Today marks one year since I first visited Pittsburgh. Last year, I had come right in the middle of my Rescommin\’ Days. I came here with a i-can\’t-wait-to-leave-berkeley angst. I made small talk with a returning soldier, compared CMU to Berkeley (almost had lunch with Bonnie, our program advisor), and toured Pittsburgh with a random guy at 10 at night.

Even though I make remarks like \”I am never going to live here\” and \”I can\’t wait to live\”, I probably will miss some things. Things that I have been taking for granted like living a few parks from a large city park, free admission to the (good) city museums, orthodox Jews walking around on Saturdays…

My sister was impressed with Pittsburgh (it was better than what she thought), but of course she wasn\’t impressed with my room (still as messy as it was in my undergrad days).