Monthly Archives: April 2008

April 22, 2008

Maple Ridge Nursery

Today I visited Maple Ridge Nursery for the second time and added two more beautiful baby trees to my Japanese Maple collection: a tall and thin “Ornatum” and a low sweeping “Okushimo”. Although I may be biased because I haven’t yet visited many nurseries, I found Mike & Christy at Maple Ridge Nursery to be […]

April 2, 2008

Bridges (Pittsburgh, PA)

I arrived at the Holiday Inn Select Pittsburgh University Center about an hour ago. Upon checking-in, Laura at the front desk hands me a couple of coupons for the Bridges restaurant & bar that is attached to the hotel. She was wearing an “in training” badge and elaborated upon every subject (e.g., parking deck, directions […]