Monthly Archives: October 2010

Bridesmaid Dresses on Bikes and Zombies at the Opera – Another Weekend in Pgh

Image by annstheclaf via Flickr Each Friday morning at 6:45am you can listen to IheartPGH on the DVE morning show (102.5fm).  Jim and Randy let us pick out a few events to share each week. Here is a round up of our picks for this weekend. Bridesmaid Dress Bike Ride October 15, 2010, 6-8pm Meet at the Bike Pittsburgh office – 3410 Penn Ave Wear more

Gallerycycle in Lawrenceville

So, you don’t actually crawl on a gallery crawl, but Bike Pittsburgh and Lawrenceville Corporation are hoping that you bike on this tour of 9 Lawrenceville galleries.  Of course, for this Car Free Fridays event any means of transportation goes.  Check out Lawrenceville’s new website for directions via bike, bus, or car.  No matter how you get there, more

Is Oakland Haunted?

Image by Talke Photography via Flickr You can find out if Oakland is really haunted on one of the Haunted Pittsburgh walking tours.  Now if I were visiting any other city – and saw a haunted tour – I would run the other way.  I have just never been a fan of touristy, haunted tours – really how haunted could Daytona, FL be? But a haunted tour of more

Day of Giving – VOTE for Your Favorite Non-profit

UPDATE 10/13: We just made a donation on PittsburghGives.org to BikePGH – which received over 40% of the votes!  Thanks to everyone who voted.  ALSO – wanted to clarify that the match is a prorated share of the total $500,000 – not a dollar for dollar match – a change from last year.  This is still a great way to help your favorite organization more

(Home) Brewing Up a Cure – October 16

I was talking with Brad and Doug – who are the hosts of Should I Drink That – a beer podcast loved around the world that broadcasts right here from Pittsburgh.  They kindly reminded me about Brewing Up A Cure – now in it’s 4th year – Brewing Up A Cure is a festival of home brewed beers that raises money and awareness for Cystic Fibrosis. Last year more

Links Worth a Look – October 8th

Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look: Interview with Thick Bikes – Thick Bikes is one of those places in Pittsburgh that I have seen and thought there must be an interesting place but didn't know much about. Thanks to Brett at OnlyinPGH for this nice interview – I didn't know that they also did bike repairs. MECHA more

The Perfect Fall Weekend – Radio Round Up – Oct. 10, 2010

You can listen to IheartPGH every Friday morning on WDVE at 6:45 am – here is a rundown of what we talked about this morning. PUMPtober Fest Celebrate 15 years of PUMP and the PSL (Pittsburgh Sports League) Friday, October 8 Pumpkin Fest at Dozen in Lawrenceville Saturday, October 9, 2010 Noon-5pm Pumpkin Carving Contest, Doggie Costume Contest Image more