17th Street Cafe Restaurant (Pittsburgh, Pa)

We have a great group of friends that have started to try different restaurants in the city. This week we went to the 17th Street Cafe in Southside. It was terrific. We walked in and were immediately welcomed by the owner. He made us feel like we had been going there for a long time. There were 6 in our group and we all loved our dinners....Maui Maui, veal and shrimp, white clam sauce penni. In my opinion :)... they have a terrific dirty martini.....the best I've ever had. They also have a to die for chocolate martini. If you are from Pittsburgh they have a coupon in the "Enjoy" coupon book and in the "Entertainment" coupon book. Try them out. Don't think you will be disappointed.

Multi Media - Reversible Cover for Tote/Purse

Doing some market research......

What are your thoughts on this multi media design tote and reversible cover. Art work is a combination of machine embroidery, stenciling, hand painting, applique work. More photos available at www.roomthreads.com.

GIVEAWAY - Tote with Reversible Cover

This tote will be given away in a drawing on June 8, 2009. To enter in the drawing just sign up to be a follower of my site or leave a comment with your email address. Visit my Etsy shop http://www.roomthreads.com/ and add my shop to your favorites, you will get another chance to win the tote. All current and future followers will be added to my drawing. I like to add past followers to my giveaway as a "thank you". The tote is made of heavy canvas duck and the cover is an Amy Butler design. For more detail and photos visit www.roomthreads.com. Giveaway policy can be reviewed in my Etsy shop.
GIVEAWAY TOTE

Highlights from our 6 week Road Trip

For the next few weeks, possibly months, we will be sharing highlights from our road trip we took in April from Pittsburgh, Pa. along the east coast, across the south via Route 10, up to Zion National Park and the Grand Canyon and then back to Pittsburgh. My daughter and I decided to take a last minute road trip in April. You would think this type of trip would require a good bit of planning. But thanks to technology we were on the road within a week of deciding to take the trip. We signed up for Verizon Broadband Anywhere service, packed my laptop, had the car checked out....a Nissen Versa and had our bikes checked out and we hit the road.

Soooooo, here is highlight #1... Valley of Fire - Nevada

Valley of Fire State Park was one of my favorite stops and is located northeast of Las Vegas via Interstate 15 and on exit 75. Valley of Fire is Nevada's oldest and largest state park, dedicated 1935. The valley derives its name from the red sandstone formations and the stark beauty of the Mojave Desert. Ancient trees and early man are represented throughout the park by areas of petrified wood and 3,000 year-old Indian petroglyph.

Giveaway - June 8, 2009

This tote will be given away in a drawing on June 8, 2009. To enter in the drawing just sign up to be a follower of my site or leave a comment with your email address. If you visit my Etsy shop http://www.roomthreads.com/ and add my shop to your favorites, you will get another chance to win the tote. All current and future followers will be added to my drawing. I like to add past followers to my giveaway as a "thank you". Giveaway policy can be reviewed in my Etsy shop.

GIVEAWAY TOTE

NEW MEDIUM SIZE PRODUCTS BELOW

SPRING/SUMMER TOTES WITH REVERISIBLE COVER

We are starting to upload our new spring/summer totes. A full description can be found on our Etsy site http://www.roomthreads.com/. Custom fabric combinations are available just send us an email through Etsy.

If you already have purchased a tote, a new cover can be purchased separately for an endless combination of totes/purses. Covers are $12.00 which means two diffent looks for the price. Pretty good deal .