Trafford Visit

We got in Trafford on Wednesday, August 18 so we could attend the street fair on Friday and Saturday. Of course there were other things we also wanted to do. One of the first things we did was to go to DeLallo's Italian store and get some to their great sandwiched sized pepperoni. It is the best I have ever had as it has very little fat and not too hot but just hot enough. I have already eaten up the pound that we got!! Also got some of their hot and sweet Italian sausage.


We went to Parente's for dinner in the evening and I had excellent spaghetti and Carol had very good lasagna. It is a fine place to eat in Trafford.

We got a shocking call from Lorrie on Thursday morning informing us that her father passed away yesterday very suddenly. We thought we might head back to Zanesville but she said not to come back as she has a large family there for all the support she will need.

Thursday morning I took a walk out "the tracks" to see what it looked like out there. It has really grown up with trees and it was not even possible to see the old "clay banks" and the brickyard has been torn down. The RR bridge to it is gone. The walk brought back a lot of memories since I used to walk it many times in my younger days.

On Thursday afternoon we got to visit my cousin Bonnie Craig (Ogle) and Ron at their new house in Greensburg. They now have a one floor home which they both love. It is really a pretty house and an excellent location. On Thursday evening we were guests for dinner at Rey and Bibi Peduzzi's along with John and May Lou Serafin. So this was a time to reminisce more even though John lives near us in FL.

On Friday we went to downtown Pittsburgh to go to Primanti's to get one of their famous sandwiches. When they make the sandwich they put everything on the sandwich, lettuce , tomato, cole slaw, french fries, and corned beef all on thick slab of Italian bread. It was OK but not as good as advertised or expected. They have been on the Food Channel so we wanted to see what it was like. So Here it is.

Primanti's is in the "Strip District" of Pittsburgh, an old commercial area where foodstuffs were brought to town to sell. We walked around in Wholey's Seafood Market which is another place there. It is an amazing place with a lot more than seafood. It has all kinds of meats and every kind of food you might want. We were amazed that they had Maine lobster for $4.98 a pound for a 1 Lb. to 1 1/2 Lb size. Here is one we saw which is NOT a small one.

The street fair began on Friday evening and it was small as is usual. We did get to see some of the "old timers" .... Melvin Buchan and Betty and I saw Dave Paoli who was on the USS Wisconsin when I went on my first midshipman cruise. The music was loud and and it was hot and we left a little early. It did cool down nice in the evening and we did not need to use the generator for air conditioning.

On Saturday we were able to get a quart of Isaly's Whitehouse ice cream to take to Charleston for Joy. It is her favorite and I had to have cone since I also like it a lot!!

Saturday we went to the Flea Market and made arrangements to get NAVY, DD531 shirts for the lady attendees of the Hazelwood reunion if they would like to purchase one.

At the street fair I got to see Mary Jean Ruffo, Vincent Morroco and his wife Emmy Lou (Crowel), Ken Snyder and his wife Eva Jane (Bruno). It started to rain so we left early and I am not sure if they even got off the fireworks that evening.

We departed early on Sunday morning and headed for Charleston to visit Joy and Kismet.