Blog of Josh Hall

If you know me well, you know that I like things to have a reason or purpose.  I definitely take function over aesthetic, but if you can mix the two in harmony, that’s ideal.  To the point though, I would love a studio in the house, but I’d never be able to use it to […]

they’re going to blow up the old St. Francis hospital across the street from the Mellon Arena next Saturday.  YAY!  I don’t know if you’ll be able to hear or feel the explosion from my house, but I’ll definitely get as close as possible to see it happen.  That will be a fun thing for […]

I want a big slide somewhere.  In the house or outside, or both.  Maybe one that goes from the top floor to the basement.  I want a spiral staircase too.  An elevator somewhere would be nice.  not a big one, even just a one person closet type, but an elevator none the less.  Secret passage […]

the YMCA just announced that they’ll build a new YMCA in the hill district, about…oh you know…1 block from my house.  Not only build a brand new one, but add on to their existing one further down centre avenue.  Awesome.  3 year plan is in full effect now.

After my parents split, I got to have a day with my dad by myself.  Thursday nights.  I normally had a boy scout meeting then we’d go home and watch the simpsons.  Sometimes, we’d take a drive out past Malden crossroads and up a hill to the left past a church to a dead end […]

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08029/853048-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml That’s the plot of land a block up from my old apartment and across the street from the Hill House and Kaufmann auditorium.  http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=15219&ie=UTF8&ll=40.442897,-79.98166 So, looks like I’ll be stopping for dinner on my walk home for work.  Oops, no eggs for those brownies?  Don’t worry, I’ll walk 2 blocks to the grocery store.  […]