Holiday Brunchy 2009

A showstopper holiday brunch was held on December 5 on Sheridan.  Many of Pittsburgh's movers and shakers attended....yes, many of the City's go getters, do-gooders and hangers on-ers were seen there, along with some of the burgh's intelligentsia and bourgouise.  Lots of shop talk, policy wonking, and green banter was overheard.  

The bacon is crunchy

bring cookies to swap

come to our brunchy 

then please stay and mop.

Liberated from the G20

G20 experiences fantastic but glad to be home watching the Stillers, cooking chili and hanging with noj and nek (and stoor the bear, of course). Halloween is just a short month away and I'm loving the season. New York is coming up, then New Orleans. Hope we didn't get stiffed with the apartment. 

We're on the road to the Superbowl so look for more expert banter from Sheridan Avenue. Um, Bengals just scored; I guess I won't count my chickens....

Liberated from the G20

The St

Guests of Honor

Obviously I did not take the pictures of the family picnic otherwise I would have featured the guests of honor.  Well, here they are in Scotland two months ago...

Family Weekend

The banter this weekend was family.  This weekend the parents were moving from the Mt Lebanon townhome of eight years to a Continuing Care assistance apartment at Providence Point.  

The end of summer surf and turf of swordfish and steak was in celebration of the move from property to communal living; from taxes to monthly maintenance/activity fees; from endless waits for contractors to onstaff maintenance department.   

As I get ready to pay another month of bills, I am jealous ... but proud that they are comfortable!

Back home

Fun trip back east from Pittsburgh, filled with fun, misadventure and rescue. (Thanks to Mike). I took the long way home.

After a while the Turnpike gets boring soI dropped off the Turnpike at Irwin and took 30 East, the Lincoln Highway.

I got to spend some time in Greensburg for the first time in my life. Unfortunately, my main goal in the town, the Red Star Agave Grille, was closed on Mondays. I had to find lunch elsewhere, which for some perverse reason, I turned that elsewhere into the food court and the big mall on the east side of town. Oh, Yummy.

After lunch came my second disappointment of the day.

I'll give out this warning right now: If you're thinking, "Let's head down the Lincoln Highway to the small town of Laughlintown, right at the foot of the Laurel Mountains, and while we're there let's stop into the showroom of the great little bike shop that goes by the name of Speedgoat. We'll check out the latest in mountain bike teck and we'll ask about the local trails." If that's really what your thinking I'm telling you now - Don't Bother. The showroom is closed for renovation. So for now you'll have to be content with their website.

That's enough for now. I have further adventures later, but for now, it's still light out and I want to get a round of disc golf in before dark.

- Lancaster Guy

Back to Lancaster

All my favorite cows live in Lancaster. What that means I'm not saying.
I've just spent five days with good friends in Pittsburgh. Days spent filled with good food, music, and conversation.

Now it's back to my regular life in Lancaster.

On the way home I hope to stop off and ride the Lower Trail, (Lower is pronounce like flower).
A pleasant little Rail-Trail snuggled into the heart of PA. I'm sure it will be fun.

-Lancaster Guy

More photos

Just two of the people who contribute to this blog. Much more coming later.

Flood City

The PA Flood City that is: Johnstown.

Three of us went up there for the day to watch some music at their music festival. It is now a music festival, not like the preceding years when it was a folk festival. All kinds of music now.

We saw Brad Yoder, Kane Welch Kaplin, Scrapomatic, Bill Deasy, and finished off the night listening to Donna the Buffalo.

Lot's of fun was had by all.

Calm in my room

The dinner party is winding down and the blogging around the dinner table has slowed down. I am now in my room trying to post from a different computer. This is all new fun stuff.

More fun at the dinner party

Here is one of the hadsome men who spend their evening at our wonderful dinner party.

Some wine and butter sitting on the breakfast bar.

The start of this blog. After a wonderful dinner party and some friends in Highland Park

First Post

Here Today. For Now. After dinner with friends. Starting a blogs. All about life in the city of Pittsburgh. With an ancillary comments about life in Lancaster Pa.