Along with chocolate-filled heart-shaped cookies, a box of delicious tea and other sundries.
My friend Joanne shipped a surprise box to me a few days ago and look what was inside.
An Octopus with 8 folding arms and 16 clips – a hanging dryer called Pressa from IKEA.
Look how perfectly it holds my handknit socks. It even matches my bathroom tile.
Thank you for the lovely gifts, Joanne. A fun surprise.







Here’s the Post-Gazette article by Patricia Sheridan that my friend sent the other morning. Last week V and I toured the Pittsburgh Magazine’s Ultimate House penthouse and two of the condos in the fully restored and renovated old furniture showroom and warehouse Empire on Liberty.