Monthly Archives: December 2009

Pittsburgh Holiday YouTube Fun

Image by richeditor via Flickr I am sorry I didn’t get to post this before Christmas but the Eat N  Park star commercial is a classic – so we can still enjoy it after Christmas too. (I love that EatNPark continues to air this commercial each holiday season – read more about the commercial and lots of other smiley things on the EatNPark Blog here). more

WYEP Holiday Hootenannny this Thursday!

I started out with a lot of clever openings to this post … and then I decided to look up the exact definition of ‘hootenanny.’  The first definition is exactly what you envision, (n.) “a social gathering or informal concert featuring folk singing and, sometimes, dancing.”  However, an older use of the word hootenanny is in fact a ‘thingumbob.’ more

I Made It and Handmade Arcade Gifts Ideas

Image by madflowr via Flickr A few weeks ago I had the great fortune to meet some of the folks who work at ModCloth, an online retailer of fabulous fashions that is based here in Pittsburgh.  One of the cool tools I learned about is Polyvore – which is a website that lets you “clip” your favorite items and group them into sets to share on your blog, more

Radio Round Up – December 11, 2009

yikes!  sorry I didn’t get to post this on Friday morning -  but all of these events are for Saturday! Santarchy 2009 Holiday Bar Crawl Must wear a santa suit Meet outside of Cheesecake Factory in South Side Works at 2pm on Sat. Handmade Arcade Sat. Dec 12 Hunt Armory in Shadyside Awesome handmade items from crafters near and far, tasty more

A Jolly Good Time for Santarchy 2009

Image by john curley via Flickr It is that time of year…get out your Santa Suits and start carbo loading for some Santa mayhem.  This has been one of the more popular holiday events that we have covered here at IheartPGH (2007 and 2008). Santarchy is basically a bar crawl where you must wear a Santa Suit. Click here to RSVP on Facebook Here more

Help Get the Goodies on the Road: The Goodie Truck Holiday Party

The Goodie Truck? Yes Virginia, there is a mobile sweet shop in Pittsburgh that brings tasty treats and sweets to the streets of town! We first spotted this mobile sugar heaven  on Valentine’s day (a perfect day to find some a new thing to love about Pittsburgh <3 <3 <3). Pittsburgh’s mobile sweet shop needs a few repairs – so the Goodie more

Behind Our Scenes:"Backstage" Artists at SPACE

Often times museum employees “are artists who dedicate their days promoting the artwork of others and their nights & weekends creating artwork of their own.” Curators Laura Mustio and Nicole Rosato celebrate this fact with a new show, Behind Our Scenes, opening Friday night from 6-9PM at SPACE (812 Liberty Ave. in Downtown). Rosato herself is more