Hair Discounts from Ziggy February 28, 2007

I just found out my hairdresser reads this blog! I think he heard I was going to talk about him since I snapped a couple of shots of him hanging out at Winterfest and he was worried! (ha ha ha) Anyway, his name is Ziggy and he works at [...]

World’s best cookies! February 26, 2007

You are looking at the world’s best cookies. They’re organic, made locally, and absolutely dreamy.My favorite are the cinnamon chocolate chunk.The name of the company is 2 Sweet Kidz and the products are called Truly Wise. A Greensburg woman started it, Caren Weaver. She studied to be a chef… and I say all those classes [...]

Part of Pgh at the Oscars! February 24, 2007

Oscar night will be a big night for Pittsburgh. A local jewelry artist is featured in all the gift bags for every Oscar presenter!
I’ve talked about Cheri Hayden here before (shown here with her wonderful husband Dan). She helps out with lots of local charity events. I first met her and saw her work at [...]

Winterfest Thank you February 22, 2007

Thank you to Nancy Gormley who always organizes our Winterfest fun at Seven Springs every year. She was also kind enough to watch my son Zach while I was in the ski race. Great job again, Nancy!! (and please don’t think about getting revenge on me at next [...]

Watch the whole Sidney interview February 21, 2007

I hope you enjoyed my story tonight with hockey star Sidney Crosby on Action News at 5…. If you’d like to watch my unedited interview go back to the homepage and scroll down to middle and look on the right under Extras. You can click on there and watch the whole thing! [...]

Sidney Crosby Interview February 19, 2007

I hope you get a chance to watch my interview with Sidney Crosby Tuesday night on Action News at 5:00. After spending a little time with him, I can’t say enough good things about him. I wanted to do a more relaxed interview… so Sidney suggested we [...]

Race for the Cure Kickoff February 16, 2007

Hey, what a wild kickoff we had tonight for the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure! It was at the Hard Rock Cafe again… and jam packed. Since Andrew Stockey wasn’t able to emcee with me this year…. I ask Superbowl Steeler Chris Hoke (since I [...]

Penguins Dinner February 15, 2007

Lots of us from Channel Four helped with the Penguins At Your Service Dinner. It’s a wonderful fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis. It was packed! I’ve volunteered with this event for the past several years and this was the biggest and best yet! I waited tables with two of the Penguins. I [...]

Andrew, Jim and Don February 12, 2007

I am SO TIRED of this cold weather! I can’t wait for Spring to finally find us…. In the meantime, the weekend snow made me think of Winterfest. So I thought I’d share these random pictures from Seven Springs and try to remember the time I actually had fun in [...]

tug of war February 12, 2007

Tug Of War This is one of the games we play during the Celebrity Olympics. I’m in the red hat. Janelle Hall is the one with her head down (she must have been concentrating) and that’s Steeler James Harrison behind me.

Here’s Steeler Chris Hoke… and the one all bundled up [...]

More Winterfest Fun February 12, 2007

Here’s Steeler Chris Hoke and Kelly Frey (I can’t figure out how she manages to always look so beautiful!)

Here’s me pushing Stephen Cropper down the hill for the “Human Bowling Game”… in which I was horrible (sorry Stephen)

Here’s Stephen talking about how horrible I was….. and me in the background trying [...]

Winterfest Weekend February 11, 2007

What a wonderful Winterfest!
I have several pictures to share over the next few days… but first I want to say how great it was to have Steelers Nose Tackle Chris Hoke and his wife, Jaimee, and the kids join us.
I first met Chris in a Starbucks a few years ago…. and since then I’ve been [...]

God Grew Tired of Us February 6, 2007

I’m am working today on a very dear story. It’s about two young men from war-torn Sudan who now live in Pittsburgh.
When they were young, the brutal war separated Daniel Pach and Panther Blor from their families. They had to ban together with other young boys and wander [...]

Fabric Artist February 4, 2007

I am so proud of my dear friend Shawn Quinlan.He is a wonderful artist and has a show right now at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts on 5th Avenue in Shadyside.

We started working at WTAE about the same time. I’ve been able to watch him grow as an artist through the years and this [...]

Superbowl ZackSnacks! February 3, 2007

Ok. Hope you’re staying warm this weekend! Here are some of our ZackSnack recipes for you to try:
We call this first one ‘SWEET ALLYS’ (This one came from Wendy Bell’s sister)
Intredients: 1/2 cup butter [...]