From the West End, we drove up to the Mt. Washington overlook. There was a tornado up here on June 2! I had no idea.

Then downhill (some pret-ty interesting hills, too, specifically chosen by Ed to give me a thrill) to the accessory store. On the way I was looking for a mailbox and found one, and also saw a store: Condom Nation.

The store sells brass fittings. It was quite impressive when we went in with everything shining and glowing.

         Here we have Frank as proud proprietor.

I like this one because it has both brothers in it. I couldn't have done as well if I'd set it up.

I bought a turtle magnifying glass for Monica because I was having trouble reading the small print on the map. Then I wanted to see Old Economy, so Ed drove back out, past the airport, down the Ohio to Ambridge. On the way he showed us the bridge company that had made the Golden Gate Bridge.

As you can see, Old Economy was a communal village. It lasted from 1805 to 1905, but since celebacy was one of the cornerstones, it died out. The clock has no minute hand, as time is unimportant in the grand scheme of things. We'd hoped to go inside the buildings, but they had closed early because of Thanksgiving. This is one of the things I hope to come back and see properly someday. Others include Maz's wall out by the Carnegie, where Mazeroski won the 1960 World Series with a home run; Fallingwater; the State Capital; and, yes, more of the Carnegie Museum of Art.

Then it was back to the house. We'd promised to take everyone out to dinner to give the cooks a rest for the next day. Brian called his father, and we took him too. Unfortunately, Frank couldn't get away from some customers (it was only unfortunate because they didn't actually buy anything!).

Ed, Brian, Carol, Mom, Rich