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This is the blog. I live in Pittsburgh and work in museums and nonprofit institutional advancement.

I grew up in a little place called Normalville. No joke.

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, Edgar J. Kaufmann House in Mill Run, Pennsylvania (1937), image courtesy of Best Products Company Architecture Fund and the Museum of Modern Art (via interiordesign.net).
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, Edgar J. Kaufmann House in Mill Run, Pennsylvania (1937), image courtesy of Best Products Company Architecture Fund and the Museum of Modern Art (via interiordesign.net).

Thursday, April 9th 2009 11:10pm

Easter Sunday, 1989. 
Easter Sunday, 1989. 

Thursday, April 9th 2009 11:05pm

“Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.”
- Frank Lloyd Wright  (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959)

“Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.”

- Frank Lloyd Wright  (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959)

Thursday, April 9th 2009 11:04pm

"May 14, 1997: Cobain performs a stunning acoustic version of “You Know You’re Right” on Late Night With Conan O’Brien. It is the last time he appears in public for almost two years (though, during this period, he appears on the cover of Spin twice)."

- Chuck Klosterman, What If Kurt Cobain Didn’t Die? (via bagcoffee)

Reblogged from ß49 (0ƒƒ33.

Tuesday, April 7th 2009 12:53am

jwannie:

Vintage Ad: Made out of 80% cellulose and 20% cotton, The Souper Dress was a paper dress by Campbell’s Soup as a promotional item. You had to send two soup labels and a dollar to receive it.

jwannie:

Vintage Ad: Made out of 80% cellulose and 20% cotton, The Souper Dress was a paper dress by Campbell’s Soup as a promotional item. You had to send two soup labels and a dollar to receive it.

Tuesday, April 7th 2009 12:44am

Pittsburgh police officers embrace outside the Winter Funeral Home in Bloomfield during visitation yesterday for fellow officer Paul J. Sciullo II. As many as 1,000 law enforcement agencies from the U.S. and Canada are expected to participate in a Thursday procession and memorial for officers Paul J. Sciullo II, Eric Kelly and Stephen J. Mayhle, who were shot and killed Saturday while responding to a 911 call in Stanton Heights (via). 
Pittsburgh police officers embrace outside the Winter Funeral Home in Bloomfield during visitation yesterday for fellow officer Paul J. Sciullo II. As many as 1,000 law enforcement agencies from the U.S. and Canada are expected to participate in a Thursday procession and memorial for officers Paul J. Sciullo II, Eric Kelly and Stephen J. Mayhle, who were shot and killed Saturday while responding to a 911 call in Stanton Heights (via). 

Tuesday, April 7th 2009 12:38am

Saturday, March 28th 2009 12:01am

famous people from my hometown

Fun meme!

  • 1. Edwin Porter, director of “The Great Train Robbery,” widely considered the first major motion picture in the United States 
  • 2. John Woodruff, won the gold medal in the 800-meter race at the 1936 Summer Olympics
  • 3. Johnny Lujack, quarterback for the Chicago Bears and 1947 Heisman Trophy winner

Wednesday, March 25th 2009 12:29am

Frankie and Ginger. 
Frankie and Ginger. 

Tuesday, March 24th 2009 9:57pm

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

molls:

Debaser - Pixies

Monday, March 16th 2009 6:32pm