Monthly Archives: April 2008

Urban Hike is Back – and in search of a 24 hour donut shop

I am sitting here looking out the window at SUNSHINE. Last saturday was perfect weather – and I enjoyed walking around Lawrenceville on Saturday afternoon. See my post about the Slaughterhouse Gallery here. I just checked Weather.com and we are looking at another 70 degree weekend. So it is time to get outside and not do yard work. Thankfully Urban more

Heart of Saturday Night – Now with extra fun imported from Michigan

I have blogged about these events many times before. These guys are fun, their parties are great. What used to be called Soucialism is now the Vipers Soul Club. The dance parties are now at the Shadow Lounge – which offers the added bonus of being smoke free. What I think is really notable is that members of the Ann Arbor Soul Club will be traveling more

The Slaugterhouse Gallery

The Slaugterhouse Gallery Originally uploaded by IheartPGH (Click here to see more pictures…) What looks like a relatively innocent small storefront on Butler street in lawrenceville opperated as a slaughter house and then a meat packing business for years. Rumor has it there was also some boot legging and gambling too. Walk into the store more

Pittsburgh 150-250 Art Exhibit See how it was, See how it is. Fein Art Gallery April 25 2008 North Side

Mark your calendars for this Pittsburgh art event! You don’t want to miss Pittsburgh 150-250: See how it was, See how it is. An art exhibit at Fein Gallery, April 25 through June 6, 2008. Never before seen images of Pittsburgh in 1908 as well as current artwork to celebrate Pittsburgh 250! See How It Was, See How It Is Featuring an exhibit of never more

The Primary Pittsburgh Project

The Primary Pittsburgh Project is a 5 day blogging project to highlight the best of what is happening in Pittsburgh across the blogs in Pittsburgh. It is kind of like bringing a little bit of I heart PGH to every blog in town. From wow until the Presidential Primary on April 22 – bloggers (and anyone – if you don’t have a blog that is okay) are invited more

Primary Pittsburgh Project: Emoticons

The Primary Pittsburgh Project is a cross blog project to share the primary stories of why Pittsburgh is great in a 5 day blogging marathon before the PA Presidential Primary.  Please visit Primary Pittsburgh to share you story. I found this video on YouTube and I think it is a great example of one of the greatest new job stories of the area – technology.  more

Radio Round Up – April 17, 2008

The guys at WDVE had me do a run down on Thursday this week – so we are a day early for the Radio Round-Up. Pittsburgh Signs Project Call for Photographs PittsburghSigns.org – website of pictures of signs Putting together a book for the 250 Birthday of Pittsburgh Everyone is invited to submit photos of their favorite signs Deadline is April 30, 2008. Map more