Category Archives: 2020
JR. High: The lightning and thunder precent us from all playing today.
by dpankiewicz
Item one eta to school is 6:40. Despite our best laid plans to roll out the vamanos 4-3-3 on the Burrell 120×64 the skies of lightning and thunder had their own ideas. What did we learn? We need to develop a new plan for goal kicks and building out of the back. That will need to be an active training session. We also learned that our players were able to take charge and adapt when the formation didn’t matchup well […]
B4 and after. A whole new shade.
by dpankiewicz
I had to pull this page back to the front. First we started with a paint job during the pandemic. It brightened up all of the old panelling and made those rainy days in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania a little warmer. Then in 2021 we added a little grilling space. Needless to say meeting virtually and communicating here saved several actual road trips. Here’s the scope all ceilings are 8′, all trim is to remain as is with exception where […]
Categories: 2019, 2020, 2021, Allegheny River, Brady's Bend, COVID-19, Lindsey, Porchville
Putting some magic back into the magic city.
by dpankiewicz
Don’t let anybody tell you things cannot get done in the middle of a pandemic. This process may have started back at the end of 2020 but now that summer of 2021 is rolling along the change is starting to happen. The irony is this started one evening over Zoom with Leslie, Hilary, Drew, and David explaining the scope, the design, the materials and the need for a wow factor on Fallowfield Avenue. Then you add in the neighbor who […]
Categories: 2020, 2021, Charleroi, COVID-19, Magic town
And something is still happening here.
by dpankiewicz
I am not sure if a line from Patsy Caruso is appropriate here but the aluminum awnings are gone and the original wood siding is finally being covered over—almost 100 years after the original construction date of this wood frame house. Back in the day the wood was killed in Charleroi, the homes are being built at a break neck pace and PPG had just closed their works in Charleroi and moved operations to their Ford City plant to better […]
Categories: 2020, 2021, Allegheny River, Charleroi, Magic town
Euro2020, The Azzurri vs England
by dpankiewicz
Hello American Football Fans: If you are counting down until the start of Pittsburgh Steeler training camp at Heinz Field, instead of St. Vincent College for the 2nd year in a row–to minimize Covid-19 exposure risk–you probably were not following the real football competition this sumner. The biggest all European football tournament was pushed from 2020 to this summer due to the pandemic. The tournament final will be played this Sunday 11 July 2021 at 15:00 EDT in Wembley Stadium. […]
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by dpankiewicz
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Categories: #TrumpVirus, 2021, apartments, Charleroi, COVID-19, Magic town, Move Everyday, taxes
Corporate Dissolution Notice
by dpankiewicz
Notice is hereby given that Frye Construction, Inc. has permanently ceased doing business and is voluntarily dissolving and winding up its business, pursuant to the Business Corporation Law of 1988, as amended. Frye Construction, Inc. previously maintained its business office in the City of Monongahela, Washington County, Pennsylvania. For purposes of dissolving and winding up its business, Frye Construction Inc. receives mail at 118 2nd Street, Aspinwall, Pennsylvania 15215. Wesley A. Cramer, Esquire Peacock Keller, LLP 95 West Beau Street, […]
One year ago, today.
by dpankiewicz
We were landing in Cancun for a week of Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds. Celebrate we will.
Categories: #TrumpVirus, 2020, 2021, COVID-19, Cupid, Dave Matthews, Move Everyday, QRO • Tags: #roadtrip, birthday, Gulf of Mexico, I’mWithCupid, Mexican Caribbean, Mexico
Watching 2020 set one day at a time.
by dpankiewicz
I wasn’t really sure the best way to send 2020 off, but looking through the Crosby walk photos I was inspired.
Categories: #TrumpVirus, 2020, 2021, COVID-19, Destin
Old Christmas ideas.
by dpankiewicz
You may want to bust out your calculator or spreadsheet in 2020, to half or quarter your recipes from past years. Be smart, be safe, if meeting with people outside your bubble mask up and meet outside. If eating with said people, have a chef plate the meals and a masked server serve the meals. In the north set up your garage for dinner, open the door and create mini-pod tables instead of a grand table. If you are lucky […]
Categories: #TrumpVirus, 2019, 2020, COVID-19, Eat Real Food, Holidays
If Covid-19 doesn’t have you mad as hell. . . the CARES Act may?
by dpankiewicz
First off, if you have a charity that you would like to give $300 to before year end in cash and don’t plan on taking itemized deductions in 2020 it’s OK to give that donation. CARES will allow you a line item deduction on donations at $300 or less. I know my political donations in 2020 don’t count but I have a few 501.3c that can get a little something something. Not sure if you understood what was tucked into […]
Categories: #TrumpVirus, 2020, COVID-19, Holidays, taxes
Better than the CDC. . .
by dpankiewicz
It’s Christmas 2020. One year after we first heard about the Covid-19 in Wuhan, the United States is clearly struggling to keep the health care system from collapsing due to the Covid-19 crush. Why did our CDC and government fail us? Why can’t they be transparent and craft a story that unites us to celebrate smarter. The fake news, not, NY Times has been my current go to on national hospital availability. If you think the PA shutdown is fake […]
Categories: #TrumpVirus, 2020, Broadway, Charleroi, COVID-19, Holidays, Lindsey, Pittsburgh, QRO, Raleigh
Has anybody asked why is the United States doing this pandemic like the one in 1918?
by dpankiewicz
I can’t believe that we have it done the simple things to reduce the spread. Wear a mask. Eat at home. Avoid those normal things that we used to enjoy pre-pandemic. Continue to practice social distancing. Wear a mask when working out in a gym. Congress will pass a human relief package closer to the Heroes act. Oh wait the messaging is so messed up that we Americans still can’t talk about doing the right thing. It’s to the point […]
Categories: #TrumpVirus, 2020, Aspinwall, COVID-19
A little Zoom Vacation theme. . .
by dpankiewicz
I really do get it! This whole thing about this great 10 month pause to this point thanks to Covid-19 is getting old. Everybody has lost their normal mo-jo of life and has had to deal with working from home, no air travel, and lockdowns. To repeat from the other day, it’s OK to be OK. I’m typing this on my old Monongahela Ford sales office countertop, mounted above 6 milk crates that I call my back office. In an […]
Categories: #TrumpVirus, 2020, COVID-19