Monthly Archives: June 2010
Cooking Light Recipes: Feta-Stuffed Pork Chops, Asparagus, & Garlic Fries
For our next meal, we got ambitious and made three different dishes, ranging from the simple to the more complex. The result was a fantastic ensemble meal with complementary flavors and a healthy calorie count at the end! Here are … Continue reading
World Cup On The South Side
For whatever reason, I’m one of those people who become a soccer junkie every four years when the World Cup rolls around. If it’s on and I’m in front of a TV, I’ll watch soccer pretty much whenever to begin … Continue reading
Dave Matthews Band At The Blossom Music Center (Plus The Kountry Korner!)
Summertime, although I dislike the hot parts, is always an exciting time of year, because it means that tickets for the Hamilton Musical open up early at that time! Since the summer of 2000, I have been regularly attending Dave … Continue reading
Cooking Light Recipes: Cherry Crisp Sourced From Our Own Cherry Tree
As homeowners, we discovered a new treat this spring – one of the trees in our backyard is a cherry tree! So, for Father’s Day, we decided to use cherries from our own tree to make some desserts for our … Continue reading
Murray Avenue Restaurant Challenge: Mineo’s Pizza
For a quick afternoon snack, we headed up the hill to grab a slice of pizza at Mineo’s. Michael is quite the pizza snob, and he loves sampling every independent pizza shop he sees to find out if it stacks … Continue reading
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Cooking Light Recipes: Spinach, Cherry Tomato and Gorgonzola Penne
We went back to pasta for dish #8, although we modified the original recipe a bit. This was originally a recipe for ziti with spinach, cherry tomatoes, and gorgonzola sauce, but we substituted penne, as we were able to purchase … Continue reading
The Bridges Of Pittsburgh: Hot Metal Bridge
We revisited the Hot Metal Bridge on the day of the USA’s opening World Cup game. While it was a much sunnier day, it was also quite muggy and hot. Here is the same view of the city from the … Continue reading
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Classy Hotdogs & Extravagant Funnel Cake At The Pittsburgh Arts Festival
This was one of the 2009 list items that made it back around for the second round, as we never made it to the Arts Festival last year. If you live in Pittsburgh, you know the Arts Festival curse, where … Continue reading
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The Fabulous Architecture of Pittsburgh
In the event that you’ve never been to Pittsburgh, you may not be aware of the fantastic amount of architecture we have. The buildings are gorgeous, and old and wonderful, and we wanted to try to take some really neat … Continue reading
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