April 10, 2010

The house where he grew up (and where I was conceived or so I've been told)

The house is, sadly, abandoned, or at least empty. But, someone who lived there after my Grandma put in this pretty kickin' treehouse...

On the way back, we made a stop in Salamanca, NY, where I lived from about preschool 'til third grade. I'm glad I was warned that the combination church building / apartment where we lived is now a grassy lot...

I went down the street to my old school St. Pats. Here's a shot into the gym where I got my extra dimple added to my left cheek during a roller skating event there...

Anyway. Going back earlier in the trip... Cleveland has its troubles, but it also has some really cool and funky neighborhoods in a way I'm not sure that Boston does. One of them is Coventry in Cleveland Heights-- even there benches are cool.

They have a super cool store called "Big Fun", full of funky old toys and retro stuff...

We ate at a restaurant called Pacific East - I liked the dragon-y way they handled this peel.

OK, more tomorrow -- including the return of proper bowling!