festival – Ruth E. Hendricks Photography

Pizzelle Perfect

Baked in Bloomfield ( using a special pizzelle iron)

Maria Merante – Celebrating all things Italian since 1983

Anise or vanilla? They are delicate and delicious.

August 18, 2017August 18, 2017 by Ruth Categories: Baking, PhotographyTags: anise, baking, Biscotti, Bloomfield, cookies, festival, Italian, Little Italy Days, Maria Merante, Merante's Gifts, neighborhood, Pittsburgh PA, Pizzelles, postaday, vanilla 15 Comments

Bocce Men,Vinyl, Soul Food, Wood Fired Pizza and Books

Under new ownership as of last Monday- Jeff Gallagher is the new owner of JUKE records– click to read Post-Gazette article.

There are hardback books, CDs and cassette tapes, too. Check it out for a walk down memory lane.

The Bocce Tournament is Saturday. We missed the celebrity bocce on Thursday night with Mayor Peduto and Franco Harris. Heard it was fun

I was able to show some of the men their photos from two, three and four years ago. Must have been out of town last year. One of my favorite city posts are the men playing bocce at night years ago

anthonyadam Anthony and Adam Marino. Twins/brothers. I was able to show them photos from previous years. See links above.

Did you know?

Nana’s Place by Gibsons- Homemade Soul Food in Bloomfield.

Takeout. Call your order in and pick up. A nice place to sit and wait, pictured below.Cash only which is always good to know ahead of time. I’m going to return another day and photograph the women cooking and working for the People at Work series, THANK YOU.

“Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends….”live music across the street

Wood Fired Pizza below.

And I bought a book for the grandkids at East End Book Exchange East End Book Exchange They say they have rare books, too.

August 19, 2016 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Pittsburgh PhotographyTags: Bloomfield, Bocce, books, cabbage and greens, festival, food, Italian, Italy, Little Italy Days, macaroni and cheese, music, Nana's Place by Gibsons, neighborhood, Pittsburgh PA, Pittsburgh Photography, soul food, travel, vinyl records, wood fired pizza 15 Comments

Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival

My friend V said let’s go to the Renaissance Festival. She’d been with her niece more than a decade ago and they’d enjoyed it so much they went the next year. She saw it on the news.
We looked it up in the paper, got the details and set out for a fun Sunday, the last day before the students start school!

It was like taking a trip back in time. And a good photo opportunity.

Too bad I left my camera battery charging in the wall at home so I couldn’t use my camera. Yep. A cell phone captured the day.