The
day started out a lot better. The sun is out and it is a little windy
and chilly, but not at all bad. First thing we found that the battery
was dead on our rental car, I think I left the lights on last night. No
problem, we called the AAA and walked next door to Bob Evans Restaurant
to have breakfast. We had just finished when the triple A driver
arrived. We then went to look for Dad's grave. We found that with no
problem (a lot of luck). While there we came across John Strode's
grave. He was my mother's adopted father. I never knew he was buried in
the same cemetery. After finding the grave we checked out the
Perry Manor Apartments, Dad's last address in Pittsburgh. We then
went to Duquesne to check out my Grandparents house (Chalfa). I think
we found it, 132 So. 5th and it looked really good. Since the last time
we
were there it was an abandoned crack house, I am going to check the
address. If it is the same house, apparently some one bought it and
fixed it up, which would have been a tremendous job. We then went to
the Cemetery at Duquesne to see if we could find the family graves
there. We accomplished that with no problem and have recorded the spots
in the event some future Chalfa wants to know.
We then went downtown to check out the William Penn Hotel (where we
spent our honeymoon), the Koppers Building (where my mother and dad
met) and the surrounding area. We had a coffee in Starbucks in the
William Penn and remembered Francesca, as we always do when we go to
Starbucks.
After that we went to the hotel and
changed and went to Rico's for dinner. This was the most anticipated
part of our trip and we were not let down. Gloria had Salmon and I had
Mahi Mahi with lump crab meat. It was delicious. There was a long wait
due to a partial power outage that had not been fixed from the storm
the day before. David Rico gave us our deserts no charge to make up for
the wait. We did not really need deserts but we could not insult him. O
well, a few more calories.
All in all we had a great day. Here
are some pictures for you to look at:
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