Posted in Pittsburgh, Travel, life, tagged Pittsburgh, road trip, Travel on August 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today I drove around the back roads of Southwestern Pennsylvania. Here’s the route I took – View Larger Map - choosen at random, knowing I wanted to go south and west, then north, then east and south to get back to Pittsburgh. No pictures, as I was driving, but here’s the highlights:
Saw an Amish buggy
A big, [...]
Posted in Travel, life, tagged ALA, Billy Goat Tavern, Chicago, Travel on July 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My ALA Conference, in pictures.
That’s it basically – well, that’s it because I forgot to take my camera with me on Sunday to the Book Cart Drill Team Championships. Oops. I’ll be getting pictures of that from friends, and will post them as soon as I get them.
Posted in Librar*, Travel, life, tagged Book Cart Drill Team, Chicago, life, Pittsburgh, Steel City Kings, Travel on July 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here’s the links for the Steel City Kings Book Cart Drill Team (I was a member) in the National Competition – we took 3rd place and won a “bronze” book cart!
NPR – All Things Considered - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106561675 Mari, one of the team members, is the first one interviewed on the “listen now” button. There’s also a [...]
Posted in TV, Travel, life, tagged road trip, Travel, West Virginia on July 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For the Fourth of July Weekend, I decided I needed to get out of town. So I rented a car, printed some directions and was off to traverse the state routes of West Virginia because, well, why not?
I left Friday night, and drove the interstate to Morgantown, then drove the state routes to Elkins. I [...]
Posted in Travel, tagged New Orleans, NOLA, Travel, Trip, volunteer on March 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
(HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!)
On Monday, we got to “sleep in” until 7:30! We went to the Louisiana Children’s Museum to help with school groups. B, E, and I worked in the “grocery store” helping the children locate items that started with “M” and to “checkout” using those items. It was, um, eventful. So eventful in [...]
Posted in Travel, tagged Animal Rescue New Orleans, ARNO, Camilla Grill, cats, Cooter Browns, Green Light New Orleans, New Orleans, NOLA, Streetcar, Travel, Trip, volunteer on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday we woke up early and took the streetcar to the bus to go to Animal Rescue New Orleans. R and I cleaned cat cages and played with the cats, while B and E cleaned dog cages and walked dogs. I fell in love with 2 cats -Valentina and Minnie. I wanted to take them [...]
Posted in Travel, tagged New Orleans, NOLA, Travel, Trip, volunteer on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Friday afternoon, we flew out of Pittsburgh and arrived in New Orleans in the early evening. After checking in, E (my roommate for the weekend) and I walked to Coop’s Place in the French Quarter. We started with fried shrimp (E’s first taste of shrimp!) and Abita (Purple Haze for me, Turbo Dog for E). [...]
Posted in Travel, tagged New Orleans, Travel on February 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
That’s right!! I got hooked up on a trip to New Orleans for Spring Break. Four days in the Crescent City volunteering for litercy. Of course, there will be time off as well.
The first night, I already know I’m gonna eat at Cooter Brown’s. Last time I was in NOLA, that was the best place [...]
Posted in Travel, cats, life, tagged cat, Christmas, holiday, xmas on January 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
As promised, here’s a recap of the holidays.
Of course, the holidays revolve around Smokey Joe Joe the Wonder Cat (yes, that’s his full name). For those of you following along at home, SJJtWC was my cat until my sister cat-napped him instead of sending him to Lisbon. The nerve!! Every attempt to cat-nap him back [...]
Posted in Battlestar Galactica, Pittsburgh, Travel, life, move, tagged Au Bon Pain, Battlestar Galactica, BSG, Chicago, Christmas Story House, Church Brew Works, Cleveland, Duquesne Incline, Giant Eagle, Illinois, Indiana, Matress Factory, Mentor, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, this is almost a week late – it’s last Wednesday’s travelogue, but I’ve had limited Internet access and have been trying to get all my ducks in a row. I will also post today about life in Pittsburgh thus far. And there’s no pictures because I have forgotten to download them from the camera! [...]
