Monthly Archives: July 2011

Blogging Batman In The Burgh

Batman is here, in case you missed it, or maybe you are reading this blog post from another city – the next batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises” is being filmed in Pittsburgh for the next few weeks.  Lots of photos and info are being shared online.  We have set up a Tumblr blog and Twitter  to try to track all of the info.  Check out Batman’at and more

The Beginning of a Bookstore

You may have noticed a post here on I<3PGH a few weeks ago about the East End Book Exchange.  Book lover and occasional I<3PGH blogger Lesley Rains is exploring the idea of setting up a used book store here in Pittsburgh. This is hopefully good news for Pittsburgh.  Not so long ago, there were many a book shop to be found in the east end… Sq. more

Run, Bike, Swim Through This Weekend of Fun

Here is a run down of our weekend top picks that we shared on WDVE this morning.  Lots of great ways to beat the heat and celebrate the end of July. Party like its 1986 – Penn Brewey Celebrates their 25th Birthday 80′s party weekend at Penn Brewery Friday – DJ Zombo Saturday – Velveeta Seven Springs Rib and Wing Festival Friday, more

5 Reasons to Check out the Seven Springs Rib & Wing Festival This Weekend

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Party Like Its 1986

Penn Brewery is celebrating their 25th birthday with an 80′s bash.  Bring back your big hair and rewind your wardrobe to celebrate with Penn Brewery. Friday, July 29, 2011, 7pm-Midnight – DJ Zombo Saturday, July 30, 2011, 7pm-11pm – Velveeta (how can you not like a band whose url is http://www.80scheese.com/) Here is a fun fact about the more

For the Love of Travel Guidebooks – Offline Guides to Pittsburgh and Beyond

Obviously we love blogs, and we like Pittsburgh, and we believe blogs can be a pretty good way to learn about a city.  But in this post we take a look at a non digital form of local information – the travel guide book.   Travel books are like blogs, but probably better because someone has taken the time to pick out the best bits of information and more

Its All Greek this Week

So, in Pittsburgh we have two layers of community – the neighborhoods and the ethnicity – and sometimes we have ethnic neighborhoods.  We love greek food festivals – we love any food festivals but especially Greek food festivals.  A few years ago I even met a lovely couple who met while volunteering at their churches Greek food festival. This week more