Skater in the snow...

Cold weather doesn't stop Polish Hill resident Paul Pagoda as he skateboards in the half of a bowl that isn't covered in snow at the skate park in Polish Hill at the corner of 30th Street and Phelan Way on Monday, Feb. 25, 2008.

Ballet @ Phipps

First Image: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre graduate students Nicole Cerutti (center) and Shannon Bedortha perform a piece called "Ravelesque" at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens as part of a celebration marking the final day of Chihuly at Phipps: Gardens & Glass, on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008. The event, entitled "Glass en Pointe", had Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre performers dancing amongst Chihuly's glass sculptures.

Second Image: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre dancers Eva Trapp and Bob Moore perform a piece called "Ave Maria" at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens as part of a celebration marking the final day of Chihuly at Phipps: Gardens & Glass, on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008.

Science

Betsy Naugle (left), 10, covers her face and Rachel Boward, 10, screams during a Cool Chemistry After-School Workshop put on by the Carnegie Science Center at the Moon Township Public Library on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. The demonstration involved the students putting water and alka-seltzer tablets into a film canister, which would cause a loud reaction that would pop the film canisters into the air.

Here's to you, Paul...

Your Inner Vagabond

Mandy Wingard of Lawrenceville works on her laptop inside the recently opened "Your Inner Vagabond", located at 4130 Butler Street in Lawrenceville on Friday, Feb. 15, 2008. The coffeehouse, decorated like a Far Eastern harem, serves Middle Eastern food, and hosts live music, tastings, and other events.

Snow walk

Toga

Bill Clinton

Lures

Washington Elementary School fifth grade students involved in a fishing fly tying class gather around volunteer Bill Nagle (hand) as he shows them several examples during their lunch hour on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008.

V-day...

tree

Snow-day

So it's been a while since I've posted, and that's because I've spent the last week moving to Pittsburgh. Today was my first day shooting at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and I was sent out downtown to find a feature.

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A pedestrian walks down the snow-covered sidewalk past a neon sign for cold drinks on Smithfield Street in Downtown Pittsburgh on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008.