Science Center Closed Friday November 26, 2008

 FYI: I just got this notice and thought I’d pass it along in case you’re planning to take your kids to the Science Center on Friday. 
Dear Mrs. Wright,
Due to large crowds anticipated for the WVU/Pitt football game at Heinz field, Carnegie Science Center will be closed Friday, November 28. The Science Center will re-open at 10 am on Saturday, November 29.

Inspiretees / Historical Website November 26, 2008

  I’ve noticed you like to check out the links I share about local products to buy. Thanks to all of you who checked out the local illustrator. He already sent along a nice thank you note. 
  Here’s another one for you that might make a nice holiday gift. A local woman named Michele Conti has designed [...]

Local Illustrator November 25, 2008

  This is Charles Ott.  He’s an artist from Baden and sent me a quick email about his work to share with you here…. and he’s offering us a holiday special deal.  

 
Click here to get to his website.
He does pen and ink drawings featuring the landmarks and scenes of Pittsburgh, as well as historic landmarks of [...]

Deasy and Holiday Gifts November 19, 2008

    OK OK OK….  I’m sorry I haven’t been able to post in a while. Thanks to all of you who’ve written in asking me what’s going on. : )
    First, my friend, Bill Deasy is releasing a new album.

He’s a fantastic local singer/songwriter and I’m a big fan. Click here to hear a sample [...]

Surgicorps Making a Difference November 12, 2008

   Here’s more from the beautiful story I did yesterday on Action News at 6:00. 
   For those of you who missed it,  a local plastic surgeon, Dr. Jack Demos founded a charity called Surgicorps 14 years ago. It’s a wonderful program in which medical volunteers donate their time and talent to go to developing countries [...]

Strip District Fun / Ticket November 11, 2008

   Here’s some fun we had over the weekend with our friends in the Strip District… but as you browse through these photos of our adventure… you can also think about how I lost track of time and the fact my parking meter was running out! UGH.
   Here are the girls being entertained at Wholey’s [...]

Three Random Things November 8, 2008

   A couple of weeks ago Mike Clark and I ran out to Panera Bread to pick up lunch for ourselves and a few people back at the station. (I got the Fandango salad with chicken.. yummy)  While we were waiting on the food, this wonderful woman recognized us and we went over to say [...]

Apache Blessing November 7, 2008

   Here is the last thing I’ll share from my recent vacation to Arizona.  This Apache elder sat under a tree with my kids and me and talked to us about his life.  He was soft spoken and my kids were mesmerized by every word.  He talked for about 45 minutes and then sang two [...]

Guess Who’s on Rachel Ray? November 7, 2008

  I just got word that a woman who I talked about on one of my first blog posts is going to be on Rachel Ray in the morning (Friday Nov 7th at 10:00am) Caren Weaver is a local organic baker. Her company is called Truly Wize Bakery and she makes the best cookies I’ve ever [...]

Hiking in Sedona’s Red Rock November 6, 2008

  There are a few more things to share from my recent vacation to Sedona.  We stayed at the beautiful Enchantment Resort which is in the Boynton Canyon right in the middle of “Red Rock Country.” The spa there was rated #1 in the world!!!!!!!! But there was so much fun stuff to do with the [...]

Ton of Election Night Photos November 5, 2008

  You should know I’m going to be hated for posting most of these pictures here of my wonderful co-workers.   But I wanted to say thank you to all of them for making our election coverage excellent. Here are, thanks to producer Rich Cook, some pictures of what was happening in the Action Newsroom last night starting [...]

Coming Soon November 5, 2008

   My friend and wonderful producer Rich Cook brought his camera to capture some of the newsroom happenings on election night. Rich produced all of our web update videos which I anchored.. and when he wasn’t doing that…. he was snapping away… especially when the pizza arrived.  He was kind enough to send me some of [...]

Garbage Bag Gala November 4, 2008

        This was a fun event and a very unique way to raise money. I loved it! I was invited to emcee the 7th annual Garbage Bag Gala to benefit a wonderful program by the Salvation Army. It was held at the Fox Chapel Racquet Club.  Last year this event raised more than [...]

Coming up…. November 3, 2008

     Tomorrow night I’m going to be live on thepittsburghchannel.com doing election night updates. So if you’re not near your television….or if you live somewhere other than the Pittsburgh region….  just log on to our website and I’ll help keep you informed of the latest news from the election.  
     I also wanted [...]

Last Minute Costume November 2, 2008

    One of my good friends is visiting this weekend from Orlando. Troy has been a family friend for as long as I can remember. 
    Troy and Derek and I decided at 9:00 Halloween night to go to a party and needed a costume.  So here we are at a local drug store … and [...]