‘Tis the season: It’s slippy aht there

by Bob Batz Jr.December 19, 2023December 18, 2023

Teddi Ruscow, left, clearly enjoyed her half-hour Learn to Skate session with her friend Becca Brown, also 5 and from Shadyside. The session was the first of the season put on by the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, at the city neighborhood's Hunt Armory Rink. Here at the end, these two girls were still standing. (Bob Batz Jr./Pittsburgh Union Progress)

Kids were falling all over the place and smiling about it Monday night at this season’s first Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation Learn to Skate session at the Hunt Armory Rink in Shadyside. Parents waved and took phone photos and video. Some couldn’t wait to return for a future session (for kids ages 4 through 10) or a public skate session, which this rink and many others offer this cold and slippery and really fun time of year.

One young participant waves to the adoring crowd, or at least her parents, during the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation’s Learn to Skate program at Shadyside’s Hunt Armory Rink on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. (Bob Batz Jr./Pittsburgh Union Progress)

Bob Batz Jr.

Bob, a feature writer and editor at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, is currently on strike and serving as interim editor of the Pittsburgh Union Progress. Contact him at bbatz@unionprogress.com.

Bob Batz Jr.

Bob, a feature writer and editor at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, is currently on strike and serving as interim editor of the Pittsburgh Union Progress. Contact him at bbatz@unionprogress.com. More by Bob Batz Jr.