Category Archives: Just Outside of Pittsburgh

Parades, Reenactments, Festival Food and Fall = Fort Ligonier Days

Image by IheartPGH via Flickr I was thinking surely there has to be a few posts in the Pittsburgh blogosphere about Fort Ligonier Days – but nothing.  I think this is one of the biggest and most spectacular community history celebrations in Western PA (and any where else I have been I try to stop at the local festivals when I am away from the more

FREE Concert with Joe Grushecky and the House Rockers – 4th Annual Dormont Street Festival

4th Annual Dormont Street Fair and Music Festival DATE: Saturday, October 9, 2010, 4-11p.m. LOCATION: Potomac Avenue, between Belrose & West Liberty Avenues The family-friendly event promotes Dormont’s many amazing local businesses and will feature more than 30 local vendors, artisans, independent businesses, and food merchants. Join friends, more

Jazz and Poetry at Bottlebrush Gallery – Friday, March 19

While I know we mostly blog about Pittsburgh things – we are also happy to support some of the great communities that are with in a reasonable drive of Pittsburgh.  The Bottlebrush Gallery is one of those places.  Located in historic Harmony, Pa – which is about a 20 minute drive north of Pittsburgh on 79N.  The founders of Bottlebrush Gallery have more

Photo: Pumpkin Picking at Harvest Valley Farms

Pumpkin Picking at Harvest Valley Farms, originally uploaded by IheartPGH. You could not ask for a better day for a fall drive to pick out a pumpkin. There are still a few pumpkins left at Harvest Valley Farms (www.harvestvalleyfarms.com). They have all sorts of fall fun – corn mazes, candy apples and hayrides. more

Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!

The almost husband (AH) had to head back to Pittsburgh Sunday morning but luckily I had lined up some friends to pick me up and visit the three remaining wineries on my itinerary.  AH and I ate breakfast at R&R Station in Mt. Pleasant.  The Trainwreck, a mixture of eggs, peppers, onions, cheese, ham, bacon, and potatoes was quite good and the more

Christian W. Klay Winery

Yesterday my almost-husband (AH) looked over at me and said “what happened, did you get lost on the Southwest Passage?”  I rolled my watery eyes, blew my nose, and said “no, I have so much more I want to write about but I feel like total crap!”  Today, I woke up feeling much revived and decided that I should devote some time to one of our favorite more

Pit Stop

You know when you are famished and you pull over at the first place you have seen for miles and you don’t know whether you will be glad you did?  Well, the AH and I were glad to stop at the Lone Star Restaurant in Markleysburg where we were able to fuel up for our visit to the Christian W. Klay Winery.  The cheeseburger special was served on homemade more