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Spring Thaw Wine and Food Festival set at Glades Pike Winery
Glades Pike Winery, 2208 Glades Pike, Somerset will host the eighth annual Spring Thaw Wine & Food Festival, featuring eight regional wineries. Visitors will enjoy tastings and food pairings as they sample their way through the wineries of the Southwest Passage Wine Trail. The event will be held 11 a.m.-5...
Prantl’s dessert inspires Burnt Almond Torte beer
Almond. Torte. Beer. Yes, you read that correctly. Prantl’s Bakery’s famous burnt almond torte dessert is now a drink — the Burnt Almond Torte blonde ale. Prantl’s teamed with Cleveland-based Platform Beer Co. on this brew. “A lot of other companies have worked with Platform to make dessert-inspired sours,” Valerie...
Indulge in sinful sweetness with ‘Game of Thrones’ OreosVideo
One sinful addiction salutes another, as “Game of Thrones” Oreo cookies offer sweet snacking for the show’s final season. Just as fans binge watch the HBO series, Oreo fans are known to binge consume the cookies, one chocolatey, cream-filled sleeve at a time. And if you are feeling creative, maybe...
Regional climate change subject of Pitt-Greensburg lecture
The Dr. Bernard Cobetto Lecture on Contemporary Ethical Issues will address climate change as it affects Western Pennsylvania during a 7 p.m. April 16 program at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. Open to the public, the discussion will feature a panel of experts in Ferguson Theater in Smith Hall....
Hunt’s no-salt tomato paste recalled for mold concerns
A specific variety of Hunt’s tomato paste is being recalled for concerns over potential mold in the cans. Chicago-based Conagra Brands, Inc. voluntarily recalled a limited amount of the no-salt added, six-ounce cans of Hunt’s tomato paste on April 3. The final product could have been damaged after the canning...
Out & About: Spring dinner supports Benedictine university in Rome
The Saint Benedict Education Foundation hosted its eighth annual Celebrate Spring Dinner on April 6 at Rizzo’s Banquet Hall in Crabtree. For those gathered, though, there was much more to celebrate than just sunshine, flowers and balmy breezes. Foundation president Father Benoit Allogia said that, in the past year, the...
Pick your spot at The Lot in Oakmont for upscale modern industrial diningVideo
There’s a lot to choose from at The Lot. The Lot at Edgewater in Oakmont celebrated its first anniversary in February. Patrons can lounge in a upscale cigar bar located upstairs, relax on the 1,200-square-foot outdoor patio, complete with a large gas fire pit, dine inside, mingle at the modern...
Here’s how to undo your kids’ messes, stains
Lydia Fenet does it all. She works full time at Christie’s auction house, just wrote her first book and has three kids under the age of 6. She gracefully moves from the boardroom to the playroom, solving problems and cleaning up messes with a calm, can-do attitude. So when she...
Out & About: Rotary goes back to the future with ’80s promVideo
What do you remember most about the ’80s? Neon colors, shoulder pads, fingerless gloves, big — and we do mean big — hair. Teased-up, Aqua Net’ed towers of big, big hair. For both the guys and the girls. There was all that and more at the Hempfield Athletic Complex on...
Out & About: NAACP human rights banquet calls for justice, equality
“Moving Forward Together for Justice and Equality” was the theme of the annual Greensburg-Jeannette NAACP Human Rights Banquet, held April 6 in the Greensburg Country Club. “We are living in a time that challenges all of us,” branch President Ruth Tolbert said in program remarks, adding that local NAACP branch...
Out & About: Pistols and purses a winning fundraiser combination
It’s probably the only fundraiser around where the list of prizes includes Smith & Wesson, Ruger and Remington — along with Dooney & Bourke, Michael Kors and Coach. It’s the annual Pistols and Purses Bash presented by Westmoreland Community Action. This year’s bash, held April 6 in the Youngwood Fire...
Pittsburgh-area breweries celebrate National Beer Day
National Beer Day marks the anniversary of a law effectively repealing Prohibition in America. On April 7, 1933 a law signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt weeks earlier, the Cullen–Harrison Act, went into effect allowing the sale of beer and wine with a low alcohol content. For beer it allowed...
Travel tip: Rough Guides offering tailor-made adventure trip service
British travel information service Rough Guides is best known for guides aimed at backpackers and adventurers who want cheap travel and don’t mind roughing it (obviously) in hostels and other budget digs. Now, recognizing that older travelers — while still up for adventure — tend to prefer cushier accommodations, Rough...
Let the buyer beware when booking a vacation rental property
With staged photos and flowery language, the vacation rental descriptions you find online often promise everything you could possibly want. But the rentals don’t always deliver. If you’ve ever booked a rental house or apartment online, you probably know what I mean. Wide-angle lenses make a condo appear roomier than...
Plant these 6 deer-resistant evergreens
While deer-browsing habits are always more aggressive in the winter, this winter and early spring seem to be especially bad. I’ve been hearing from gardeners across the region about how the deer have nibbled their foundation plantings to the nub. If deer are problematic in your neighborhood and you’ve had...
Simple Gifts brings musical message to Tarentum church
When Linda Littleton and Karen Hirshon are on stage, no words need to be spoken. “We understand each other so well, all we need to do is give each other a look during a concert, and we just know what it means,” says Littleton. “Our personalities clicked the minute we...
Gay grandson navigating tension with boyfriend about grandma
Dear Carolyn: I am gay, and my grandma has always been totally supportive of me, even though she grew up in a conservative time and place and I was the first openly gay person she’d ever met. She sometimes asks me questions that sound clueless, but in a sweet way...
Living with Children: What’s the treatment for children with emotional, behavioral issues?
The Wall Street Journal recently (3/16/2019) printed a letter to the editor in which Upland, Calif., psychiatrist/psychoanalyst Charlene Moskovitz promotes the alleged benefits of medication and psychotherapy for children diagnosed with depression, anxiety and ADHD (and, presumably, other emotional and behavioral issues). According to Moskovitz, children who exhibit the behaviors...
‘Lean on Me’ cane project helps students to SkillsUSA competitionVideo
The canes Highlands High School students Sara Dawson and Daneasha Berry carry into Manor Care Health Services in Monroeville are eye- catching conversation starters. And heads turn in a therapy room as they enter, the canes glittery, wrapped in a blue camouflage design and a woodsy leaf pattern. It was their...
Chalkboard art informs, entertains restaurant customersVideo
Need a quick, easy, low-tech way of getting a message across? Try a chalkboard. It’s worked for generations of teachers, and it’s caught on in a big way in the restaurant industry, too. Chalkboards are a great medium for making fast menu changes, for adding some color to a room...
Pittsburgh’s Fresh Fest among USA Today’s 10 Best Readers’ Choice beer festivalsVideo
Pittsburgh’s Fresh Fest ranks second in USA Today’s 10 Best Readers’ Choice contest for beer festivals in the United States. Billed as the nation’s first black beer festival, the annual event attracts brewers from across the country, along with Pittsburgh-based brewers in collaboration with black artists and businesses. According to...
Your houseplants are getting hungry
No matter what the weather outdoors, plants indoors are getting hungrier and thirstier this time of year. How are you going to give them the food they need to keep growth apace with burgeoning sunlight? If the plants are new to your home or you just repotted them, the potting...
Macy’s Backstage headed for South Hills Village
Let’s go shopping. Macy’s will open a Macy’s Backstage inside South Hills Village with a grand-opening celebration April 13. This concept is known as a store within a store, with merchandise offered at 20 to 80% off traditional department store prices. The shop will have 12,800 square feet of dedicated...
Should you be adding lime to your lawn every spring?
Question: My dad always put lime on our lawn every year when I was growing up. My wife and I just moved into our first house, and I’d like to know if I should be following in my dad’s footsteps and putting lime down on the lawn every year, too....
Take note now, plant new bulbs in the fall
The stunning color of the first crocus flowers fills our hearts with joy. The cheery blooms mark the start of the garden season. But the only way to get them is by planting the bulbs in the fall. Why talk about that job now? Because this is the time to...
