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This is the Cathedral of Learning - a building at the University of Pittsburgh (which is very near Carnegie Mellon, as well). It's a "cathedral" because Pittsburgh had a law that no building could be taller than the church steeple...
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100_0836
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Here's David at a local Pittsburgh eatery. See the local Heinz ketchup on the table!
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Barbara and David at her apartment. I like the brick walls (and the Texas license plate hanging on them!) She's holding her new armadillo, "Stripes the dog" (don't ask!)
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Barbara's Roomba! A roomba is a vacuum cleaner that cleans by itself, using some neato AI algorithms (I assume...). It's also very cute and cuddly!
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100_0840
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Some Carnegie Mellon buildings - the long one is the psychology building (I think).
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100_0841
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The building in the front is an engineering building, with the Cathedral of Learning in the background. The Cathedral is a great way to orient yourself around the university!
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That evening, we went to Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. This was in the butterfly exhibit - you can see a lot of butterflies in the picture!
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A picture from the room of bonsai trees.
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Some cute cactus "bunny ears" :-)
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A neat exhibit that let you control the height and colors of the water. I'm not exactly sure what this had to do with anything, but it looked nice!
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100_0848
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Some nice flowers.
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Barbara and I in front of a nice little water thingy.
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The Cathedral of Learning at night, right before we went up it (by elevator, not stairs!)
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Title:
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I took a bunch of pictures from high in the Cathedral, but this is the only one that came out decently (and you may disagree as to how decent this one is)
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Somewhere we almost went for dinner!
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St. Paul's Cathedral, which is the diocesan cathedral for Pittsburgh.
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A nice view of the Point State Park, which is where the three rivers that run through Pittsburgh (Allegheny, Monongahela, Ohio) meet.
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A view from the very tip of the Point - on the right is the Carnegie Science Museum.
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Just across the Allegheny river is Heinz Field (at Three Rivers Stadium), which is where the Steelers play football.
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David and Barbara in front of the big fountain at the Point.
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David and I in front of the same fountain.
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100_0868
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Here's PNC Park, which is where the Pirates play baseball. To the right is the Roberto Clemente bridge. (I waited a little while for the boat to get in the picture :-) )
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A plaque on the Roberto Clemente bridge.
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Title:
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Here's a picture from the bridge - you can see how the stadium opens up onto the Allegheny River. Nice!
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Barbara and David in front of a big statue of Roberto Clemente (sensing a theme here?)
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Alcoa corporate headquarters in Pittsburgh.
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Title:
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A view of the inside of the building.
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Look! "Duff"!
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Title:
100_0876
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We had lunch here. Yes, that hamburger is in fact quite large. I had a "Garbage Burger", which is a hamburger with 4 kinds of cheese(!), guacamole, marinara sauce, onions, lettuce and tomato. It was good!
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We went to the Andy Warhol Museum next. Here's Barbara and David in "Silver Clouds" (a bunch of mylar balloons with fans going to blow them around). Very fun to play in!
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Title:
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Neat cow wallpaper at the Warhol Museum.
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Barbara and I making strawberry daiquiris at her apartment. They were good!
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This is Barbara's bedroom, which is nice and cozy. Notice the lack of any dirty clothes!
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