Being Little in Sewickley Perfect for Living Big Later
Former Sewickley resident reflects back on growing up in the Valley.
I always did sympathize with George Bailey. Frank Capra's creation, forever bemoaning being trapped in picturesque but stifling Bedford Falls, felt eerily familiar to my teenage self. It wasn't until I was an adult that I could even watch It's a Wonderful Life; it just seemed too scary, a horror movie more than holiday heartwarmer. Cliché of clichés it may be for the small town-girl, but I grew up in Sewickley with one main goal: get myself out of Sewickley. And unlike George Bailey, I did. Forever enamored of the glamour and fast pace of cities, I moved to Washington, D.C. for college just short of my 18th birthday, and since then, nearly my entire adult life has been spent living there or in other bustling metropolises. In fact, I …
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Steve Zeigler
7:42 pm on Thursday, January 6, 2011
Robyn - thanks for your article. I worked part-time, after school with my Dad at Connelly Motor Co., 616 Beaver Street - now an Italian restaurant. After graduation, I too left Sewickley for my first real job. That first opportunity popped-up in Canton, Ohio - population, 120,000. My career was in radio and so many times I would say on the air - - - "It's 68 degrees in Canton, and here are the … more ›