Git Aht! – Things To Do This Weekend

(Things to do while trying to determine what we did to get put on notice…) Make your own Friday, September 29 Exposure: Pittsburgh, 7:00 p.m., Club Havana, Shadyside The local photographers group holds it’s monthly show at Club Havana in…

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In July 2006, Pittsburgh native Josh Cippel studied abroad in China and took along one of t-shirts. Here is Josh in front of the Great Wall of China, illustrating that love for the homeland never dies. (Is that too fascist?…

Aldo Coffee Company – A Coffee Shop with a blog

I first came across Aldo Coffee Company last year when I started IheartPGH.com, I didn’t link to Aldo because technically they are not in the city of Pittsburgh. Yes, work has called me outside of the city limits and I…

Take the bus … to Beaver County

Speaking of public transit, were you aware that Beaver County was chosen as the ‘American Idol’ of public transit? For the second time in its history, the Beaver County Transit Authority won the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Washington, D.C.-based…

Googling The Bus

Yet another reason to get on the bus in Pittsburgh: today’s Post-Gazette reports that Burghers can now search for Port Authority bus routes and schedules via Google Transit, a new service being offered in only six cities. Port Authority has…

Drinking For A Cause: Wine Tasting/Art Show This Thursday

I always get a bit nervous when the subject turns to wine. I wouldn’t know a good wine if it crawled up my pant leg and bit me on the ass. Unless it did so in a gentle, loving way,…

Updated PAT website

The Port Authority of Allegheny website has been updated and it’s soooooo much better than the old version. The trip planner appears on the first page, and you can now buy bus passes and tickets online. I like the fact…

Wanted: anyone in Pittsburgh area who knew/met Nelson Eddy or Jeanette MacDonald

For a documentary film about the lives of 1930s movie stars/singers Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, I’d like to hear from anyone, particularly in the Pittsburgh area, who might have known or seen Nelson and Jeanette. This would include hearing…

Git Aht! – Things To Do This Weekend

(Things to do while figuring out what the hell happened to the running game… I heard the plane back from Jacksonville still hasn’t landed because someone painted a goal line across the runway.*) (* Recycled Bubby Brister joke.) Friday, September…

Halloween

Does anyone know any interesting Halloween events/parties to go to the weekend of Oct. 25-27? My friend and I are looking for an alternative to the same old college party.

Article in The Economist about the ‘Burgh

Up alongside new elections in Thailand and the peace process in Burundi, the UK-based Economist magazine features a nice article about Pittsburgh. This is some nice ammunition to use when you meet some city naysayers … “Among Pittsburghers 25-34 years…