You’ll Flip For These Guys

Sorry, I couldn’t resist the pun. I received an email from Tracy last week alerting me to this performance. The Peking Acrobats will be at Heinz Hall on Thursday, June 28. Fun Fact about these guys… They were (briefly) in…

Open (Tree) House

The Creative Treehouse is having an open house.  The Creative Treehouse is located in Bellevue and is a shared workspace for all sorts of creative types. Jesse Hambley is the brains behind this project.  I first met Jesse last year…

PGH Party for a Purpose’s third PARTY!

The party will be this Friday June 22 at Bar Ugly on Federal Street (across from PNC Park) on the Northside. The party will start at 8pm and last until 2am! You’ll enjoy fantastic music spun by Omar-Abdul and DJ…

Save Your Mondays

Mark this date on your calendar, July 16. You should be free because it is a Monday evening. Monday – funday thanks to the Union Project. They are cooking up some summer fun and I am thankful they are helping…

“It’s like ‘Cheers,’ without the alcohol,”

That is how Holly Pultz describes North Side coffee shop Beleza in today’s Tribune Review. “It’s like ‘Cheers,’ without the alcohol,” said Pultz, 64, of Allegheny West. “Everybody knows everybody else, and it’s full of interesting people with interesting ideas…

A fiery alternative to the Arts Fest this weekend…

[EDITORS NOTE: I didn't see this post until Sunday Night, so I apologize for not putting it up sooner.  I am posting it because I just had a conversation last week with someone who didn't know Pittsburgh had Dragon Boat...

Drinking Green at Bossa Nova

Green Drinks is a national an international, monthly gathering of people who are interested in all things green (green as in environmentally green, not the color green, but I am sure there are gatherings for that too.) Pittsburgh has a…

Flux

I am really excited to write about Flux. I had a really hard time deciding on a subject for this post. Here are some of the titles that didn’t make it: Saturday Night, Alright Alright (I am really not an…

Walking in Wilmerding

If you are a frequent reader of this blog, you know that I don’t like to leave the city limits (I like sidewalks and being able to get home by bus should you get a flat tire).  But I will…

text YINZ to 41411

I have been checking out this company Reactee today (you can see my other post about Reachtee here).  Basically, your order a t-shirt from Reactee that has a code on it.  When people text your code to 41411, they get…

Making a Mark on Point Breeze

This morning I had to find a place with internet to do some work before a meeting. So I walked down the street to the coffee shop Make Your Mark on Reynolds street in Point Breeze. I guess this neighborhood…

Git Aht! – Things To Do This Weekend

(Things to do while mourning the passing of Jose Chung …) Friday, June 1 Three Rivers Arts Festival , All Day for the next 17 of them, Dahntahn So the Arts Festival starts up again, and like everybody else writing…