Earlier this spring, my husband and I made the approximate one-mile trek to Dave & Andy’s, a beloved ice cream shop that opened near the University of Pittsburgh in 1983 and was closing permanently in just a few short days. While I do love ice cream (and theirs was quite good), a double scoop wasContinue reading “cheap thrills: where did all the twenty-five-cent machines go?”
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HeR final mystery: the legacy of digital drew
On the hunt for some now-forgotten object, I stumble across a white greeting card with green, glittering birdhouses stamped on the front. I already know what’s inside the card before opening it, but I open it anyway. Dear Molly, The first thing I want to know when I pick you up is if you hadContinue reading “HeR final mystery: the legacy of digital drew”
manufacturing fun
The year was 1999 and my family structured a weekend getaway around Pennsylvania tourist attractions. We visited the Johnstown Flood Museum, Jimmy Stewart’s house, and Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1935 western Pennsylvanian home that I was, at the age of four, too young to enter. The most important leg of the trip, at least forContinue reading “manufacturing fun”
Molly Andrea-Ryan 