Chimney Repair

You can see in the first photo the missing bricks. It’s not a chimney used for venting.

Photos by Nick Karam
Taken by Nick Karam
Looks great no more falling bricks
Karam Restoration pointed my house six years ago
Nick left me a souvenir brick to commemorate Chimney Gate 2026

Repurposed Church in Pittsburgh

Now Union Project an Arts Organization

At the corner of Negley and Stanton Avenues


“In 1903, the Union Project building was constructed in the Gothic Revival style by the Second United Presbyterian Church. The building was purchased by the East End Baptist Church in 1933. The last congregation to own the building was the Union Baptist Church. By the late 1990s, that congregation had shrunk and was no longer able to maintain the building. They decided to sell it and most of the fixtures, including pews, pulpit, and pipe organ.”

Wordless Wednesday

Countdown to NFL Draft

Pittsburgh’s hosting the NFL Draft and here’s the Countdown Clock on North Shore Drive

“The 2026 NFL Draft is scheduled for April 23–25 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, marking the 91st edition of the annual player selection meeting”

Pittsburgh Public Schools will close for three days

My friend Ginny sent me an article saying 500,000-700,000 people are expected to come to the city

Fort Pitt Bridge View from North Shore Drive

Bloomfield Groceria 7th Anniversary

It all started when I went to photograph a little glass jar of anchovies at Bloomfield Groceria. It happened to be Wednesday. The special is Famous Meat Ball on Italian Roll.

After the tinned fish tasting post I was seeking jarred fish examples
Meet Rick. He’s been the owner of the business for 7 years and is celebrating.
His wife baked all of these delicious cookies.
I bought the Famous Meat Ball Hoagies today
My friend Tookie set her luncheon table beautifully, highlighting Rick’s Famous Meat Ball Hoagie. The cookies were from Groceria.
There’s a wide array of frozen ravioli and other Italian specialities, too
I chose a Lemon Ginger cookie! so good ❤️

Teatime Tuesday Afternoon

It was a late afternoon tea but we started with a toast!

One member of our group was out of town today

The Eyes Have It

Eye sculptures!

We were downtown in the Cultural District on Wednesday night, thanks to a generous friend who shared tickets they were unable to use. And there we were, right by the eye benches and fountain. We’d just come out of the Theater Square Garage. We photographed the Eye Benches, sculpted by artist Louise Bourgeois.

Wordless Wednesday

Silent Sunday

Hand knit and beaded Egg Cover by my talented and generous friend
thank you dear Gail S.

And Inside the egg in a tiny mesh bag were the loveliest stitch markers she’d made

PI DAY: 3.14

PI DAY: 3.14 -REBLOG FROM THE ARCHIVES

 REBLOG FROM THE ARCHIVES – PHOTOGRAPHED ON FRIDAY THE 13TH 2015

“March 14 is a great day for fans of math. And pies or pizza.  Pi Day, held on March 14 in honor of 3.14, the measurement calculating the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter”

TAG: PI DAY

3.14.15 9:26:53 CELEBRATING SPECIAL PI DAY AT SCHOOL 

A very special Pi Day.  Once in a century.  Tomorrow, 3.14.15 is it.    Get ready!

Celebrated at school today, 3-13-15._ Spearheaded by Mrs. Mihalic.  Creating some spirit!

There were numbers posted all around the hallways on the 800 level to who-knows-what place…..some cool art which I didn’t get to photograph yet.

Eat'n Park Pi Day Cookies

And my neighbor across the hall…. I went in this morning and said “Hey, where’s your Pi shirt?” and then she turned around and showed me!

Pi Day Shirt Machine Stitched

The librarian, wearing the machine stitched embroidery shirt her Mother, J.E., created esepcially for her.`

Mrs. Mihalic, math teacher, created a wildly spirited event, complete with Pi Day cookies she special ordered from Eat’n Park 

Eat 'n Park Pi Day Cookie
cutting slices of pie
pies

In the cafeteria there was a game where students could win a slice of pie. (Similar to a Cake Walk)

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Posting this one so you can see how you had to land on a certain number when the music stopped to win a slice of pie.

Photographed by Steve after school Friday the 13th. I’m wearing one of the shirts Mrs. Mihalic created.

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A different shirt worn by one of my  photography students.Everyone was getting in on the festivities.