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Murrysville native helps save ‘Restaurants on the Edge’ in Netflix showVideo
Murrysville native Courtney Hazlett hates to see a restaurant with a great location – and a great view – slipping into obscurity. With that in mind, Hazlett’s production company, OutEast Entertainment, created “Restaurants on the Edge,” which debuted in late February on Netflix. On the show, a team of experts...
Bringing it home: Find inspiration in public spaces’ decor
Sometimes, sitting in a public place like a hotel lobby, you notice a mix of colors you’d never considered using in your own home — and you realize you absolutely love it. Or you see furniture that’s much more modern than you thought you liked, but it’s just what your...
Out & About: Greensburg Garden Center tea a floral-scented successVideo
Greensburg Garden Center’s annual Spring Tea was like a breath of fresh air in a weekend of otherwise foreboding news — bringing with it the scent of tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, forsythia, pussy willows and roses. Tables at the “March Into Spring” event, held March 14 at Maplewood Presbyterian Church in...
Out & About: NAACP prayer breakfast focuses on spiritual weapons
As event cancellations mounted, driven by coronavirus concerns, leaders of the Greensburg-Jeannette NAACP forged ahead with the organization’s Annual NAACP Prayer Breakfast. The event, held March 14 in the Ramada by Wyndham Greensburg Hotel and Conference Center, carried this heartening theme: “Prayer: Your Weapon of Warfare.” Conveying the message was...
Remember When: March 16
100 years ago County farmers against daylight saving system Westmoreland County farmers are against any attempt to revive the daylight saving system. The county farm bureau said previous daylight savings “worked more hardships on the farmer and his family than other thing that could be devised.” 75 years ago Lt....
Living with Children: From a proud mom-shamer
I’ve learned a new word! My daughter informs me that according to some mothers I am guilty of “mom-shaming” and should be ashamed of myself. I am a unashamed mom-shamer because I happen to believe that just as there is one proper way to go about training a dog (of...
Hearty stout makes for a tasty St. Patrick’s Day pot roast
Get ready for the heartiest and richest pot roast you’ve ever made. The addition of Guinness beer to this traditional recipe makes for the perfect St. Patrick’s Day dish — but it’s also just as delicious served on a cold winter day. The beer’s dark, rich flavor adds great depth,...
Guinness adds some Irish to your St. Patrick’s Day dessertVideo
Soda bread. Kegs and eggs. Shepherd’s pie. Corned beef and cabbage. All washed down with green beer. As you tuck into the deliciousness of St. Patrick’s Day dining options, make sure to save room for dessert. And put aside a Guinness or two. The Irish stout has the power to...
Travel tip: AAA survey reveals concerns about self-driving cars
A January AAA survey on automated vehicles says only about 12% of drivers would trust riding in a self-driving car. Driver concerns include knowing who will be legally responsible in the event of a crash, having laws to make sure self-driving cars are safe and knowing how vulnerable the vehicles...
Airlines relax policies, step up cleaning as coronavirus spreads
Major airlines are relaxing policies around flight change and cancellation fees and stepping up their cleaning efforts as coronavirus continues to spread. The global travel industry has taken a hit from the novel respiratory virus that causes covid-19, as the death toll from the virus continues to rise in the...
How to grow parsnips
If you enjoy eating carrots and growing them in your garden, I encourage you to try your hand at cultivating parsnips, too. They’re one of my family’s favorite root crops. Parsnips (Pastinaca sativa) are in the same plant family as carrots, celery, parsley, and dill (Apiaceae). They are all biennial...
Carving out new purposes for golf courses, country clubsVideo
Mike Smetak recalls learning to play golf at Timber Ridge Golf Club in East Huntingdon, before it closed in 2016. In years prior, the site off Route 31 was known as the Mulberry Hill Golf Course. Smetak says he finds it “a little surreal” that he and his wife, Lindsay,...
Orchid Society of Western Pennsylvania show blooming
With a theme of “An Orchid Journey,” the Orchid Society of Western Pennsylvania will hold its annual orchid show March 14-15 at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Pittsburgh. “An ‘orchid journey’ is meant to describe the opportunity to experience the unbelievable variety and beauty of orchids firsthand,” says Norma Raiff,...
Best plants for bees (but not for deer)
Question: I’m looking to add some more bee-friendly perennial plants to my flower garden this summer. Can you make some recommendations? It would be a bonus if the deer don’t eat them, but I know that’s a tough request! Answer: Kudos to you for wanting to provide more nectar-foraging plants...
Grafting tomatoes is well worth the effort
When Rich Gebrosky noticed grafted tomato plants in a seed catalog, it piqued his interest. “But they were so expensive,” he says, “I decided to look into it and see if I could make my own grafted plants.” Grafting tomatoes starts with two sets of plants. There’s the rootstock, which...
Pittsburgh Botanic Garden offers insight on healing gardens
The Pittsburgh Botanic Garden’s spring lecture and workshop is “Healing Gardens: At the Intersection of Nature and Health” on March 25 and 26. The lecture and workshop will be held at the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden’s Bayer Welcome Center, 799 Pinkerton Run Road, North Fayette. The lecture will be held 6:30...
Learn the ABCs of whole grains
We all know by now that whole grains are good for us and that we should be eating more of them. Anyone who has dipped a toe (or spoon) into the world of farro, brown rice and quinoa also knows how satisfying and versatile the arena of whole grains can...
Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle named top Irish pub in Pa.
It’s always great when a beloved Pittsburgh spot gets some national love. Although it’s hard to not to react with a “Yeah, we knew that!” Well, Pittsburghers might know about Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle in the Strip District, but the editors of a pair websites are taking the news to...
Save money and buy this produce while in season
March marks the beginning of the end of winter. March is also an interesting month for produce, as many winter fruits and veggies fall out of favor and we see the start of sweet fruits we associate with summer (hello, pineapple!). Come April, you’ll be planting your own seedlings and...
Hate leftovers? 10 tips to make yesterday’s meals more exciting today
Not thinking ahead about leftovers is one of the biggest mistakes that home cooks make. The best cooks I know are thinking about the meals they’ll make with leftovers while they are making the initial meal itself. That might look like making extra protein or vegetables knowing that the following...
Guinness opens its ‘gate’ for St. Patrick’s Day
Craft beer drinkers from the region and beyond will lift a Guinness Stout (or two) in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. Two hundred years after the first Guinness beer from Dublin arrived in America, Guinness has built a brewery in the Baltimore area to focus on innovation. It allows the...
Phipps’ Center for Sustainable Landscapes earns new top-level designation for green buildingVideo
The Center for Sustainable Landscapes on the campus of Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Oakland is one of a kind. It is the first facility in the world to meet four of the world’s highest green construction standards — The Living Building Challenge, WELL Building Platinum, SITES Platinum and...
Notre Dame Club shares tale of El Camino pilgrimage
The Notre Dame Club of Greensburg/Uniontown will host “A Pilgrimage on the El Camino” with Bill and Stephanie Kennedy on March 31 at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, 221 N. Main St., Greensburg. The 7 p.m. program is free and open to the public. The Mother of Sorrows Parish,...
Wigle Distillery marks opening of new space with ‘Grand’ tastings
Wigle Whiskey Distillery plans two upcoming tasting events to celebrate “The Grand Opening” of its new distillery restaurant and expanded tasting room. Two seatings will be offered on March 13 — at 6 and 7:30 p.m. The new space doubles the Strip District distillery’s size at 2401 Smallman St., Pittsburgh....
Bold decor, and you still get the security deposit back
Noelle Daumeyer and her roommates knew they needed a big, bold art piece to decorate the bland, white walls in the living room of their rented apartment, but they also worried about damaging the paint. They solved the problem by painting their own version of Henri Matisse’s “Dance” and using...
