Hometown Homegrown in Pittsburgh

If you made it out to the Hometown Homegrown event at the Senator John Heinz History Center today, you ate a bunch of good local food. Bottom line. If you didn't, well, you better mark your calendar for next year! To pretend you're living in the moment, reread my tweets of the event.

I got there right at 10:00AM, so the action was just starting...

San Antonio Trip

I'm working from home today and tomorrow, which has afforded me time to make a short update post.

I've made some slight changes to the blog's look, but I'm not quite satisfied with it yet. I'm sure it will change sometime soon again.

I forgot to mention in my last update that Michael took me to San Antonio for our second anniversary. If you have Twitter, you got a minute-by-minute update of our car ride out there - I had no idea where we were going! We started out going north (he stopped by Starbucks), then headed south on 75/45. At separate points in the drive, I thought we were going to Austin, Fredericksburg then San Antonio. It was a surprise! Here are a few photos from the weekend:








It was such a good time, and I enjoyed having a getaway with just Michael. It was relaxing in that we didn't have a schedule, and we made our own plan each day.

More Posting!

I have a few loose ends I wanted to tie up:

As you know, I signed up for Twitter. I'm @CristinAshley and I'd love to start following more people I personally know. I have some TV Stars, Chefs, and authors on my list, but I need more real people! :)


Just FYI, there's a sale at Target going on right now for Giada De Laurentiis' pasta and coffee. If you buy three pastas (from $1.99 to $2.99) you get a free bag of coffee.

As of right now I can't vouch for the taste/quality of the pasta or coffee, but I'd say it's worth purchasing to try it! I'll report after our breakfast coffee and pasta dinner on Wednesday or Thursday.


A gift from Michael

He keeps me in check, keeps me motivated and keeps my head above water.

Twitter - Part Two

For better or worse, I've signed up for a Twitter account. I've made four tweets so far, and from what I can tell, it may be useless. We will see as time goes by.

Let me know if you know anyone worth following.

Twitter

Serious question time:

Should I create a Twitter account for myself? And if so, why?

I'm considering this because when I was on Facebook today, I realized I don't check it often enough to get the tidbits from my friend's lives. Especially the ones that live states away. I felt like I missed something important, and it was too late to make a relative comment. I just don't get on FB at the right times, because I feel like I check the highlights almost every day. I don't specifically search for individuals, either. I mainly look at the homepage, and check to see if someone has written on my wall, invited me to an event, etc. Am I a selfish Facebooker? Is that justification for opening a twitter account? The few that I checked today (that on FB had moderate life events I missed) have a Twitter account.

Maybe I'm not as technologically advanced as I hope to be. I am almost a quarter-century old, remember.

So, should I get one?