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There is an important Pittsburgh and Steelers related effort that needs your help! This is a matter of Pittsburgh pride. It seems that the White House has placed an order from a Wisconsin brewery for the super bowl, but not from Pittsburgh. From the East End Brewing email – I could summarize for you but then you would miss the beer puns – so more
Nope, that is not a spelling mistake – and if you are a long time reader you know that I was not an A+ student is spelling. But Twerrible is the correct spelling in this case. Yes, the Twerrible Towel is the name of the twitter powered terrible towel. We are still collecting all of the details about this – but it looks like the folks at McKinney more
Pittsburgh was featured on NPR last week - From Steel To Tech, Pittsburgh Transforms Itself : NPR. The story talks about Pittsburgh transformation from steel making to technology and includes an interview with Pittsburgh startup NoWait – which I have heard really good things about - definitely worth a look. Looks like there is more
It’s time for the annual City Paper Best of Pittsburgh entries. September 30 is the deadline to vote for your favorite places and things in Pittsburgh. There are lots of categories for voting. And submitting your favorites enters you to win an ipad from the folks at Mac Outfitters. Here are a few of my choices: Best Dance Club – Shadow Lounge Best more
I don’t need to tell you that Pittsburgh is a city on the brink. We’re a breeding ground for startups, a few plots of land away from full riverfront development, and we’ve got a plethora of thriving local businesses. Our vibrant and passionate community is what makes these things possible.
A community of connected individuals, young professionals, investors, and concerned citizens who have the power to make things happen just by the click of a mouse is a revolution; and it’s happening in Pittsburgh.
Why not take it to the next level?
One of the ideas that came out of the GLUE (Great Lakes Urban Exchange) Conference back in March (see my post about the conference here) was the idea for the I will Stay If campaign – the folks behind GLUE are using this as an opportunity to talk about why people want to live in these Great Lakes Cities. The first party was held in Detroit over the more
Lindsay posted about cool Steelers gear … so I thought I would post a link to my Etsy site where I sell my handmade Steelers bottle cap earrings. A friend of mine helped out and so now we have expanded to include Hines Ward, Sexy Troy, Action Troy, and Deshea Townsend. I can do custom ones on request. These were inspired by a pair of Virgin more
