Who knew there would be a nightmarket going on in Squirrel Hill neighborhood when we decided to go to the movies and grab a bite to eat?
Squirrel Hill Nightmarket Saturday Night
Tag: Squirrel Hill
Shoe Repair on Murray Avenue
Today’s post is inspired by The Zingara Project’s April 4th blog post Whispers of Work: A Lament for Extinct Professions*
For April Poetry Month, friend and poet Lisa Hase-Jackson has been posting daily prompts for writers.
*Click the link above to see the daily prompt, including a list of vanishing or extinct professions. You might think of a vulnerable profession that could be added to her list. (Switchboard operator was one)
Last Tuesday our mutual friend Kelly parked with the flashers on to pick up some resoled boots and refurbished shoes. I stayed in the car. And as I looked out the car window I thought of Lisa’s Profession Prompt and thought cobbler!
A skilled cobbler is hard to find.
Many people today are sporting flip flops, crocs and rubbery sport shoes.
Kelly says they do excellent work!
Squirrel Hill Shoe Repair “Located in Squirrel Hill, Squirrel Hill Shoe Repair is one of the great small shoe repair shops left in Pittsburgh. Squirrel Hill Shoe Repair offers friendly and expert service on shoe repairs such as heels, soles, leather conditioning and strap repair. You can also find a variety of shoe care items such as polishes, laces and sealants.” Report on KDKA CBS News by Jennifer Stockdale
Putting new zippers in purses and bags
Lone Potato
Lone potato, curbside. Squirrel Hill, Saturday morning.
Almost Six Years Ago
Reblogged from Nov 3, 2013
Keeping Tabs A Holocaust Sculpture Dedication
Sunday afternoon was the official dedication of the Gary and Nancy Tuckfelt Keeping Tabs- A Holocaust Sculpture at the Community Day School at the corner of Beechwood Boulevard and Forward Ave. The sculpture is a maze in the shape of the Star of David, created with glass blocks which are filled with six million pop tabs which took almost five years to collect , each tab representing a human life lost in the Holocaust. Many people contributed time, money and effort to the creation of the sculpture and the beautiful surrounding park. Walking into the maze, one is struck by the magnitude of the horror of genocide, the number of victims is hard to fathom but the pop tabs in the glass blocks are a reminder of the millions killed.
The resident artist, Elena Hiatt Houlihan has been with this project since 2002. Pop tabs were being collected since 1996 and Mr. Walter the History Teacher at Community Day School had aquariums filled with them when Elena arrived to help the student teams design the sculpture. Their original artist statement was read by her at the dedication ceremony today.
Elena had been a resident artist at Greenfield Elementary when I was the art teacher there and I remember her talking about the ongoing work of this sculpture and then funding and other circumstances delayed the completion.
It was a beautiful Autumn afternoon and there were speeches and prayers and an 8th grader played the violin. A chill wind and shadows gave one a shudder and reminded those present of the significance of the memorial sculpture. Never Forget.
I went up earlier in the day to photograph the memorial sculpture before all the people arrived.
Receiving a standing ovation, Mr. Walter comes to the podium to speak
Artist in Residence Elena Hiatt Houlihan and Social Studies Teacher Mr. Bill Walter who started the collection of the pop tabs when he was teaching the Holocaust to middle school students at Community Day School.
Article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about the Keeping Tabs Memorial Sculpture Dedication, this time including Elena Hiatt Houlihan’s name
This block will be used for educational presentations. I put a tab in and then asked the next woman if I might photograph her doing so and she agreed.
Usually it’s Bunnies and Egg Decorations this Time of Year
The Direction of Light
The direction of available light affects the image significantly-
Chinese Lanterns on Murray Avenue
Saw these on my way to my car after lunch with a friend.
There are at Least 14 Ways to Spell It!
And here is an article explaining the most popular and the second most popular way to spell- Hanukkah or Chanukah? The Festival of Light.
Tuesday- the fourth night.
I was invited for potato latkes and the lighting of the Hanukkah candles at my friend’s house. We taught together these past 6 years until I moved to the high school this year. The first photo is her beautiful Menorah on the mantle. Her kids are grown up and out of town, too. She and her husband and I sat by there fire and then she lit the fourth candle. It gets dark so early now as we approach the shortest day of the year. The warmth of the fire and the glow from the colorful candles was lovely.
After we ate the latkes(served with sour cream and or applesauce) Ann lit the fourth candle.
We left for an adventure, traipsing around Squirrel Hill, Murray Avenue and Forbes. Up and down trying to decide where we should eat! At least it wasn’t raining. We had a nice evening, catching up on our families and school and mutual friends. When we walked by the Giant Eagle supermarket and a young man asked if we were Jewish and she said, yes and he asked if she had candles. Then we saw the table set up in front of the market with another young man cooking latkes on a griddle. They had applesauce available and their organization had a big sign on the Menorah. They told me they were “spreading light in the world.” I asked if it would be okay to blog them and they gathered to gather for a group shot. Pulled out the cell phone camera. Yep, my camera was back by Ann’s house in the back trunk of the car.
Thanks Ann for including me in the candle lighting and for taking me on a good healthy walk around the neighborhood to find the best dinner.
Watch Your Lettuce!
Steve and I picked up Dorothy to go to her daughter’s for dinner. As she got in the car, the rabbit hopped across her front lawn to her tulips. She’s planted lettuce in the back garden. It was late in the day, the light coming from the side. When I see a rabbit I think of Watership Down(click link for more info). I liked the book but not the movie.
