10 Reasons Why I Love Living In Oakland

I live in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh.  Oakland is the home of the University of Pittsburgh.  From my apartment I can walk to the neighborhoods of Bloomfield, Lawrenceville, Shadyside, Point Breeze and East Liberty.  Oakland is the cultural center of the city.  I’m right in the middle of everything.  There are a lot of things I like about this city.  Here are just 10 of them.

1.  Steelers

2.  Pitt football

3.  Pitt basketball

4.  Penguins

5.  Carnegie Library and Museum

6.  WQED

7.  Del’s Italian Restaurant

8.  Kiln ‘N’ Time Pottery Shop

9.  Schenley Park

10.Iron City Beer

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Pittsburgh Is Full Of Characters

Writing in Pittsburgh is easy.  It’s has ethnic neighborhoods and interesting people.  It’s a college town and a sports town.  UPMC is one of the finest hospitals in the United States.  Pittsburgh is also a center of business and culture.  The city will host the G-20 this September.  Yes, we are family.

And the city is home to the best characters in fiction.  Just go to the sidebar on the right under “Great Flash Fiction Stories To Read” and have a nice day in the neighborhood.

For This Writer Pittsburgh Is My Paris

Hemingway is my favorite writer and of course I’ve read everything of his that I could get my hands on.  I’ve read most of his novels, short stories and non-fiction several times.  I’m not bragging, just blogging the facts.  I read “A Movable Feast” several times.  The book was about Hemingway’s life in Paris when he was young and learning to write.

The way he felt about Paris is the way I feel about Pittsburgh.  It is a fine American city with plenty of culture, commerce and spots.  It has several distinct ethnic neighborhoods.  It has my memories of my own youth.  The city was backdrop to my stories and flash fiction when I was a young man.  It is the backdrop of my very short stories now that I’m an old man.

Sex, Booze and a Short Memory (A Short Story)

The Death of Karaoke (A Short Story)

The Last Nude Photos (A Short Story)

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