As kids get older it seems to get harder and harder to celebrate birthdays. When the boys were younger, I pretty much knew the types of birthdays...

Pittsburgh has a reputation as a blue-collar sports town. While it is true that it’s often ranked as one of the best sports’ cities in the nation, you’ll find a lot more to do here than cheer on the home team. Of course, you won’t want to miss the chance to catch a game, whether it’s the NFL Steelers, the NHL Penguins or MLB Pirates – just be sure to keep a close watch for those foul balls or you may end up spending your time making phone calls to a Pittsburgh injury lawyer like one woman did after getting smacked in the back of the head.

You always have that one single activity that you’ve always wanted to do, but thought “Yeah, that’s not my thing. I wouldn’t even know how to go about doing it!” I’ve always wanted to try glass blowing. I’ve seen it when I’ve visited a few amusement parks or even some other places I’ve visited with my family on vacations and it looked way cool! I just never knew that I was able to try it, queue The Glass Asylum! When I was invited to hang out with several other awesome Cleveland Area Bloggers to learn how to blow glass, I jumped at the opportunity!