Tonight is our first Greensburg Toastmasters meeting in three weeks and first in person since the beginning of July. The extra week always throws me off and it will be the same feeling in a week at our Laurel Highlands meeting. I just get busy with other things and forget what I’m supposed to do for whatever club. I still get it done last minute though. I am scheduled to be Table Topics Master at Greensburg tonight, and will reschedule my speech at Laurel Highlands for the next meeting on August 26. That is a very special day for me as it’s a big anniversary. It’s the date that I checked in at the Hiram G. Andrews Center. How appropriate to use that day give a speech about big change in my life. Going off to college and being on my own is definitely a relevant topic.
Summer vacation is winding down for most kids and parents as school starts in the next few weeks. This week my family is taking a road trip to Erie. It’s more of a mini-vacation. I won’t highlight the trip too much, so I’ll highlight one of my first time visiting the City by the Lake. It was the summer of 1997, and we drove up for a day before coming back the next day. We stayed at a two-star motel called the El Patio. This place is long gone and has been replaced by a Sheetz.
In the evening, we took a boat ride and got a guided tour of the Lake. We headed back home the next day but not without shopping in Grove City. This trip wasn’t just an one day excursion to Erie, it was also my introduction to outlet shopping. Fun fact: Erie is where KDKA meteorologist Ray Petelin worked before coming down I-79 to Pittsburgh in 2011. Hey Ray!
Shit’s getting real at my store as Fall is beginning to take over. We’re going from peak to past peak on summer and it’s past peak for summer vacation. I saw pumpkin flavored Pop Tarts. Starbucks and Dunkin’ have their Fall coffee on display (near Bakery and as you walk in to the store). Green Mountain and McCafe also have theirs in Dairy, and don’t forget the Halloween and Fall-themed cereals.
I’ll be planning a Pumpkin Spice shopping spree within the next week or two. What better place to shop than Market District? Road trip coming soon! Maybe that new store in East Liberty will be opening soon (at that new shopping center at Shady and Penn where the old Giant Eagle was).
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