Well it happened. Tobias Wolff has come to Pittsburgh. Being carless, I missed my chance to gather him at the airport but that is ok because I went to a reading and a panel discussion led by him yesterday. This is what I learned: When famous people come to Pittsburgh, the University provides delicious free food for all.
The student union was overflowing with a free bounty. There were vegetarian mushroom wraps. Fried chicken. Salads. Grapes. Other fruits. Chips. A muffin sculpture. Juice bottles. Cookies. That's about all I could fit in my bag before Toby started talking.
It made me realize that I could probably wander around that union building any day of the week and gather up free goodies from panel discussions. Every day that place is full of speakers. It might even be worth five minutes just walking around looking for snacks. That mushroom wrap was de-freaking-licious. I've had better muffins, but I didn't expect them to be soft when they were stacked and arranged in the shape of a flower.
My cousins are sleeping on my futon right now. They are here for a college tour. Perhaps when I am in charge of them later this afternoon, I shall walk them into the studnt union and show them how to really eat well in college. I think Toby left town yesterday, but surely someone else special is around to talk about Holy Week.
After years of nomadic temporary employment, advanced degrees, and chocolate ice cream, a rugger with a love of knitting and a cyclist with no domestic skills signed a Ketubah and bought a house in Pittsburgh.
2 comments:
hi addy and franny! i can't wait til you come to visit me!!
"Bullet in the Brain" is my favorite Tobias Wolff story. It is reminicent of "An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge". Teaching your cousins to pilfer is a good thing?
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