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Play Together
Return of Traditional Summer Activities & Family Visits
Enjoy fun summer activities and visits with family and friends around Pittsburgh; including Pirates baseball, Kennywood Park, and fireworks.
Cuddle a Puppy
Energetic & Playful Scottie Puppy: 6 Month Update
Meet Glenfiddich “Whiskey”, an adorable and energetic, 6 month, brindle coat Scottie puppy. Learn how he earned the nickname “Braveheart.”
Dine Alfresco
Fun Flamingo Tropical Table Kicks Off Summer
See a whimsical flamingo tropical table, mixing Dollar Tree plates and decor, with palm and jungle tableware, and cleverly folded napkins.
Try New Foods
Cultural Cooking Adventure: Vietnamese Dishes
Savor a culinary adventure making classic Vietnamese dishes banh xeo (crepes) and bo bia (spring rolls), with fish and peanut dipping sauces.
Easy, Breezy Summer Posts
Host a Gathering
Palms, Parrots & Paradise Tropical Tablescape
Enjoy a refreshing, alfresco tropical tablescape; featuring palms, parrots and bird of paradise, in the shade of a lovely covered porch.
Craft a Wreath
Don’t Bug Me Summer Garden Wreath
See a summer garden wreath that really pops with colors of watermelon and strawberries, and includes an adorable resident ant.
Entertain Friends
Summer Jungle Table & Palm Leaf Napkin Fold
Enjoy a tropical jungle table set alfresco, complete with palm leaf-shaped folded napkins, parrot stem glasses and animal motif plates.
Visit America
Steamboat Springs Sky High Hot Air Balloon Festival
Visit Steamboat Springs, Colorado during its annual hot air balloon festival. See a wide array of summertime activities set in a cowboy town vibe.
Wanderlust Travel Posts
Sail the Mediterranean
Santorini, Greece: Gem of the Aegean
Visit spectacular Santorini — legendary Atlantis — where whitewashed houses and blue-domed churches cling to cliffs high above the underwater caldera.
Marvel at Nature
Galapagos Vacation Adventure, Part 2
Follow a Galapagos vacation with amazing wildlife encounters, including; blue-footed bobbies, fur seals, marine iguanas, and giant tortoise.
Explore Lost World
Exploring Magnificent Machu Picchu, Part 3
Take a virtual trip via both rail and the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, for spectacular vistas of the Andes, river valley and archeological sites.
Plan an Adventure
10 Day Iceland Vacation: Glaciers and Icebergs, Part 2
Explore the Southeast’s otherworldly glaciers, blue ice-filled lagoons, wonderous waterfalls, vistas, and cloud-cloaked mountains on Iceland vacation.