Category: home & garden
May 21, 2012
food for thought
“It’s like making sausage,” he says as he organizes marked up proofs of that week’s food section. “Sometimes these are really messy.”
March 28, 2012
bricks and mortar of mt. lebanon
Joel Cluskey of Mt. Lebanon’s Historic Preservation Board shares tips about maintaining brick houses.
March 28, 2012
creating a scene
The great outdoors is the greatest, but, nothing says home like creating cozy yard areas for enjoying your corner of the world.
February 27, 2012
the payoff for sustainability
Ian Smith of Standard Solar is 6’4”, and yet he manages to squeeze his angular frame through a small bedroom window and onto our roof, the better to assess the potential for a solar installation on our Mt. Lebanon house. He’s done his homework prior to his visit, using Pictometry to view aerial snapshots of our house that suggest the sun’s rays will shine at a favorable angle.
December 26, 2011
antiques roadshow
People came to Pittsburgh from all over the Midwest and East Coast, hoping their treasures would be selected for the Antiques Roadshow segments that will appear February 13, 20 and…
October 23, 2011
historic preservation
his year, regional leaders visited Dormont to celebrate the opening night of the Hollywood Theater. Natalia Rudiak of the Pittsburgh City Council and Kathy Risko of the Congress of Neighboring…