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Leona's: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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I will not be tabling this year at the Pittsburgh Art Book Fair (sorrow) which means I will need to manufacture an errand to the city to stockpile Leona's ice cream sandwiches. Am especially keen on the ginger cookie with plum ice cream, which only appears in the fall. I've never had a bad flavor, though. V. glad they have their own storefront because I used to have to stalk coolers scattered throughout the city to find them.
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Allegheny Commons Park
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Love ambling through this park and the Mexican War Streets neighborhood nearby, which is full of gorgeous, envy-inducing brownstones + home to City of Asylum + Badamo's Pizza. The National Aviary (the largest indoor aviary in the U.S.) is tucked in here, too, in case you need to look at raptors.
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pamela’s
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Truly excellent pancakes + potatoes lyonnaise.
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Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens: Pittsburgh
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A gilded-age gem; I especially love the sunken garden, the case of miniature orchids, the massive cacti, and the bonsai.
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Jerry's Records
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Plan on spending at least an hour or two wandering room to room finding things you half-remember and thought you might never hear again and things you never even imagine existed; there are something like a million records here to browse.
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Butterjoint + Sidecar
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The place where I discovered the joy of vinegar pie. Tasty, unfussy dinner options in a friendly, unpretentious room, and in the morning, the attached cafe (Sidecar) has pie slices to go, an assortment of baked treats, and very good fluffy egg sandwiches.
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Fungus Books: Pittsburgh
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Maybe the best bookstore in a city of truly wonderful bookstores. Small, but every single item is worth spending time with; I always leave with something I didn't know I needed. Specialties include "poetry, sleaze, weird books, art, counterculture, anarchism, noise and experimental music, punk, jazz, drugs, horror, fringe, off-beat, UFOs, transgressive fiction, science fiction, Bigfoot, pulp paperbacks, and regular books, too."
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City of Asylum Bookstore: Pittsburgh
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Terrific bookstore in Pittsburgh's Mexican War Streets neighborhood specializing in works in translation; my favorite feature is a wall organized by press + publisher, which illuminates their personalities in a way mere alphabetization could never. Afterward, the National Aviary is basically across the street, the shoppy shop Mayfly Market is next door for loading up on Gilligan's seasonal sorbets, Badamo's is right around the corner for an excellent slice, and you can walk through the neighborhood to see Randyland (a home encrusted with artfully assembled found objects) and along Sampsonia Way to see the Poet Houses City of Asylum rehabbed to honor exiled writers.
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Bottom Feeder Books: Pittsburgh
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Finally made it to Bottom Feeder Books on my latest trip to Pittsburgh; a trim space full of carefully selected art and poetry books, with a small art gallery at the back. One of those spots where it is is wise to budget time for leisurely looking; I came away with a collection of John Clare poems and regretted leaving behind many things.
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Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History: Pittsburgh
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The Carnegie Museums in Pittsburgh are a true gem-the art museum is small but curatorially ambitious, there is a gallery of 19th century plaster architectural casts, including cathedral entrances and fragments of Greek temples, and the natural history museum's systematic mineral collection is like a Yayoi Kusama installation of spectacular stones, all on one $20 ticket.
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