Chartiers-Houston Community Library will welcome area jazz musicians, “The Dan Baker Group, for an outdoor concert at 7 p.m. Aug. 21. The concert is the result of a collaboration between Chartiers-Houston Community Library and Washington Jazz Society to end the summer on a high note. The ...
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve loved watching the Olympic Games.It doesn’t matter whether it is the Summer or Winter Games, I always enjoy so many of the events. Since I am an avid snow skier, I always have a slight preference for the Winter Olympics.I had such a crush on speedskater Eric ...
I think my house is slowly trying to kill me. It’s not like the Amityville Horror house or anything creepy like that. If that were the case, then the house surely would have tried to electrocute me a few months ago when I changed out a light fixture for the first time in my life. I double, ...
Temperatures have been all over the place this spring and now early summer. June had 20 days above 80 degrees but the first official 90- degree day of the year for Pittsburgh didn’t occur until Monday, June 28. Pittsburgh saw a high of only 66 on the 22nd, then soared to 92 on the 28th, and ...
Do you play the lottery? I sometimes do but usually only when jackpot amounts soar past $100 million – as if a prize of $5 million, $20 million or even $42 million isn’t enough to entice me to play. The last time I bought tickets, I didn’t even get one number correct.The odds of winning ...
I had a great run.After years and years of good semi-annual dental checkups, it was bound to happen. Rather than sending me off with the normal thumbs up and a new toothbrush, my dentist and hygienist had some news that I did not want to hear: I had a cavity. Two, to be precise. .. and there ...
