Photos: Phipps Conservatory and Miscellany

A lounging deer at Genoa Park in Columbus, Ohio:

The bathroom door at a Coffee Tree Roasters:

Chocolatier lore at the Boulevard Sweet Shoppe in Oakmont:

Huevos rancheros at Deluca’s. The lighting was very spotlighty—odd for a diner:

Took a trip to the Phipps Conservatory. This Lovecraftian entity is hanging in the lobby area:

All of the flora in Phipps were mostly clearly marked, but I couldn’t find the name of this fellow:

Godzilla fights off the lantern flies. We’ve had infestations the last few years in downtown Pittsburgh, so it’s a local joke:

I had to take a photo just for the typo/misspelling/miswording:

A bonsai:

A turtley-looking plant (forgot the name):

Spiky guys:

The Broderie Room:

Another room:

Had dinner at Emerson’s with this charming young lady. Check out the awkward mid-mouth opening in the background:

Emerson’s menu used a monospaced font: an unusual for menus, or anything that isn’t a government document. Courier and other fonts of that ilk scratch an itch in my brain that really likes automatic line justification. Emerson’s had to do it right and display the menu on their site in HTML when I was hoping for once that someone offered it as a clunky PDF:

Crabcakes with arugula:

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