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The Secret City Happy Monday everyone! I'm sitting here downing my cup of noodles before we run to the airport to catch a plane to LA, dreaming of what was to come at my and Caulen's very unique Sunday activity: The Secret City.
The Secret City is an interactive game that challenges teams to answer riddles sent to you via text message, using the resources of the Braddock Carnegie Library, the world's first Carnegie Library located in historic Braddock, PA (you may have seen the mayor on The Daily Show last year).
As the town has slowly lost its population, the library has become an archive of the once-great mill town's glory.
We even got to explore the library's gorgeous music hall! I would have taken a panoramic picture, but it was so dark and eerie - which I'm sure was part of the game. This organ had one of our clues!
Here I am reading one of our clues on the stage of the music hall - I felt like I was in a movie!
They had a funny little gym above music hall. We had to assemble a puzzle with these mats, and figure out a formula with the numbers written on it. So strange.
Finally, we ended up in an empty pool next to the main room of the library. What? Well, actually, it turns out that the water was so bad during the steel age of the town, that they had to open a pool for bathing to help out the poorer residents. Our clue was written along the walls of the pool! Unfortunately, my phone managed to break the system after this clue, which means we had to quit early. Blah! We didn't get to see the attic or the ending, which I heard was incredible.Oh well, next time!
This is what I wore to brunch beforehand. I had to lose the hat because it wouldn't stay on (although Anja Louise had a great solution that I'm going to try once I get home), and I had to switch to more comfortable shoes for the game - we were there for three and a half hours and we didn't even finish!
Caulen said I looked like I was going to the county fair!
What did you do this weekend? Sorry there were so many pictures! I had even more that I wanted to share - it really was a breathtaking building. What are your plans for the week? Who lives in LA and wants to go to the Nobunny or SoCow shoes with Sari and I? Add a Comment  8 Posted By: melly
Posted: 03.15.2010 Gawd I LOVE this outfit! I've never been to a county fair but what the heck, I'd go out with you dressed like this any day.
Posted By: HoneyBunny
Posted: 03.10.2010 OH I love the photos and the whole idea of this 'game'! And you look so so cute:)
:* Posted By: Nikki
Posted: 03.10.2010 Love the outfit! These pictures are great, too, how do you round the edges off like that? By the way, your tattoo on your back is awesome!
www.fashionjjunkie.blogspot.com Posted By: libys11
Posted: 03.10.2010 i love love love the composition of your photos!! gorgeous! :D
Posted By: fiftyseven
Posted: 03.09.2010 wow, what an outing! what an outfit! haha! well done dude!
love, fiftyseven p577.wordpress.com Posted By: kelley anne
Posted: 03.08.2010 That looks like so much fun! I love your outfit, its so adorable. The colors you combine here are amazing. We had a great weekend too, but nothing that interesting.
Posted By: Kristin
Posted: 03.08.2010 You look adorable! Ohhh can one shoot in that library????? Let me know when you are home, I'll have a phone again this week!
Posted By: anja
Posted: 03.08.2010 That sounds really fun! Although I did just watch a shitty horror movie on Netflix instant about a text message scavenger hunt ("RED HOOK"). haha. Your outfit is mega cute, total county fair strawberry field cutie!
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