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Mother's Day photo gallery

Please share your pictures of mothers and children -- of all ages -- on Posted, our photo sharing site.

Dispatch: Shanghai adventures

Bethel Park native Kristin Bair O'Keeffe chronicles her life in China.

Summer Camps 2008

Pittsburgh area summer camps for kids of all ages, abilities, interests. See our list; submit your information.

Quick getaway to ... PPG Plaza

Where: Smack dab in the middle of Downtown off Stanwix and the Boulevard of the Allies, between the mirrored spires of PPG Place. ... (05/09/2008)

What a gem!

This unpolished emerald crystal has been installed permanently in the Birthstones exhibit of the Wertz Gallery at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Oakland.

The emerald is the birthstone for May, and yesterday an unpolished emerald crystal was installed permanently in the Birthstones exhibit ... (05/09/2008)

Living

Quick getaway to ... PPG Plaza (05/09/2008)
What a gem! (05/09/2008)
Dining Review: Shadyside restaurant still lovely, but showing signs of age (05/08/2008)
Game Daze: 'Grand Theft Auto IV' (05/08/2008)
Munch goes to The Lodge (05/08/2008)
Little Bites: Mother's Day cancellation (05/08/2008)
Papa John's surpasses $1 billion in online pizza sales (05/08/2008)
Pet Tales: Too much sun may be bad for pets (05/08/2008)
Newbie tries out Kennywood in all its gut-wrenching glory (05/07/2008)
Clearing up common pet-care myths for National Pet Week (05/07/2008)
Exotic flowers that will brighten Mom's day (05/07/2008)
Studies cast doubt on vitamins' benefits (05/07/2008)
Take care of your injuries with RICE (05/07/2008)
Hooked, like me (05/07/2008)
Some excuses are doozies (05/07/2008)
Secrets of the very old (05/07/2008)
Expert advises on problems of stepfamilies (05/06/2008)
Cat's Call: Heartbreak doesn't have an off switch (05/06/2008)
Next Steps: Protecting assets complicated if spouse enters nursing home (05/06/2008)
Century Club: Bridgeville woman in a league of her own (05/06/2008)
Time capsules: Quilts, videos, scrapbooks celebrate high school memories for graduates (05/05/2008)
Curbside diva turns trash into treasure (05/05/2008)
Stylebook: Eco-friendly fashions hit Target (05/05/2008)
Fresh Look: He's just ducky with fun city tour (05/05/2008)
Ask LaMont: Epsom salt has many beauty uses (05/05/2008)
How to face the unexpected (05/05/2008)

Weddings

Have It Your Way: Wedding Stationery (05/05/2008)
Ask Carley: Overcoming dance fright (05/05/2008)
Calling it off is easy ... in the movies (05/05/2008)

Senior Class

Next Steps: Protecting assets complicated if spouse enters nursing home (05/06/2008)
Century Club: Bridgeville woman in a league of her own (05/06/2008)

Fashion

Curbside diva turns trash into treasure (05/05/2008)
Stylebook: Eco-friendly fashions hit Target (05/05/2008)
Ask LaMont: Epsom salt has many beauty uses (05/05/2008)
Researchers key in battle for beauty business (05/05/2008)

Ask LaMont

Ask LaMont: Epsom salt has many beauty uses (05/05/2008)

Food

Government asks court to block wider testing for mad cow (05/09/2008)
Sauce: Jane Citron fundraiser nets $275,000 (05/08/2008)
Stop and eat the roses: Blossoming trend finds flavor in favor (05/08/2008)
Dining Review: Shadyside restaurant still lovely, but showing signs of age (05/08/2008)
The rose through the ages (05/08/2008)
To market, to markets: They're starting to sprout (05/08/2008)
Fresh Find: Vanilla Pastry Studio (05/08/2008)
Farm markets (05/08/2008)
eBay win is ticket to world's toughest reservation (05/08/2008)
Spaghetti Warehouse aims for lasagna record at Race for the Cure (05/08/2008)
Tastings: Our expert points you to her top picks at the wine festival (05/08/2008)
Miriam's Garden: First veggie of spring (05/08/2008)
Munch goes to The Lodge (05/08/2008)
Red, Ripe and Roasted returns (05/08/2008)
Food Feedback: Why the meanspiritedness over jail food? (05/08/2008)
China 'highly concerned' about rising international grain prices (05/08/2008)
How to grow food-safe roses (05/07/2008)
Still no expansion in store for Whole Foods after 6 years (05/06/2008)
Top diet tips as you age (05/06/2008)
Co-founder of Baskin-Robbins ice cream stores dies at 90 (05/06/2008)
Farmer refuses to let state regulate his raw milk sales (05/05/2008)
Australian minister: Food crisis could spur global trade talks (05/05/2008)

Restaurants

LCB seeks advice on bringing better wine to Pa. (05/08/2008)
eBay win is ticket to world's toughest reservation (05/08/2008)
Little Bites: Mother's Day cancellation (05/08/2008)
Papa John's surpasses $1 billion in online pizza sales (05/08/2008)

Restaurant Reviews

Dining Review: Shadyside restaurant still lovely, but showing signs of age (05/08/2008)
Munch goes to The Lodge (05/08/2008)

Gardening

Miriam's Garden: First veggie of spring (05/08/2008)
Red, Ripe and Roasted returns (05/08/2008)
How to grow food-safe roses (05/07/2008)

Travel

Quick getaway to ... PPG Plaza (05/09/2008)
Visit Chicago's Historic Pullman district (05/09/2008)
Melon seed-spitting contest saved in Wis. town (05/09/2008)
Yankee magazine picks 5 best New England diners (05/09/2008)
Where to go on the weak dollar (05/08/2008)
Serious global jet accident rate rose in 2007, IATA says (05/08/2008)
Mark Twain sites open and safe in Hannibal, Mo. (05/08/2008)
European Travel Commission sponsors video contest (05/08/2008)
A golf outing at the beautiful Makai Course in Kauai whets the appetite for more in Princeville (05/07/2008)
ElkFest in Wyoming (05/07/2008)
Lonely Planet's National Parks guides relaunched (05/07/2008)
My assignment: to travel around Florida by train, and its cities by foot (05/06/2008)
Cheyenne Frontier Days: Rodeos, music, history and more (05/06/2008)
New Civil War bus tour in Washington (05/06/2008)
Booking a trip online may be cheap, but agencies can help ensure it's trouble-free (05/05/2008)
Museum opening at the site of Woodstock concert (05/05/2008)
Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum reopening (05/05/2008)

Pets

Pet Tales: Too much sun may be bad for pets (05/08/2008)

Pet Stories

Clearing up common pet-care myths for National Pet Week (05/07/2008)
Cat shelter operator ordered to stand trial (05/07/2008)

Dining Review: Shadyside restaurant still lovely, but showing signs of age

Bob Donaldson/Post-Gazette

Girasole's executive chef Jennifer Girasole, left, and head chef Chris Corimski sit at the restaurant's entrance and outside dining area in Shadyside.

Girasole comes by its charming, onomatopoeic name honestly. ... (05/08/2008)

Game Daze: 'Grand Theft Auto IV'

Video game reviews. (05/08/2008)

Munch goes to The Lodge

Today, Munch, your trusty culinary expedition guide, is leading you on a trip into the exotic deep of the Pittsburgh suburbs. ... (05/08/2008)

Little Bites: Mother's Day cancellation

Restaurant news in brief. (05/08/2008)