Wednesday, May 23, 2012

The Parador Inn (Pittsburgh)

When BF and I settled on Pittsburgh, we also discussed bringing my dog with us.  After that was settled, I set out to find a dog-friendly B&B (BF and I try to stay at bed & breakfasts, small/owner operated, help out small business and they’re usually a lot more fun, if more expensive).  A quick Google search turned up a few that looked interesting, but putting in our dates knocked out a few… then I came across The Parador Inn.  Though the site said nothing about being pet-friendly, I’d found it by searching ‘pet friendly bed breakfast Pittsburgh’ so I quickly [...]

Double Play Cafe (Pittsburgh)

The next morning, after a hearty breakfast at our bed&breakfast, we decided to wander around various districts in Pittsburgh.  A quick bit of searching found us in the South Side district, because I realized it was mostly an outdoors shopping strip, and… I didn’t tell you?  We had Keywee with us.  Our first road trip with my dog.  (His is still too young to bring in the car for such a long ride… she was remarkably good, we put her bed in the backseat but she mostly chose to sleep on my lap.  I think she was confused initially as [...]

Stollen from Koglin Royal Hams in Grand Central Market

December 18, 2008 by  
Filed under Bakeries, Desserts, Manhattan, Midtown, Restaurants

I love those weekends that come together perfectly, with less to do than normal, where I can wake up at my leisure and stroll around my neighborhood, wandering in and out of random stores… a near-perfect day, so I say. This past Sunday, I actually woke up at 9 am, knowing I had a lot of stuff I wanted to do at a leisurely pace. I am thrilled to report that I managed to check off all 12 items on my To Do list, and still spend time with my boyfriend (and my dog, who, as you can see, wasn’t [...]

Stay-cation 2008

I kind of hate the term, but since someone else coined it, whatever: I took all of last week off from work in order to take care of some personal business.  Taking vacation from work but not going anywhere is called “Stay-cation” now… Honestly, it feels weird to not go anywhere, but I am trying to save money, so it made sense.  Even though I still went out… as the pictures will show! Friday, June 20, lunch: Exactly the reason I avoided street meat for so long.  Yes, I had a tummy ache later.  This awful place on Water and [...]

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