60 mpg This was my mpg reading when I got home today – I averaged 60.1 mpg over the 62.5 round trip of my commute. A personal record, I think! (I drove carefully, caught most of the lights, didn't need to pull out fast into traffic, was able to drive with the windows up and…
Today we went to BeaveRun racecourse to watch the finals of weekend #1 of Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix racing. They generally run some of the more recent and more powerful cars at BeaveRun, which is a road-style course, but not so winding as the course at Schenley Park where they'll run the real oldies next…
Nikki coffee table Nikki liked so well what Al did with our coffee table last Fall, that she decided to try the same with the coffee table she found on CraigsList for her new apartment… only she's using some of her very own handmade tiles which were part of her capstone project when she got…
July is national ice cream month! What's your favorite flavor?Submitted by LittleWiseOne. Creme brulee Especially yummy with sliced bananas on top! Read and post comments | Send to a friend
Too bad you can't hear all the songbirds… Porch breakfast Read and post comments | Send to a friend
New Scorpion exhaust The Red Runt got a little bling in the form of a brand-new Scorpion exhaust system, just in time for the Mini picnic on Sunday. Also, it's now "no longer cute" 🙂 Read and post comments | Send to a friend
July 10 2008 This week's organic bounty from the farm (Kretschmann's): more (much more) zucchini, lettuce, beets, Swiss chard, and parsley. New this week: fennel, a cucumber (no idea how they got one that big this early), zucchini blossoms, new potatoes, and an onion. And this is the "small" subscription. Also, for the…
Here's where we'll be the next 2 weekends: http://www.popcitymedia.com/features/grandprix0625.aspx In addition to the regular festivities, this year we have tickets to the Pittsburgh Mini Club event and lunch at BeaveRun (since we now have a Mini). But I still like the displays and races of the really old cars at Schenley Park the best. I plan…
Hi neighbors! Please join me in welcoming my son Alex to Vox! He's leaving tomorrow for a semester in Brisbane, which he plans to blog about. Any comments will be welcome, to encourage him to continue… 🙂 And the goodbye is for my "little" boy – although you've been away from home for 4 months before, it's never been…
When You Are Engulfed in Flames David Sedaris Nikki & I went down to Joseph-Beth at Southside Works today for a book reading and signing by David Sedaris. I'm glad we got there as early as we did (arrived at 12:30 for the 2:00 reading), because that allowed us to get a seat even after getting…
Where have the days gone? 