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The Multrup Steel Mansion is still for sale. Open house on Sat 1/20. Now $49,000 or less!

Sooo…. who is up for a little road trip to Beaver Falls this weekend! I’ve been noticing that the two previous posts on the Moltrup Steel Mansion have been getting a lot of visits recently. So I thought I would check back and see if this house was still for sale. The Multrup Steel Mansion located at 914 8th Ave is still for sale and the price has been reduced to $49,000.  There is a new listing agent for the property, Carol Tomayko, her team has been very responsive to questions. You can read a history of the Moltrup Steel… Read the rest

Revisiting Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s Visits to Pittsburgh

There have been a few articles in the last few years that offer some insight into the times that Dr. King made a visit to Pittsburgh. The Post-Gazette’s archive blog, The Digs, posted some photos from Dr. King’s visit to speak at the University of Pittsburgh on November 1, 1966 as well as some of his previous visits to town. Last year, Rick Sebak wrote a story for Pittsburgh Magazine, which details many of the visits Dr. King made to Pittsburgh before his death. From the Carnegie Museum of Art blog, some photos that Charles “Teenie” Harris captured of Dr.… Read the rest

Merry Christmas! Wesołych Świąt!

A very Merry Christmas to all who are celebrating today! Many Pittsburghers are celebrating the traditional feast of the Epiphany or Three Kings Day on January 6 and January 7 is Orthodox Christmas Day, also known as Russian Christmas or Serbian Christmas. Celebrating Orthodox Christmas in Pittsburgh Due to the cold and the fact I have a cold, I didn’t make it out to a Christmas Eve service this year. The Trib’s Christina Sheleheda writes about her experience celebrating Orthodox Christmas.  I wrote a guide to Pittsburgh Orthodox Christmas services in 2016, I have not updated the post for 2018,… Read the rest

5 interesting things I learned about health care in the United States and Pittsburgh while researching the Pittsburgher’s Guide to Open Enrollment

We are less week away from the end of the open enrollment period, the time when you can sign up for or change your health insurance coverage.   If you live in Pennsylvania or any other state where you purchase health insurance from the HealthCare.gov, you must sign up for your 2018 insurance plan by Dec. 15, 2017. This year’s open enrollment period is six weeks shorter than previous years. The health insurance broker I have used in the past sent out an email asking us to start shopping around because the shortened enrollment period will impact the amount of time… Read the rest

Thanksgiving-Eve Volunteers Needed To Serve Community Meal

This is one of my favorite posts to write every year. Six or seven years ago, an old friend posted on Facebook that volunteers were needed to help cook and serve a Thanksgiving-Eve meal. I showed up and helped to wash some dishes and I have gone back to volunteer every year. You can read my Facebook post from November 26, 2014, it is probably the best summary of my experience. The congregation of Albright has been hosting this free meal for 42 years. It is a big old Thanksgiving dinner, turkey, stuffing, and all of fixing. The meal is… Read the rest

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