WELCOME TO THE WEBMASTER'S BACK OFFICE

LIFE ON THE ROAD, FAMILY, FRIENDS, FAVORITE PLACES, FAVORITE "STUFF"

"I know you're in your office, Webmaster! Sally hasn't come in and we need help covering her tables...Hey, I hear something in there...Sally?...is that you? What's going on in there?"

This little sub-site will consist mostly of photos and just a little text to explain what the photos are about. I spend a lot of time on the road, and sometimes flying, to various places in the course of earning a living. I've made a lot of friends over those years and have seen a lot of interesting places. This place is here just to let you see something about what actual, as opposed to virtual, life is all about. I'll take you to San Diego to meet a husband and wife pedicab team. In fact, they met, and fell in love, as pedicab drivers in San Diego. I'll show you my hometown, Oil City, and maybe the place where I was raised. We'll go to Philadelphia, Virginia, San Francisco, Erie for a minor league baseball game, and other interesting places. You'll see photos of friends and family. I'll show you my father in World War II, my mother in 1940 in the Birmingham, Alabama train station, and in their later years. Ever hear of a "Tom Thumb Wedding?" I was in one, but luckily my "wife" was taller than me, so you won't see my face in the photo! My Uncle Henry was on two billboards and you'll see them, too. There are many things in life, and I want to show some of them to you, too. I reserve the right to add more over time, too!

Have fun,

The Webmaster, Mary Stu's Tavern

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WEBMASTER'S BACK OFFICE BLOG

Some casual ramblings that don't belong on the Tavern's FYI Page.

Traveling to Make a Living

Sometimes, people have to travel a lot on their jobs. Mary Stuart Masterson does when shooting or promoting a film or television production. Maybe we both have the same motto:

"You have to go anyway, so why complain about it?"

A Picnic for Vintage Automobile Owners and Enthusiasts

My cousin, Nancy Collette, and her husband David, an expert at the restoration of vintage Ford roadsters, invited scores of rare/vintage car owners to a picnic in July 2009.

Some Family and Old Hometown Photos

Just some pictures of my parents when they were younger, and in the later years. One of my uncles was on two billboards, and those pictures are here, too.

Ever been in a "Tom Thumb Wedding" when you were a kid? Got a picture of one I was in, but you won't see me because my "wife" was taller than me!

There's a page for the Smallest City in the USA, the place where I grew up.

A Wedding in Smethport, Pennsylvania: 1999

Early in the life of the Tavern, I was invited to the wedding of a close friend of mine in Smethport, Pennsylvania. I took a lot of pictures.

If you see someone who looks like Meg Ryan, that's my good friend, Kristi, the bride.

My First Baby Shower

No, I didn't make OB-GYN history. I was invited to a woman friend's office shower back in 1988.

The Gypsy Life

Because I graduated from college in a bad recession (Yeah, we had those in the "Olden Days!" I lived through about four of them.) I've lived and worked in a lot of different places. Some were nice, and some were like GI billets in World War II. I won't show those! Some were nice enough, or at least became familiar enough, to rate nicknames like "China Beach," "Base Camp Garland," "Old Baldy," "The Seabiscuit Hilton," "The Hobbit Hole," "The AARP Terrace," and "Bastogne."

The Original Zombieland

The release of Woody Harrelson's Zombieland made me remember how my home area in Western Pennsylvania was the real birthplace of the modern zombie movie with George Romero's Night of the Living Dead. If you like zombies, and banjo music, this is the page for you.