we’re back from pittsburgh from a great trip to Matt and carolyns wedding. .It was great seeing old freinds,larry and leah and  our old town  … we had a nice time just hanging out. .. The trip home was uneventful.. i used it .. and the rest of the  last 11 hours (!) getting my email backlog down  to less than a page.

 

note much else to report on today.. oh.. one interesting thing.. there was a nice brunch this Am for the wedding guests that were still around. It was in the Lawrence Welk room. evenidenyly , the william penn hotel was where he originated  some  of his shows.   Tos of you my age or older will remember Lawrence Welk’s shmalzy ‘champaing music.. .. he’sd start each oen with ‘and -a-one-an-atwo;.. it was a mystery to me as a kid why folks would watch him play on tv.. while folsk danced.. but.. i did think the bubbles were cool…

actually the station KDKA in pittsburgh was the first commerical radio station in the world..

and their firtst live broadcast was from this same hotel !

 

and get this.. here’s the machine that made the bubbles. it was build by one of the handymen  in the hotel.. 

 

 

seeing that made the trip even more worthwhile !

nite all, nite sam

-me