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Image via Wikipedia I think I really should make a t-shirt with WYBMND on it. One of the amazing reasons to love Pittsburgh is that it really is Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood. Mr. Rogers was a really remarkable person who was a tireless advocate for children and had an impact on many people (check out some of the thoughts from other bloggers about Mr. more
Image by protoflux via Flickr I just realized that I had not yet made any picks for March madness! I did pick a winner in last years basketball pool, so I decided there is still time for a pool in 2009. If the president can make some bracket picks, you can too. Make your picks by NOON on Thursday March 19. I set up a group on the CBS sports more
Image via Wikipedia I am in Milwaukee for the 2nd annual GLUE conference. GLUE stands for Great Lakes Urban Exchange – which is a project that was started 2 years ago by Pittsburgh’s Abby Wilson and Sarah Szurpicki of Detroit. The website GLUEspace.org has become a portal for anyone to share information about cities in the Great Lakes watershed. more
Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look: Ridgway Rendezvous – Chainsaw art festival! Why haven't I heard of this before? Just finished the 10th annual festival. I am putting this on the calendar for next year. Pop City – Pittsburgh's Frick Park named Best Urban Escape by Get Out! magazine – Pittsburgh's 561-acre more
Image by Official Star Wars Blog via Flickr The Vader Project at the Warhol Museum until May 3, 2009 100 artists have decorated life size replicas of Darth Vader’s helmet History Uncorked (Isn’t history better with Beer? ) 11th Annual Young Professional Event at the Heinz History Center Drinks, Music, Food from favorites around more
Image by cygnoir via Flickr Thanks to the IheartPGH reader for sending me the link to this blog post on Washingtonian.com blog – How to Make PS7′s Primanti Brothers Sandwich. One regular at PS 7’s in Penn Quarter craves them so much that he schlepped one back to DC for chef Peter Smith. Smith declared it the “best sandwich in the world” and came more
Image by natekoechley via Flickr Not only is this a great idea because it gives you a chance to recycle something you might not use any more, and to support kids but it is pretty cool that Play it Forward was inspired by a 13 year old Coleman Daugherty as part of his community service project for preparing for his Bar Mitzvah… “Wouldn’t it be cool more
