Tag Archives: books

The Real Story Behind Charlotte’s Web

Since tomorrow might be gray and rainy… here is a great indoor activity perfect for anyone who loves books.  Mystery Lovers Bookshop, located in Oakmont, is whole shop dedicated to mystery books, they also sell other books and can order any book you would like (support your local book shop).  On Satruday, Mystery Lovers Bookshop is hosting a Coffee more

Bringing Life Back to the East Liberty Borders

I have been excited about this ideas since we first got an email about it last month.  Fleeting Pages is a project to turn the East Liberty Borders – which closed for business a few weeks ago into a pop-up independent book store.  With the help of a lot of different groups – Fleeting Pages will be open for a month. Fleeting Pages is also putting more

Still Time for Some Summer Reading + $30 Joseph Beth Books Giveaway

We have books on the brain today and wanted to share some links that might be helpful for anyone looking for a few more books to read instead of beach reads – think burgh reads.  Scroll down for info about how to win a $30 certificate to Joseph Beth Books. Blogging Books About the Burgh Check out the blog Books N’At – a blog that is all about books more

Links Worth a Look – June 14th

Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look: Fizzy Drinks Class – Hack Pittsburgh hosts a class on Fizzy Drinks – the history, techniques, and equipment behind a range of fermented carbonated beverages. Also will be making root beer. Sat – June 26. La Gourmandine – New French Bakery Opening in Lawrenceville this week – A couple from more

History Books – Making the Connections

Making the Connections Book Launch Party Friday, April 17, 2009, 4-7 pm Shadow Loung, 5972 Baum Blvd, East Liberty RSVP on Facebook here. One of the final events of the Pittsburgh 250 celebration was the community connections wrap up session back in December.  The afternoon turned out to be a lot more fun that I had anticipated.  As part of the more

Pittsburgh Signs Project Now Available on Amazon.com

Image by theamericanroadside via Flickr If you are a regular reader you will know that we really like signs (and sometimes climb over guard rails to photograph them) and that we have been following the Pittsburgh Signs Project from its beginnings as a blog to a published book. The book -  Pittsburgh Signs Project: 250 Signs of Western Pennsylvania more

Links Worth a Look – February 11th

Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look: Book Review: Zombies Ate My Headlines | Pittsburgh Metblogs – Mike from Pittsburgh Metblogs has posted a nice review of the Carbolic Smoke Ball book "So much praise has already been heaped onto this book, I really can’t add much more. The book is a great read, I was laughing more