Coffee in the rain

10/16/13 Heinz Loft Cafe 
Coffeeneuring trip #2
4.6 miles
http://www.cafeatthelofts.com/


A hard rain didn't deter me from visiting the café I'd been seeing signs for along the trail. It was desolate. Coffee was good (by my standards, that means weak), cheap and self serve from a pump/thermos thingy.

How dare you disparage the Pixies!

10/15/13 Official Coffeeneuring trip #1
6.6 miles
21st Street Coffee and Tea
http://21streetcoffee.com/#cad/tumblr

This café was empty save one lone fellow working on his tablet. The large area of tables made him look all the more lonesome. The two young female baristas were surly and took forever to get me a $4 mug refill (yes, you heard me right... a $4 MUG REFILL). I had to ask for cream and sugar. Listened to the radio while I waited, they were playing the Pixies "Monkey Gone to Heaven" and I was enjoying it tremendously and was humming along at the part "Devil is six! God is seven!" when one of the baristas changed the station to which the other replied "Thanks, that was horrible." Kids these days!

Dear Coffee...

10/4/13 First trip #coffeeneuring 

1.8 Miles (Non-qualifying!)

Chateau Cafe and Cakery

http://www.chateaucafeandcakery.com/

Small coffee to go and a sesame bagel with cream cheese, I was there mainly to check out the lunch menu and discovered they serve pickle and cheese sandwiches! My favorite!

As it turns out, this trip doesn't qualify as it was under 2 miles. Shucks. More coffee for me!

PARK(ing) Day Pittsburgh

http://pghparkingday.wordpress.com/
Parking Day! I rode down to BikePGH!'s spot in front of the Carnegie Library. These kind ladies took my "I Heart My Bike" photo.

The Silver Bike (Ruby) plays TAG too.

I purchased a Cannondale Quick secondhand from DB today on the South Side. I immediately set about to claim a nearby Tag-O-Rama TAG a few blocks away and then set one in Oakland.

The Monster's first TAG

I claimed my first Tag-O-Rama tag with the Monster with this mural on the South Side. It was an 11 mile ride, my longest up to that point and first venture into the South Side's streets.

Upgrading to the Monster

After a bit of research on comfortable bikes, I chose this Sun upright bike. It's monstrously heavy at 44 pounds. I fitted it immediately with a rear rack so I could schlep lunch takeout back to work.