Snow—Finally!!!!
by ap • February 14, 2007 • Pittsburgh • 0 Comments
The Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium shut down this week due to the snowfall. I can hardly believe that this made the national news.
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Putney Craft Tour
by ap • November 24, 2006 • New Hampshire, Pittsburgh, Upper Valley, Vermont • 0 Comments
Gloria was in town for Thanksgiving weekend. Here she is at Ken Pick’s Functional and Sculptural Pottery studio. 25 artists and artisans had their studios open for the tour this year.
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by ap • August 31, 2006 • Food, Pittsburgh • 0 Comments
A recent visit to my old Pittsburgh Squirrel Hill neighborhood brought me by one of the best deli’s in town, Kazansky’s. Notice too the color of the sky, kind of all white/cloudy/grey. Are those really colors?
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by ap • August 30, 2006 • Elsewhere, Food, Pittsburgh • 0 Comments
Fiesta Dinnerware
by ap • August 30, 2006 • Elsewhere, Food, Pittsburgh • 0 Comments
Fiesta® Dinnerware, is made by the Homer Laughlin China Company. They are largest domestic pottery employing over 1100 skilled workers in a 37 acre facility. Homer Laughlin is in Newell WV, about 1 hour from Pittsburgh. Fiesta Ware, along with other potteries, used uranium and depleted uranium for brilliant glaze colorings. 1973 was the last...
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