Oct 31
2009
So far this Halloween season I’ve walked behind Jesus on a parade float tossing candy to children in Charleroi, Pa., and passed a cow on Rollerblades speeding down East Carson Street in Pittsburgh’s South Side.
Oct 31
200936 Mexican mummies touring US museums, starting in Detroit
When I was a child, I once had a skeleton Halloween costume. It was a one-piece black garment with bones printed on the front and sleeves. The back was all-black. I can’t remember why I wanted it at the time. Even as an adult who accompanied many a grade-school field trip to the Denver Museum of Natural History (now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science) and other displays of dinosaur bones, skeletons of long-extinct animals don’t bother me. But mummies give me the willies. I don’t really like to see their exhumation, unwrapping and examination on television documentaries, and when I visited the Egyptian Museum in Cairo earlier this year, I had plenty to look at without going to the mummy room.
Oct 31
2009Oct 31
2009Charmed location and charming center in fabulous Spanish colonial city
Oct 29
2009
Luke Martin, 9, of Charleroi, Pa., is wrapped in toilet paper as a prank that was part of a Halloween magic show in his hometown. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct 27
2009
Pennsylvania Rep. Tim Solobay, a Democrat from Canonsburg, presents Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Jeff Reed with a citation from the House of Representatives for community service at the Washington Crown Center mall.
Oct 27
2009Alaska travel representatives met with travel met media & shared news
Alaska is one of my favorite places. I’ve been from Southeast (Juneau, Wrangell, Petersburg, Ketchikan, Skagway, Haines, Sitka) to Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic Ocean. I’ve been there is summer (glorious weather, abundant wildflowers, sport fishing, hiking) and in winter (fabulous skiing, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, dogsledding). The cities and towns are enticing year-round. Here are some recent and upcoming developments in transportation that are of interest to Alaska visitors:
Transportation (Cruise Ships, Ferries, Trains)
Alaska Marine Highway – The ferries remain the best way for thrifty independent travelers to explore the coat. Eleven ferries travel on 3,500 miles of sea lanes between Bellingham, Washington, to Dutch Harbor in the Aleutians. Ferries accommodate vehicles (including RVs), motorcycles, bicycles and kayaks. Reserve for vehicles and staterooms, but foot passengers can just walk on. They’re welcome to pitch a tent on the back deck and eat their own food.
Oct 27
2009Oct 25
2009
My father, James R. Beveridge of Charleroi, Pa., left, in Danville, Ill., with an unidentified pal shortly before embarking for Europe with the U.S. Army during World War II.
Oct 25
2009
