Monthly Archives: August 2007

Ice Cream Time – Pittsburgh Style

Now that the summer is almost over I am determined to pack 3 months of summer fun into the last 10 days of extreme heat.  Yesterday was a trip to the swimming pool.  I was just over at a friends office trying to convince him that he needed to stop working and go get ice cream.  Liz Perry has a great post over on Pittsburgh Metroblogging more

Kegerator Art

I just received an email from Scott at East End Brewing with a picture of the first kegerator that I wanted to share. A Kegerator is a used refrigerator that has been retrofitted with a beer tap on the exterior of the refrigerator connected to a keg on the inside-look ma no ice! In addition to the creative reuse of refrigerators, Sprague Farm and more

Radio Round-Up, August 24, 2007

Oakland Furniture Sale Cheap Furniture, Recycling, Benefits Oakland Planning & Development Corp Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 10-8pm The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron? A play at the City Theater Friday @ 8, Saturday @ 5:30 A guy gets dumped and tries to figure out women Hot House Big Awesome fundraiser for Sprout Fund Tons of people, music demonstration, more

PSL Summer Party and Fall Registrations

The Pittsburgh Sports League is a project of PUMP. Founded in 2000, thousands of people have participated in team sports over the past 7 years.  Tons of different leagues – football, soccer, volleyball, kickball, bowling, darts.  Put together a team or join as an individual. New this fall is fantasy football. Fall registrations are going more

Derby Days

Just wanted to post an advance warning for this event. Steel City Roller Derby Demons, Pittsburgh’s only all female roller derby league. Saturday, September 8th is the Championship Bout. Come watch two of the teams battle it out for the top title. For more information on the Steel City Derby Demons, and a history of Roller Derby’s check out www.steelcityderbydemons.com. more

After the Party, Its the After Party

If you asked me what was the most fun Saturday night I had last year – it was, hands down the Hot House After Party at the Shadow Lounge. Hot House is the Sprout Funds big big annual fundraiser (see my write up about Hot House here). The Shadow Lounge is one of the best bar/club/lounge in Pittsburgh. Locally owned by The Justin Strong, Shadow Lounge more

The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron?

Nope sorry, not a post about Men vs. Women, not on this blog.  The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron? is a play. A funny play that ist at the City Theater for a few more days.  I recently watched a few episodes of VH1′s The Pick Up Artists at the gym.  I was laughing so hard I almost fell off the treadmill.  So I thought this more