Bloomfield – Page 6 – Ruth E. Hendricks

i before e except after c and “ay” as neighbor or weigh?

Signage in Bloomfield — Caught my eye as I waited in a line of traffic. Exceptions listed below.

Mr. Bob Cummingham makes a case that the rule is of little use “Examples of exceptions to the rule: Sticking for the moment to the basic rule, “i before e except after c”… here are some exceptions…..beige, cleidoic, codeine, conscience, deify, deity, deign,
dreidel, eider, eight, either, feign, feint, feisty,
foreign, forfeit, freight, gleization, gneiss, greige,
greisen, heifer, heigh-ho, height, heinous, heir, heist,
leitmotiv, neigh, neighbor, neither, peignoir, prescient,
rein, science, seiche, seidel, seine, seismic, seize, sheik,
society, sovereign, surfeit, veil, vein, weight, weird”

October 6, 2010October 5, 2010 by Ruth Categories: Pittsburgh Photos, What I Found on the Way Home from SchoolTags: Bloomfield, city scene, Columbus Day Parade, grammar rules, Little Italy, neighborhood, photo of the day, photoblog, photography, Pittsburgh, signage, spelling, urban scene 5 Comments

Dancing in the Streets at the Italian Festival (2 images)

Saturday night, Steve and I’d eaten dinner and I was working on some photo project and he said, Do you want to go to the Italian Festival? So we did. The neighborhood of Bloomfield hosts Little Italy Days (the 9th year according to the banner behind the band) Wish I had the playlist to post.Let’s just say I knew them all. “I Saw Her Standing There.” (’60’s music as well) . The band played straight with not even a breath between numbers and they closed the evening with Donna Summer’s “Last Dance”. Finesse Band website for more info. Turns out they have opened for Earth Wind and Fire and Chicago. Anyway, after a few numbers the young dancers made there way to the space up by the main stage but they started out behind the barricade down the street. Their energy and enthusiasm added a lot to the crowd’s enjoyment.

Bloomfield Neighborhood in Pittsburgh — Enjoying the music from long before they were born!

September 27, 2010September 26, 2010 by Ruth Categories: Night Light in the CityTags: available light, band, Bloomfield, childhood, city scene, dancing, Italian Festival, Little Italy, music, neighborhood, photo of the day, photoblog, photography, Pittsburgh, urban scene 7 Comments

2 Dr Chevrolet Coupe, c.1947? (2 views)

Went online to try to match the car model, noticing the details like how the headlights are placed. I took this at the red light at Howley St and Friendship Ave. Drove around the block and got the side view, too. A real beauty. Historic, vintage, restored cars like this one evoke childhood memories of the gray Dodge Wayfarer we had in Montclair NJ. This one the color of whipped butter. Polished. Parked on the street, just waiting as me I drove home from Greenway School where we had training today. What a car! Scroll down for second view.

The owner must love driving this beautiful car. — What a surprise to find this historic vehicle on the way home from school. The car looks like it is smiling.

August 19, 2010August 18, 2010 by Ruth Categories: Childhood, photo of the day, vintage, What I Found on the Way Home from SchoolTags: automobile, Bloomfield, car, chevrolet, chevy, childhood, city scene, coupe, Friendship Ave, historic car, Howley St, neighborhood, photo of the day, photoblog, Pittsburgh, urban scene, vintage car 7 Comments

Classic Corner Drugstore

Received a comment from Gail yesterday that the triangular building downtown reminded her of Shalit’s Drugstore in Morristown where we went to HS. So when I saw this corner drugstore tonight on the way home from the All City HS Art Showcase, I stopped to photograph it. Looks like I’m in the middle of traffic. Camera propped against a light pole, cable remote. Seems the CVS, Eckerds, Walgreen’s eat up all the independents but this one’s still open in Bloomfield on the corner of Penn Ave and Main St.

Bloomfield Pittsburgh Old Fashioned Drugstore — A busy corner, a block from the new Children's Hospital.

May 14, 2010May 13, 2010 by Ruth Categories: Night Light in the City, photo of the day, Pittsburgh Photos, Places, vintageTags: available light, Bloomfield, city scene, Classic, drugstore, memories, neighborhood, night, photo gallery, photo of the day, sidewalk, urban scene, vintage 7 Comments

Twisters Ice Cream at Night in the City

Coming off the Bloomfield Bridge I took a left to avoid the potholes and discovered Twisters Ice Cream. The dangling cones? Whoa. Drove around the block. Haven’t sampled their advertised soft or hard ice cream click on their name for a link to a map and review.

Twisters Ice Cream on Main Street — No parking on Main Street in Bloomfield, so shot from the driver's seat

March 4, 2010 by Ruth Categories: Night Light in the City, Places, vintageTags: available light, Bloomfield, childhood, city scene, ice cream, Main Street, memories, neighborhood, night, photography, Pittsburgh, retro, snow, soft serve, urban scene, vintage, winter scene 9 Comments

Sunflowers in the Snow

Near the Bloomfield Post Office, these flowers caught my eye. I had just mailed a package to my DIL in Ohio. I told the clerk I was mailing the hat I had just finished knitting. “Did you ever read The Knitting Circle.” she asked. “Never heard of it”, I replied . She stepped back and reached under the different envelopes and pulled out the book.(author Ann Hood) I asked, “Do you knit?” “No. But reading this book makes me want to”

I told her about Natural Stitches Knitting Store in East Liberty by Staples and Trader Joe’s, the little strip mall where Phar-Mor used to be.

January 10, 2010 by Ruth Categories: ThingsTags: Bloomfield, flowers, knitting, photography, Pittsburgh, snow, sunflowers, winter 1 Comment

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