Cocktails from Our Bar

Mai Tai

We just got back from Nags Head, NC – it was so relaxing.  Our bartender friends, Lisa and her husband Alan made some great Mai Tai cocktails and personalized our coconut glasses.  My Alan got one decorated with a football and my coconut decoration is loosely based on my career with a CSI magnifying glass! […]

Insects

Two-Spotted Tree Cricket

Even though I hear crickets out in the yard, this is the first year that I actually saw a cricket.  It wasn’t just any cricket – it was the Two-Spotted Tree Cricket! Features:  This type of cricket has a reddish body and a tan wings and legs.  The female has two black spots on its wings.  […]

Video Clips

Grinnies and Pineapple Tomatillos

While I didn’t include a picture of a grinny in my video clip, it is also known as a chipmunk.  If you never heard, Pittsburgh has its own language called Pittsburghese!  I always see the grinny running around the garden, he/she can sneak through the fence.