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Three Rivers
And so, it appears, a CBS drama set in Pittsburgh has gone off the air. Read more about that here. Did Three Rivers ever really have a shot? The author of the article I linked to doesn’t seem to think so. I must admit, I never saw it. This begs the question, would Three Rivers remain on the air today if a few of its scenes had been shot at Franktuary? I can personally guarantee that the show would have had at least one additional viewer! Unlike Three Rivers the drama, the city of Pittsburgh is still going strong. Franktuary is back to its regularly scheduled programming after a brief holiday interruption. Your Locavore is...
Weekend Bonus
Franktuary is closed on the weekend. Normally, so is this blog. Today, however, it brings you some bonus content. First, an observation. Recently I have spent a lot of time in the city where I grew up. Its downtown is a little bit similar to the area around Forbes and Murray. As a child, there were three shops targeted specifically for people like me. Two were toy stores and one was a bookstore. Today all three are gone. Two of these three formerly kid-centric storefronts now house specialty pet boutiques. What, exactly, does this say about our society?? Second, a childhood memory. Today one can modify a Game Boy into a musical instrument. Pretty cool, right? Well, the Game Boy has a long history of wacky accessories and back in 1990 THIS was...
Foraging for Franks
Here for the letter to President Obama? Click on this link. For the rest of you, something new! Over the weekend I attended a lecture/hike on foraging. This is the kind of practical thing I wish I had been taught in elementary school. Instead, I learned valuable everyday life skills, like how to microwave a frozen stromboli. Okay. Maybe I learned a bit more than that. But, still, foraging is a skill everyone should have! Attend a class like this and you will be amazed by how many edible things surround you, even if you live in the city. It opens your eyes to a natural world which we walk through everyday, yet becomes increasingly invisible as our culture forgets its non-technological roots. Plus, you’ll go home with a pocket full of hickory nuts! If...
What Not To Do
What do you get when you take talented vocalists, force them to sing played-out rock and roll, and proceed to kill what little the music has going for it by surrounding it with an insipid love story? The horrendous new musical Rock of Ages, of course! Trust me folks, unless you’re a monster fan of bands like White Snake this is one Broadway experience you want to skip. Fortunately, I attended gratis. Traveling to the Great White Way with comp tickets for this show is a bit like being given a Locavore at Franktuary only to discover that said sausage is covered in ketchup. Really, the comparisons are uncanny. In the case of both Broadway and Franktuary you have to go out of your way to reach your destination. You venture into a neighborhood known for being...
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