what a weekend! don't even know where to start. ok, so on saturday i went out and got shoes for my new pedals.

went shopping at the giant eagle in squirrel hill, and my checkout "girl" was actually a transgendered individual. good for (s)him.

saturday afternoon was a wedding for two climbing friends... the whole this was so beautiful and grandiose. it was held at this fantastic cathedral, and the service was gorgeous. harp player, the whole thing. the reception was at the pennsylvanian, which was just beautiful. cocktail hour was outside on the rotunda, and the reception proper was held inside this gorgeous, high-ceilinged hall. the only problem was that with all the marble, it was hard to hear anyone talking on the p.a. the best man was turkish, and had a bit of an accent, so that combined with the echo i think i caught maybe one word in twenty. everyone at our table watched him very intently tho, and when he laughed, we all laughed. when we left, the groom (also turkish) was dancing, doing this this which i can only describe as the turkish equivalant of "russian squat-dancing". it was supremely cool.

sunday a.m. drove down to w.v. to do some bouldering. good day on sunday, and stayed that night with a very lovely couple who are 3 weeks from having a baby. i've never seen a more active 33-week pregnant woman before! she was running around like a maniac! went climbing again at the same place monday morning, but it got so stinkin hot that we went to this little cave a bit down the road from where the couple we stayed with lives. some fun cave problems there, and much, much cooler than hawk's nest.

i would have rode in with my fancy new pedals and shoes this morning, but we're supposed to get thunderstorms with hail and everything right around the time i'd be riding home. no thanks... i'll wait for tomorrow when the weather is going to be cooler and drier.