My husband, Bobby, is a magician who routinely performs shows throughout North East Ohio. That means that he gets paid to perform magic, usually. There are times when he does just perform for the fun of it. This is what happened when we ended up visiting our niece, Nicole, at her apartment on the campus of North Eastern University. We were there so that Nicole could help our other niece, Courtney, with something for school. While they were working on it in her bedroom, Bobby, Michelle … [Read more...]
The Memorials that Help Us Remember 9/11
The first and only time I saw the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center was in 1989, when I rode with my parents as they drove to JFK International Airport. Our purpose for the trip was to drop my sister, Sonni, and her husband, Grady off with their three children, Ashley, Justin and Stefan so they could fly to Madrid, Spain. Grady was being deployed there for his duty as an airman in the United States Air Force. We had never been to New York City and decided a way to kill some time with … [Read more...]
Dor-Stop is a Must Stop When Visiting Pittsburgh
With the holiday weekend upon us and a quiet one planned in my corner of the world, I thought I would wrap up my blogs about our recent trip to Pittsburgh. We went to support a couple who own Cuckoos Nest Magic Shop. We also rode the Duquesne Incline, checked out some of the sites where they filmed Jack Reacher and ate a late lunch at Nadine's. (By the way, if want to read about those events, you can click on the respective links.) One other place we stopped was at the Dor-Stop … [Read more...]
Reached Pittsburgh, Relived Reacher
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
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...]