My mom and little sister, Erin came up to Pittsburgh to visit for the afternoon and after a fun-filled day in the Strip we decided to eat dinner at Khalil’s with my brother (who was filling in for a friend and washing dishes that evening). We were seated in a room with only a few [...]

My boyfriend and I sometimes run into the predicament that is… where to eat dinner? It was a dreary day in southwest PA and frankly I wanted to go to the nearest fast food joint as quickly as possible and then get home and settle down on the couch and put on a good movie. [...]

I was recently in Butler, visiting my boyfriends mom and after doing a bit of shopping and snacking on a PA favorite, an Auntie Anne’s pretzel, we decided we would head to the local Mexican Restaurant, Rey Azteca.. We have been to Rey Azteca enough for me to know exactly what I wanted to order, [...]

Klavon’s Ice Cream Parlor on Penn Avenue in the Strip District of Pittsburgh is truly a trip back in time. I kinda feel like I’m in Hill Valley circa 1955 (Back to the Future) expecting Marty McFly to come running through the door. The store used to be a pharmacy, like most ice cream parlors [...]

I have been hearing great things about The Quiet Storm for some time now and finally got to see what all the fuss was about awhile back when I went with my family. My mom, two little sisters and nephew were here from Maryland so we decided to meet my brother, also a Pittsburgher, and [...]

Wow! The past two weeks,  I’ve been fishing across the south central and north central part of the state like a man on a mission. I’ve been having a ton of fun catching a  wide variety of species available here in Pennsylvania AND hanging out with some great fisherman and friends! In the past 14 [...]

When I first moved home to Pittsburgh a year ago, I knew no one but my parents and one college friend. I was determined to meet new people, and the best experience I had was with a group of runners who call themselves “People Who Run Downtown.” For 23 years, this group has been gathering [...]

Through a long series of events, I found myself fishing Tom’s Creek in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area with my father on Saturday. This is a beautiful mountain stream that cuts its way through the wilderness. It has a very steep gradient resulting in several drop-offs and tiny waterfalls. Oh [...]

I live in what used to be Germantown very near to what used to be Little Italy.  Over the past decade, you are more likely to hear Russian or Ukrainian in old Germantown and Spanish in Little Italy.  You still hear Italian here and there, but now in the grocery store, I frequently hear Indian [...]

I don’t always have the time or the gumption to go to Presque Isle for a walk and some birding, but I am lucky enough to live near the 2nd best spot in the city for these two activities and certainly the best in the southern part of the city: the Erie Cemetery.
The Erie Cemetery [...]