Life At the Foot of Squirrel Hill

Where else can you find a Kosher Dunkin Donuts? I live just at the bottom of Squirrel Hill. Saturday mornings my partner Michael and his 13 year old daughter have a routine of going to the (Kosher) Dunkin Donuts for breakfast then going to the climbing gym together. Normally I go with them, but I worked yesterday and today. We got the bronze alert of a system wide disaster so I know about the shooting before most of the city. However when I texted my partner…he already knew…the Dunkin Donuts is just 2 blocks from the Tree of Life Synagogue. My mothers caretaker drove past the synagogue just 30 minutes before the shooting. I drive past it twice a day every time I go visit my mother. It’s Mr Rogers Neighborhood … for real. If you havn’t read enough stories and articles about Pittsburgh, and specifically Squirrel Hill… it’s an amazing place. I have had many opportunities to move away from my hometown of Pittsburgh and live anywhere I want… since ER physicians are in demand all over the country. I always have returned here not only because my family is here, but because I simply LOVE Pittsburgh. Shadyside, Squirrel Hill, Edgewood, Regent Square, Point Breeze, East Liberty … these neighborhoods have surrounded my waking hours for the past 20 years. Collectively they comprise a diverse old immigrant and new immigrant city, multiple ethnicities, and terrain unmatched by any other city…more bridges than Venice, more stairs t...
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