I hope everyone had a great weekend!
Mine consisted of hanging out at home and snuggling with my cats and then a few visits with friends!!!
There is nothing better than that!!!!
On Friday night I met up with of my very favorite friends to visit a Pittsburgh attraction!! In all the years I have lived here in Pittsburgh, there are a bunch of attractions that my friends or myself have never been to. We have made a plan to get to all of these places over the next few months and I am so excited!!!
The first place on our list is Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens! My friends have been there but I had not. We learned that it was the annual orchid display so we made a date for Friday night!
When I arrived, I parked in the middle island outside the venue (the parking is free there and very convenient). This is Phipps from the outside. We met in the lobby and ate at the restaurant there in Phipps. It is all very delicious food. I had the salmon salad and it was amazing!
Then we walked through the venue! There were soooo many beautiful orchids!!!
We loved these little hanging globes!!! As we were discussing how we could recreate these; a woman that worked there came up to us and explained how to make our own (I am going to try it and use it as a future post). She also offered to walk with us as a "tour guide". It was great! She was soooo knowledgeable about every plant and orchid! She was lovely!!!
A super cool plant that looks like a turtle - what?!?!
This photo is a photo of the oldest plant at Phipps!!! It was brought in 1893!!! It is a type of palm tree that was purchased at the World's Fair that year and was the first plant at Phipps!!! So cool!!!!
And this is that same plant looking upwards!!! Such amazing history!!!
This is a tiny replica (with a train running around it) of the original Phipps
I can not live with this tree in my life!!! Ahhhhhh...
Bananas!!!! I saw one of the in the wild in Hawaii!!! Our "tour guide" explained that it only takes 18 months for a shoot to turn into this size banana tree!!! If you live in warm climate- get yourself a banana tree - they grow fruit quickly!!!
I had to take a picture of this!!! I want a clipping from this tree and I want to try to grow it indoors at home! We ate these in Hawaii right off of a tree when we were ziplining and they are so yummy!!! The "tour guide" sadi I should call and ask for one...I am going to give it a shot!!! PS - I keep saying "tour guide" because I unfortunately can not remember her name!!
This is jasmine...it smelled awesome!!!
More orchids...I loved these striped ones!!!
Such cute displays everywhere - even hanging above all over!!!
This is the main lobby after you enter the gardens...this is our little group (L to R...Me, Carol, our new friend and tour guide and Kathy) ...Please excuse this awful picture of me!! Goodness I need to lose this extra weight!! UGH!
Beautiful...
As we were leaving I got this shot of the building at night - cool, hugh?
It was a great night with such good friends!! I cannot wait for our next adventure!!!
Have a great day!
What is your favorite flower? How was your weekend? What is your favorite candy?
