animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

happy hour

On Wednesday, I met up with a couple of friends from work for a happy hour (Working Woman’s Wednesday) at The Backdoor Cafe. It was only my second time at that restaurant, but it continues to impress (and I’m not impressed easily). We probably sampled half the items from their …

afternoon tea

The Portage Area Historical Society, of which my mother is a member, had an afternoon tea today. I guess it was a fundraiser, but I’m not positive. Anyway, my mom was nice enough to buy me a ticket to the event so I went and sat at a table with …

rizzo’s

We were supposed to meet our friends Carol and Bob at Big Dogz for supper this evening, but I received a call from Carol yesterday saying they had to cancel. It seems their first grandchild (a boy!) arrived a little early so they were going to be out of town. …

sled dogs

We went to this sled dog event with the Millers today at Prince Gallitzin State Park. I froze my ass off, but all of the boys enjoyed themselves. There wasn’t any snow on the ground so the dogs were harnessed to a sled-like thing that had wheels on it. After …