Kate is rolling with a new set of wheels. Today, we picked up our new minivan, a 2011 Toyota Sienna. What, we bought a van from the company with all the quality problems? That’s right. We prefer some adventure in our lives. Continue reading
Andy Warhol and Parents
This past weekend we had visitors from the Midwest. Brian’s parents made the trek from southcentral Wisconsin to southwestern Pennsylvania.
The parents arrived on Friday, and we showed them around Cranberry Township, including the new Westinghouse offices. Following that, we spent some time at the Seven Fields Carnival. Continue reading
Kittens
Introducing the newest additions to our family: Cody and Cloe. These two adorable kittens are about 4 1/2 months old. We adopted them from the Butler County Humane Society this past weekend. These tabbies are quite playful and affectionate; it won’t be long before they get into a lot of trouble. Continue reading
Happy Holidays!
We have not posted to this blog for a few months. That’s mainly because nothing from the list has been completed recently. However, we did do some things:
Halloween, surprisingly, arrived at the end of October. This year the date fell on a Saturday. 
For our neighborhood, that meant we could get the kids out trick-or-treating and have an outdoor party. Yes, it was warm enough to have an outdoor party. In our years in MN, it was never that warm to support an outdoor party. In fact, most of the time we froze our behinds just taking the kids around the neighborhood. Continue reading
The Mattress Factory
Today we went to the Mattress Factory Art Museum, or the MF (the F being rotated 180 degrees so as to not make it the brunt of all dirty jokes – see picture). The MF is a contemporary art museum where you immerse yourself in the art. I’m not talking about mentally immersing yourself. This art is room sized, and you actually enter the art. It sounds cool. However, I’m here to say, before all 14 people who happen to read this blog, that I just don’t get it.
We are always looking for a cheap date. Today, the MF was open to the public for free. What we are finding with all free events we go to, the places are more crowded than usual. Continue reading
Frick Art and Historical Center
After walking around the new Westinghouse offices we headed to Point Breeze and the Frick Art and Historical Center. This is the former home of Henry Clay Frick, an industrialist and partner to Andrew Carnegie. The grounds of the center include an art museum, car and carriage museum, greenhouse, playhouse, cafe, and Clayton (the Frick home).
Admission to the center is normally free (except for tours). Today was family day so everything was free and there were a number of activities for kids. Continue reading
Cranberry Woods Office
The new Westinghouse office in Cranberry Woods had an open house today for employees. Building 1 construction was completed in late spring and has been occupied for a few months now. This is the main building with the cafeteria, workout center, auditoriums, customer center, and the swank offices of our upper management. The whole building was open and we were able to tour all those places. I can tell you that the view from the top floor is nice.
Buildings 2 and 3 are currently under construction and should be completed this coming winter. Buildings 2 and 3 are attached to Building 1. My department will be in Building 4 which is a newer construction project that won’t be complete for another year. Building 4 is not connected to the main building; that is unfortunate.
