Anticipation on 21st Street

Waiting in the car about 6:30 AM Tuesday, I watched Steve come down the sidewalk with a couple of coffees from La Prima Espresso. What a great start to the day!

We’d just dropped off my sister Mary at the Amtrak Train Station. She was catching The Pennsylvanian to Moynihan Hall in New York City.

The Strip District.
St. Stanislaus in the background

Drive By Night Game at PNC Park

Charlie (11) captured the night game as we entered the city Saturday night.

Pirates beat the NY Mets 9-0

Carnegie Library Extravaganza

Summer Reading Program celebration,Sunday 12-5.

The grandkids decorated Eat’N Park smiley cookies.

We took home lots of free books!

You could sign up for Dolly Partons
Imagination Library program to get free books sent to your child birth to 5 years old
Andrew Cardnegie-a”library card

Free to the People

A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people.

It is a never failing spring in the desert.

Andrew Carnegie

We love our library (ies) Thank you Andrew Carnegie

Same Scene Different Day

And the tractor driver honked and waved as he raked the infield today

Ananda is fascinated with the tractor and construction vehicles.

Killer Heels Show August 2016

From the archives

At the Frick Pittsburgh August 2016

KILLER HEELS

The Art of the High Heeled Shoe

Free on 40th Street

My sister and I were driving downtown to get her return train ticket to New York. Buying in person at the ticket window she saved almost 40$ instead of buying online. What is that about? Mary encouraged me to get out of the car to get a better shot so I parked. We stopped on the way home.

This is a crop from a horizontal shot.
The vertical orientation is below
The sign says FREE

Look whom I met at #OpenStreetsPGH

My friend Jen suggested I take my family to #OpenStreetsPGH Sunday morning. So glad she clued us in on this event. Perfect summer weather. Thanks Jen.

412 Flowers

Juliarose Genuardi

“4th-generation florist & founder

Hi! I’m owner Juliarose Genuardi! I grew up making arrangements at my Dad’s shop, Genuardi’s Florist. My Dad grew up working in his Dad’s shop, “Genuardi Greenhouse & Garden”. My “Poppa Joe” grew up in the same shop in Norristown PA… I’m officially a 4th generation florist!!” From her website

Click here to listen to Beat Box Rap about 412 Flowers

And you could write a word on the white board and get a custom beatbox rap impromptu Kidmental did a great job with Grandma getting down with it and also 412 Flowers

From his website (Pic below not a live link).


TEST. Is it TAP water or bottled water ?
Butler Street in Lawrenceville

Prema and I stopped in at Geology Rocks Pittsburgh

I bought three colorful balloons for the 3 grandkids at the balloon store vonwalterandfunk . They made it home without mishap.

This one is resting on the ceiling tonight

Hardy Hibiscus in Bloom

Hardy Hibusvus

Along North Euclid Avenue

Friday morning on the way to camp.

Baby bear’s chair?