paczki?
We made it to the Mattress Factory, but there wasn't much to see as they were in the process of installing a new show. One floor was entirely devoted to three exhibits by an artist using light effects in dark rooms. It was very unsettling because the place was empty and you had to walk through winding dark halls to get into the exhibit rooms. One of the rooms was also completely dark. Rachel was scared, but I also felt a bit uneasy!
A paczki is a Polish donut like a bismark traditionally made before lent to use up all the bad tempting ingredients still hanging around in the family larder.
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