A Brief Evolution of Beautiful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
What do I have to say about Pittsburgh? It’s a small big city. Getting to the center of Pittsburgh...
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Historic House Tours of Lancaster, PA
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes You know I love historic house tours. (See Tags in lower left—I...
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What’s to Love About Pennsylvania
Yesterday was one of those Pennsylvania days I love. I’ve lived in California, Ohio, and my...
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The Lucerne Lion and Being Observant
Lions were—are—my high school’s mascot. Do I still have an affinity for them? I suppose. That...
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Dinosaurs Roaming Pittsburgh?
Have I publicly declared my dinosaur-related activities? I think not. In my Cancerian-paranoia,...
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Do you avoid or embrace life’s left turns?
I plan my trips around Pittsburgh to avoid making left turns where there aren’t arrows. Sometimes...
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The Diversity and Small Town Feel of Squirrel Hill
Spending a day in Squirrel Hill creates an awareness of community with an easy mingling of multiple ethic backgrounds and religions—people mix together and get along because that’s the way it’s always worked.
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The Reverse Yield City of Pittsburgh
The proper way to yield: If I’m on the highway and someone is coming from a ramp to get on, I move into the left lane—if I can. If I can’t the ramp-driver has to stop. Not so in my city.
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Stomping my Old Stomping Grounds
Isn’t it better to learn from the sad moments we stumbled through as teenagers and plunge fully forward, loving adulthood, than it is to wallow in what didn’t go perfectly forty years ago?
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Doors Open Pittsburgh – What a City View!
Doors Open Pittsburgh is a fantastic way to see the Steel City’s historic buildings from the inside out as well as structures built as part of the new tech/financial/medical city that keeps progressing in remaking itself. It’s great fun to be able to access places that you normally cannot get into unless you work there.
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400 Hundred-year-old Trees–Forest Treasures
In early autumn, we took a trip to northern Pennsylvania that included both Forest and Warren Counties. Tionesta was my childhood vacation destination and is still lovely.
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Flavors of the Strip District of Pittsburgh
Time for fresh biscotti? Want an inexpensive breakfast out? How about a true Italian espresso?...
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RoseMary Griffith
