My parents' 50th wedding anniversary was last week, and we threw a luncheon party for them today at Iris and Ivory Tea House in Cheswick (Pittsburgh suburbs). They treated us very well and on that basis I recommend them for parties up to around 70 people (their maximum capacity ( Read more... )

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When Chaya, a Japanese restaurant, first showed up in Squirrel Hill ( Read more... )

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Hokkaido is a fairly new (to Pittsburgh) seafood restaurant on that stretch of Browns Hill Road leading from Squirrel Hill down to Homestead. (It's a chain; link is to their corporate page.) Dani and I went there for the first time Saturday night after Shabbat (around 9:30).
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Today's mail brought fruitcake goodies from browngirl, who is way too good to me. Photos of the lovely decorations will be posted after Shabbat ( Read more... )

Usually mail addressed to "resident" is a write-off, but yesterday we got a letter in a small envelope with a handwritten address to "current resident", which is unusual. Inside was a postcard/photo of our house from circa 1930. The accompanying letter explained that the writer had found it in a scrapbook and since it actually had an address ( Read more... )

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Since coming home from Pennsic I've noticed a new restaurant on my way to and from services on Shabbat. The restaurant is Sakura, on Forbes near Shady, and is where Hunan Kitchen used to be (which is where Zen Garden was before that, Ze'eb's before that, and Sweet Basil before that -- it's an unlucky location for staying power). Choir practice ( Read more... )