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Photographing Fireworks -or- “How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Boom”

June 29, 2006 Patrick

Good tips on how best to capture fireworks. And the fact that we live in Pittsburgh (where fireworks happen, on average, every two to three hours per night from May through September) means there should be ample opportunity to practice. Credit where credit’s due: Found via Lifehacker… Read the rest

Git Aht! – Things To Do This Weekend

June 17, 2006 Patrick

.!. (Things to do while getting lit…) Friday, November 17 Pittsburgh Brewfest, 6:00 p.m., Boardwalk, The Strip Kick off the weekend with this week’s “Drinking For A Cause” and not just because you need the good karma going into the holidays. You know what I’m talking about, you get all “good” this time of year because Santa’s watching, but you forget the guy’s as watchful as a CIA spook, and he watches you all year, with little or no regard for the 4th amendment. Seriously, they drill into your childhood head that someone’s always watching you anyway, and all of… Read the rest

Git Aht! – Things To Do This Weekend

June 16, 2006 Patrick

(Stuff to do while firguring out whether to get Dad the Polamalu Jersey or the throwback Lambert…) Friday, June 16 ‘Em Buccos vs. Minnesota, 7:05 p.m. PNC Park, North Shore FIREWORKS! WOOT! Make sure you check this one out, because it’s the 1,143rd of only 3,532 scheduled fireworks nights this year. The Tragically Hip, 7:30, Festival Stage, Arts Festival Yes, they’re Canadian, so the heat may get to them. Be kind, offer them beer. Free concert! Free’s my favorite price in the whole word. Billy Price CD Release Party, 8:00 p.m., Rhythm House Cafe A lot of other people’s favorite… Read the rest

Art N’At – The 2006 Three Rivers Arts Festival Runs Through This Weekend

June 15, 2006 Patrick

Amazingly, it hasn’t been particularly rainy in Pittsburgh this June, which is odd, because the annual Three Rivers Arts Festival is well underway. I mean, this is not normal – there was talk at one point of having the Fest go on the road to drought-plagued regions of the world, perhaps re-greening of the Sahara or the Gobi… I stopped down last Saturday, took some pictures, trying to catch the overall feeling of the fest. Music, sculpture, arts, crafts, food… It’s all there downtown, and it’s all good. Stop by the PPG Wintergarden and check out the sculpture, and while… Read the rest

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