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Dec 11, 2024
Forgotten Founder, Lasting Legacy: Honoring Wallace Alexander on Sea View
Our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group had a beautiful day for our walk last Wednesday. Some rain was forecast...
Dec 4, 2024
Trains, Taverns, and Tom’s Garage: A Stroll Through Piedmont’s Hidden Gems
Last Wednesday was a beautiful, sunny, late fall morning. During 2024 our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group...
Nov 27, 2024
Walking for Will: A Thanksgiving Eve Turkey Trot and Tribute
I was away last week, so Jim Kellogg was the leader for our Wednesday walk and provided the summary below.  Best, Dick  Last Wednesday...
Nov 20, 2024
One-Block Wonders: Walking, Weather, and Walter Blair’s Pond
The weather forecasters were calling for some light rain last Wednesday morning before an atmospheric river was to blast the area later...
Nov 13, 2024
The Ginkgo Kings and the Garden that Beer Built
It is almost the end 2024 and there were still some Piedmont streets our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group...
Nov 6, 2024
Hidden Paths and War Paths: A Stroll Through McNamara’s Piedmont
Last Wednesday was the morning after the election and the results were in the thoughts of the members of our Piedmont Recreation...
Oct 29, 2024
Trailblazers, Suffragists, and Scandals: Halloween Eve at Mountain View Cemetery
This Wednesday was October 30th, Halloween Eve, and our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group had its annual...
Oct 22, 2024
Candy, Costumes, and Creepy Yards: Halloween Spirit Hits the Piedmont Walkers
It was a beautiful fall morning last Wednesday for our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group when we assembled at...
Oct 15, 2024
Sequoias, Silk, and a Slice of Bali:
It was a mild, cloudy day for our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group this Wednesday when 45 walkers with one...
Oct 8, 2024
Kingston Avenue Chronicles: Victorian Houses, Name Changes, and Rogue Chickens
The heat wave finally broke last Wednesday, just in time for our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group’s weekly...
Oct 1, 2024
Sweatin’ It Out in Piedmont: Heat, History, and Hints of Fall on Wildwood
Twenty-eight heat resistant members of our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group gathered at the Exedra this...
Sep 24, 2024
Bridging Canyons and Housing Gaps: Piedmont’s Plan for 587 New Neighbors
Our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group had an overcast morning for a special walk last Wednesday, and 44...
Sep 17, 2024
Seeking the Sunnyside between brick walls and guardrails
Our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group had a good turnout of 37 walkers and two K-9 best friends at the Exedra...
Sep 10, 2024
Lost Lanterns and Deer Highways
Our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group had a shorter walk than usual last week because it was warm/hot, so this...
Sep 3, 2024
Taxing Times and Rolling Houses
It was going to be hot last Wednesday so our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group decided to take a shorter walk...
Aug 27, 2024
Million-Dollar Mysteries: Guess the Price
Our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group had a strong turnout of 49 walkers and three K-9 best friends at the...
Aug 20, 2024
Grand: from gas to green
Our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group had a good turnout of 36 walkers and two K-9 best friends at the Exedra...
Aug 13, 2024
Casa Montana
Our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group had a solid turnout of 35 walkers and two K-9 best friends when we...
Aug 6, 2024
Crosswalks and Crayons: Tri school walk
Our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group had a great turnout of 48 walkers and three K-9 best friends when we...
Jul 30, 2024
Marvelous Marlborough Court
As our Piedmont Recreation Department’s Walking on Wednesdays group was gathering at the Exedra at our normal time this week, a young,...
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