So what are Pittsburghers really searching for online? Over the past year, I have been following the idea of search a little more closely. I know that lots of people come to IheartPGH looking for more info about Big Jim’s In the Run – I was a little confused by how this could be so popular because the post about Big Jim’s is from 2006. Fortunately, I was sharing this story with someone who watches the Food Network and apparently there was an episode of Diners, Drive-in and Dive’s where they visited Big Jim. Check out the great photos of dinner at Big Jim’s from awesome Pittsburgh food bloggers Joe and Betsy.

I have also been upgrading the search here at IheartPGH – thanks to a nifty tool called Lijit – you can now get more info from the searches and I can learn more about what the searches are about (and the folks at Lijit are super nice too – they even fixed some formatting errors on my site).

But today’s post on HyperLocal Blogger (a great blog about local blogs) points out the Google Zeitgeist page and the top searches by city. Here are the top searches for Pittsburgh from the past year:

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Image via WikipediaWhat do Mr. Rogers, Nancy Reagan and Jimmy Carter have in common? They all signed the Pittsburgh Quilt along with Ronald Reagan, Mr. McFeely and 30,000 other Pittsburghers back in 1988. (Never did I think I would have a reason to write about Nancy Reagan on IheartPGH).

Over the summer I wrote about the Pittsburgh Quilt which had been lost in the storage archives for the past 19 years. While I was writing about the quilt, which I had also forgotten about I couldn’t find one picture of it on the internet. So I headed out to the show to see for myself and to take some pictures so that it would have a home on the internet. The quilt was more impressive than I had imagined and I posted a few pictures from the Quilt Show here.

I have finally uploaded the rest of my pictures from the day to Flickr. Click here to see the pictures on Flickr or watch the slide show below.

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August 6 is Andy Warhol’s birthday and yesterday he would have turned 80 years old. To celebrate Andy’s birthday – admission to the Warhol Musuem is just $0.80 (Free if you are 80 years old) on Saturday, August 9, 2008. Click here for details at Warhol.org
The Warhol Museum is a great place for a quick or long visit. Since admission is only $0.80 it is definitely worth stopping by to see whats new. I love the building, I like the art work – I really like the archives but those are closed for this year.

Warhol on MTV

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Last year I learned that just before he died Andy Warhol had his own series on MTV – Andy Warhol’s Fifteen Minutes. When I wrote the post back in February of 2007 – I couldn’t find any clips of his show.

Lucky for me – The Warhol Museum will be showing the pilot and the first episode of the series on Saturday @ 3pm. Sadly the Warhol Museum website provide no other info about the film. Click here for the IMDB page – which doesn’t have much info either.

Here are some other blogs that wrote about Warhol’s 80th Birthday – it is really interesting to see how other people reflect on Andy Warhol:

• Born August 6: Andy Warhol @ Band of Thebes
• An artist is somebody who produces things that people don’t need to have. @ 2008 Artist Quote of the Day
• What to bring to Warhol’s Birthday Party @ slowlearning
  • Playthink Learning Studio in Dayton, Oh is having a birthday party for Andy Warhol and they have listed 80 reasons to celebrate.
• Happy Birthday, Andy @ Lip Smacking Wit
  • This blogger reflects on her visit to the warhol museum and asks if a blog is art. Coincidentally she is also reading Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Pittsburgh author Annie Dillard.
• Happy Birthday Andy Warhol @ Dog Art Today
  • has a nice picture of Andy and his dog and some links to more Andy warhol animals
• Andy Warhol’s 80th Birthday @ Just a Modern Guy
  • nice reflection on Andy Warhol and pop art.
• Happy Birthday, Andy! @ Atomic Librarian
  • This blogger is based in AZ and has a nice mention of the book Andy’s nephew wrote A Visit With Uncle Andy
• Happy 80th Birthday Andy Warhol @ GuestofaGuest

This photo has generated some buzz on my facebook page so I thought I would open it up for Photo Trivia.

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Trivia is good and Pub Quiz Night at the brillobox is really good. Every wednesday 9 pm. Bring your friends – gift certificate prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.

I would love to learn about other trivia nights. Rumor has it that there is Trivia at the Claddagh Irish Pub on Tuesday night but I have yet to confirm that.

Of course it is from Pittsburgh! According to the YouTube comments this commercial has been running since 1982.
I was thinking that I had not seen this commercial on TV yet this holiday season. A quick search of YouTube solved that. Eat N’Park’s Public Relations has even put together a schedule of when the commercial will air if you want to watch it on real TV.