Monthly Archives: January 2011

Snowing and Sled Riding in the ‘Burgh

Image via Wikipedia Before I get started,  there has been a pretty lengthy debate as to whether riding a sled in the snow is termed as sledding or sled riding.  Now, I never considered the term sled riding EVER to be incorrect since I’ve grown up in either central/western PA my entire life.  As soon as I went to college, though, things more

Serious Steeler Fans & Activities for MLK Jr. Day – Radio Round Up (January 14, 2011)

And we are back!  Happy New Year!  We are honored to be back with another weekly Friday update on the DVE morning show.  (You can listen to us chat about weekend events Friday mornings at 6:45am on WDVE).  Here is what we talked about this week.  Check back soon – we are going to be giving away tickets to the Bon Jovi concert next week! Whatever more

Links N’At (January 11th)

Image by cory.cousins via Flickr These are some interesting links for January 10th through January 11th: New Blog in Town – On the Fringe – Thanks to the Pittsburgh Women’s Blogging Society for the heads up on this.  Susan Veraldi who runs Veraldi’s Salon in Oakland has started a new blog about Pittsburgh. Another Inspiring Pittsburgher more

Happy Birthday Elvis and a Pierogi Vending Machine

Image via Wikipedia The Tin Front Cafe in Homestead is hosting a birthday celebration for Elvis this Saturday night! The Tin Front Cafe is a unique little place on 8th Avenue (which is the main street of Homestead – not the Waterfront shopping area).  I have been to the cafe for a few other events – this is a very relax place that serves local more

More Love for the Steeler Nation

Just an update on helping to send the Steelers Fans to Hawaii – there is still time to vote for Jack D. from Pittsburgh – currently he is behind some Jets fans to win a trip to the Pro Bowl in Hawaii. Dan Gigler who writes Blog’n'Gold for the Post-Gazette – just wrote about another Pittsburgh family who is competing to win a trip to the super bowl.  more

Introductions N’at

Image via Wikipedia You may have noticed some new authors here on the blog – I wanted to take a moment to point out our newest writers. Amanda has been writing about some new places in Lawrenceville and a hilarious post about hot yoga. Amanda is currently living in Lawrenceville, finishing her Master’s Degree, and loving life. She enjoys writing more

Hartwood Acres: Trails, Celebration of Lights, and More…

Hartwood Acres is probably now best known for its Celebration of Lights, an event that consists of driving through the park at night to view an elaborate display of holiday lights (currently in operation, this year it is slated to run until Sunday, January 9, 2011). Donations are requested for cars traveling through the event (this year’s suggested more