Wendi's Weekend Trips & Whatnot

Travel. Food. Fun.

Reached Pittsburgh, Relived Reacher

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I am the type of person who can watch a movie over and over and enjoy it as much as I did the first time. Maybe even more. My husband, Bobby, is not like that. He doesn't usually watch a movie a second time, let alone over and over. The one exception is the movie Jack Reacher. We both really like that movie. (Blog continues below photos.) So when we decided to make a trip to Pittsburgh on Saturday, April 23, 2016 we knew we had to visit some of the sites where the movie was filmed. (As an … [Read more...]

Nadine’s: Small Space, Huge Tastes in Pittsburgh

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When my husband, Bobby, suggested we go to Pittsburgh for the day on Saturday, April 23, 2016, one of the first things we did was search Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. That is our style. We want to check out area restaurants that Guy Fieri has already been to. (We also like to see where Michael Symon goes. His show is Burgers, Brew and 'Que.) For our trip to Pittsburgh, we had five options to choose from. We decided that we would at least have to try Nadine's Bar and Restaurant which is on the … [Read more...]

The Ups and Down of the Duquesne Incline

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I have been to Pittsburgh three times in my life. Once when I was a teenager (16 or 17 years old), once to visit IKEA (4-5 years ago) and on Saturday, April 23, 2016. Of those three times, I have ridden the Duquesne Incline two times. Both times were memorable.  When I was there as a teenager it was because this was my first time to a "big city" without my parents. This time, it was because I got to use a little bit of sign language and enjoy making another memory with my husband, … [Read more...]

Falling for Brandywine Falls

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Since I saw a Facebook post about the best waterfalls in Ohio, I have been looking forward to nice weather so I could start visiting them. Finally, Saturday, April 16, 2016,  I got the opportunity to at least see one.  We visited Brandywine Falls at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Sagamore Hills Township. On our drive there, Bobby read to me the blog Linda Hall wrote of her and her husband's hike to the falls. Her blog talked of taking a lengthy hike in which she eventually made it … [Read more...]

A Perfect Date in Columbus

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My husband, Bobby, and I always have a great time together. Well, I should say usually, because there are times when I am...let's say a wee bit moody. But most of the time that isn't the case. So having a perfect date is not out of the ordinary. (Hey, maybe that is why I started this blog.) Saturday, March 19, 2016, was another great time away. It all started when I found out that a friend of ours, Audrey Lombardo, was performing in a community theater production in Grove City, Ohio. … [Read more...]