No Kids, Will Travel
The Passengers are at the Gates… and Their Friends are, too
You can now share the joys of going through airport security and not even go anywhere. The days of the hurried kiss-and-go in the loading zone that have been with us since September, 2001 are gone — at least at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT). You now have the option to park your car and walk […]
Irma Update
The world and the US media have finally taken notice of the tragedy playing out in the Caribbean and the Virgin Islands in Irma’s wake. We also have to give credit where credit is due and that is to MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle. She spent most of last week in the Virgin Islands drawing attention to […]
Irma and the Media’s Failing
Like many people, I’ve spent the past week watching the slow-motion horror of Hurricane Irma work its way along the Leeward Islands. The massive Category 5 hurricane, maybe the biggest ever recorded, churned and chewed up the small island nations and territories. The damage reports on the island of Barbuda alone are staggering. The government […]
SV Delos
We all have that occasional dream of chucking it all, hitting the high seas and sailing around the world. Well, I do at least. I’m always interested in hearing about the people who actually do it. You’ll find a lot of blogs out there following boats making one journey or another, some good, some bad, […]
Strange Things…
The post this weekend won’t exactly be that long, and it doesn’t really need to be. I made a trip out to Santa Clara, California, just outside of San Jose. I normally don’t travel to cover anime conventions for my side job — at least to those that aren’t within driving distance. But I had […]
Little Italy, Small World
Pittsburgh’s Little Italy is located in the neighborhood of Bloomfield, which gets its name from a note that George Washington made in his journal about the field of blooming flowers close to the settlement. Bloomfield saw an influx of German Catholic immigrants in the late 1860s and a wave of Italians around 1900, specifically from […]
Otakon 2017
We (Andrea and I) find ourselves immersed in the world of anime once again. The convention we historically visited in Baltimore moved an hour south to a much larger venue in Washington, DC. We like the chance to share in a celebration of a common fandom, Japanese pop-culture and anime. The really cool part is […]
Many hands make light work
The work at a vineyard is never done. You have to prune, train, plant, pick all in the vineyard before you ever get to the winemaking process. A big part of that process is protecting the vines and their fruit from wildlife. We have a 12 foot fence around the grapes to protect them from […]
A Ducky Tour
This past week, my coworkers and I took an hour-long tour of downtown Pittsburgh aboard a 1942 duck boat. I had seen the Just Ducky tour vehicles around town since we moved to Pittsburgh three years ago, but hadn’t been aboard one. This team-building adventure was just the opportunity I needed to take the plunge. […]
From First Flight to the Moon Landing
I often have trouble relating to people, especially the younger they are, the miracle of the moon landing back in July 1969. The miracle of the moon landing was one created by a country, a brilliant team, and three brave men who dared to go where no one had gone before. The footprints left in […]
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