Saturday, June 23, 2012

The Visitors...

What do you do when your flight gets delayed a day and you haven't slept?  Go dance the Cha Cha!  The Hein's came to visit us!
Kennywood!  We've heard some negative things about Kennywood, but it's a great amusement park and the price was incredibly fair.
I've come to accept "Special Brother" in my life.  It doesn't help that the statue brings him out of his shell.
I love downtown!
Can anyone ever get tired of this view?  It's actually what helps me stay sane while watching so much baseball.
The free gifts aren't bad either.
The Hein's representing Alpha Team.
 
Quinn was paid $5 by Cyndi to run around the bases with the rest of the kids in the park.  James and Pat tried to explain to him how cool it was and that not everyone gets the chance to do it.  Jame would do it in heartbeat if given the chance.  I'm sure it's a life long dream.

A lot of people have asked why there is a random tower next to a medical office.  To give what is a brief explanation:  It was once part of the Bellefield Presbyterian Church.  In the 1960's it merged with another church down the street and in 1985 everything was torn down except for the bell tower.  It has been sealed off and is no longer in use.  It's now part of what is called Bellefield Towers which stands next to what is part of Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic.  If you have heard me say that really long title that you may also be aware that this is where I have my next internship.
We had to show at least one area of where the new Batman movie was filmed.  This is the Mellon Institute which is part of Carnegie Mellon University.  It is a very grand building!
Re-enactment of the scene where Blane fights Batman
Here is another view that never gets old: My Cathedral of Learning.  As a reminder, it is the tallest educational building in the United States and it comes second to an educational building in Moscow, Russia.  There are 42 floors and originally it was meant to be 200 feet taller.  It might of happened if it wasn't built during the Great Depression.  I'm just grateful that I only walked down 23 floors during the bomb threats.
The "Commons Room"
I wish I could do that in my classes.
St. Paul's Cathedral.  My dad was obsessed with this church and so was Cyndi!
This church was nicknamed by us as Dracula's Castle.  It is a abandoned church in neighborhood of East Liberty.  James wants to renovate it and call it Dracula's Manor.