This was taken Saturday night at the small car wash behind the laundromat at the top of University Avenue. That night ranks as one of the great nights ever. Everything about its weather was perfect: perfect temperature, no humidity, just cool enough so you could drive with the windows down without also freezing. 

This was taken Saturday night at the small car wash behind the laundromat at the top of University Avenue. That night ranks as one of the great nights ever. Everything about its weather was perfect: perfect temperature, no humidity, just cool enough so you could drive with the windows down without also freezing. 

This was taken downtown. This building has a name which I cannot remember off the top of my head. Goes to show you what I know about Morgantown. 

This was taken downtown. This building has a name which I cannot remember off the top of my head. Goes to show you what I know about Morgantown. 

This is taken downtown. It’s of the Massullo’s Dry Cleaners building. I’ve tried to get the same shot before but this one seemed more like what I was trying to get. It’s only very occasionally, but I sometimes taking getting an image seriously.

This is taken downtown. It’s of the Massullo’s Dry Cleaners building. I’ve tried to get the same shot before but this one seemed more like what I was trying to get. It’s only very occasionally, but I sometimes taking getting an image seriously.

Here’s the entrance to the alley where I’ve been taking photographs. I have odd hobbies. 

Here’s the entrance to the alley where I’ve been taking photographs. I have odd hobbies. 

Taken downtown, near Wild Zero Studios. This wall and these pipes have gotten some good use, especially since the building itself seems to be largely empty.

Taken downtown, near Wild Zero Studios. This wall and these pipes have gotten some good use, especially since the building itself seems to be largely empty.

You can find this door in the alley behind Wild Zero Tattoo. It’ll be to your left and is, I think, the backdoor into the used video game store, although I’m not entirely certain of that. This ivy does an excellent job of covering the wall each year and the tattoo artists do an excellent job of covering the door each year.

You can find this door in the alley behind Wild Zero Tattoo. It’ll be to your left and is, I think, the backdoor into the used video game store, although I’m not entirely certain of that. This ivy does an excellent job of covering the wall each year and the tattoo artists do an excellent job of covering the door each year.

You can find this behind Wild Zero Studios on Pleasant Street.

You can find this behind Wild Zero Studios on Pleasant Street.

This is where Yann’s Hot Dogs used to be, on Brockway, just over the Walnut Street bridge in a little block of buildings that also houses apartments and Custom Upholstering and Interior. It’s a quiet little bar now and I don’t drink, so I’ve never been in there, but I remember Yann’s.  The hot dogs there were delicious and not served with nearly the sort of aggression that Fairmont’s Yann’s is famous for. I remember eating lunches there of four hot dogs there with two canned Dr. Peppers. I always had my hot dogs with onions, ketchup, and the hottest chili. Not technically a proper West Virginia hot dog, but I didn’t/don’t really care.  Not only do I know little about the bar there now - Pregamer’s Pub? - but I struggle to imagine there being one worth going to. That place was so small; maybe they’ve hollowed out the back of the building a bit? Maybe not. And maybe, if I try hard enough, I can imagine the appeal of a tiny neighborhood bar. Such places are genuinely rare in Morgantown these days.

This is where Yann’s Hot Dogs used to be, on Brockway, just over the Walnut Street bridge in a little block of buildings that also houses apartments and Custom Upholstering and Interior. It’s a quiet little bar now and I don’t drink, so I’ve never been in there, but I remember Yann’s. 

The hot dogs there were delicious and not served with nearly the sort of aggression that Fairmont’s Yann’s is famous for. I remember eating lunches there of four hot dogs there with two canned Dr. Peppers. I always had my hot dogs with onions, ketchup, and the hottest chili. Not technically a proper West Virginia hot dog, but I didn’t/don’t really care. 

Not only do I know little about the bar there now - Pregamer’s Pub? - but I struggle to imagine there being one worth going to. That place was so small; maybe they’ve hollowed out the back of the building a bit? Maybe not. And maybe, if I try hard enough, I can imagine the appeal of a tiny neighborhood bar. Such places are genuinely rare in Morgantown these days.

This is on University Avenue, just past the churches downtown and just before the Hillel House. I am amused by simple things.

This is on University Avenue, just past the churches downtown and just before the Hillel House. I am amused by simple things.

I have no idea if they’re still there, but these statues used to be behind the Our Lady Of Good Counsel Monastery (Franciscan Order) on Tyrone Road in Cheat Lake. There was a shirt hiking path back there at one point but it had long-since been abandoned and grown over when I took this photograph several years ago. 

I have no idea if they’re still there, but these statues used to be behind the Our Lady Of Good Counsel Monastery (Franciscan Order) on Tyrone Road in Cheat Lake. There was a shirt hiking path back there at one point but it had long-since been abandoned and grown over when I took this photograph several years ago.