Monthly Archives: September 2008

Parking Day picture from Sq. Hill

Parking Day picture from Sq. Hill, originally uploaded by IheartPGH. Thanks to friend of I heart PGH for sending the picture. more

Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Image via WikipediaThis has got to be one of the best holidays of the year.  I just wrote about some pirate t-shirts here. For full information on this international holiday visit: TalkLikeAPirate.com Check out how some of the other Pittsburgh bloggers are celebrating ITLAPD: Friday Quote & Pirate Blogging @ Multi Medium The Pirates Revenge more

Radio Round Up – September 19, 2008

ALCOSAN Open House Saturday, September 20, 2008 9 – 4 A one day celebration of the science of sewage tours of the treatment plant, science experiments galore AND photos with Frankie the Fish Park(ing) Day 2008 One day event where parking spots are turned into mini parks for the day 18 locations around Pittsburgh – downtown on 4th next more

Serious about Sewage – ALCOSAN Open House

This may be one of the most unique events I have stubled across in the past 3 years. ALCOSAN is hosting a day long open house on September 20, 2008. ALCOSAN is the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority They have tons of exhibts planned for the open house, here are a few of the ones I found most interesting… an hour long tour of the sewage treatmant more

Links Worth a Look – September 18th

Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look: Raise a glass its time for Oktoberfest. – For nineteen years the Penn Brewery has brought Munich to Pittsburgh with our annual Oktoberfest celebration and this year will be no exception. Held the same weekends as its German counterpart, the Penn Brewery offers the most authentic Oktoberfest more

Git Aht Special Edition: Get Your German On (Or, hey make sure you try the Yinzer Torte!)

Where was I? Oh right, drinking. In Pittsburgh. On the weekends. This weekend is the always enjoyable, always exciting, always humid under the tents (that sounds sorta filthy, yar? “Hey baby, let’s get humid under the tents.”) Oktoberfest at Penn Brewery, 5 to Midnight Friday and Saturday, and the more family-friendly 4 to 10 p.m. on Sunday. Git Aht more

Links Worth a Look – September 18th

Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look: thisishappening: Stream Restoration Tour – Sun, Sept. 21, 2008 9am – Join NMRWA outreach coordinator, Lisa Brown for this informative tour of the amazing transformation of Nine Mile Run. Completed in June 2006, the Nine Mile Run Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration is the largest urban stream more