Category: Pittsburgh
Snow—Finally!!!!
| February 14, 2007 | Filled under Pittsburgh |
The Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium shut down this week due to the snowfall. I can hardly believe that this made the national news.
Putney Craft Tour
| November 24, 2006 | Filled under New Hampshire, Pittsburgh, Upper Valley, Vermont |
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.
Sq. Hill
| August 31, 2006 | Filled under Food, Pittsburgh |
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?
World’s Largest Teapot
| August 30, 2006 | Filled under Elsewhere, Food, Pittsburgh |
On the way towards Newell WV to the Homer Laughlin China Company riverside factory.
Fiesta Dinnerware
| August 30, 2006 | Filled under Elsewhere, Food, Pittsburgh |
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 year Fiesta produced pottery containing uranium. This photo contains some ‘retired’ radioactive Fiesta Ware pieces containing uranium.